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Attanasio, Orazio; Bird, Matthew; Cardona-Sosa, Lina; Lavado, Pablo – National Bureau of Economic Research, 2019
Financial knowledge is critical for making sound decisions that foster financial health and protect consumers from predation. A widely-used tool for building this capability is financial education. Yet evidence suggests that conventional approaches which teach concepts in classroom-style settings are ineffective and expensive at scale, especially…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Handheld Devices, Money Management, Consumer Education
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Li, Lan; Murnen, Timothy; Zhou, Yuchun; Wu, Min Lun; Xiong, Yan – Journal of Technology and Teacher Education, 2019
Despite the growing number of international professional development programs, there is very little published research regarding the structures and effectiveness of these programs. This paper shares the design and development of the technology component of an international professional development (PD) program designed for secondary English as…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Teacher Attitudes, Faculty Development, Technological Literacy
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Vega, Laura; Bajaj, Monisha – Globalisation, Societies and Education, 2016
The challenges of ensuring the right to education are numerous, especially when working with marginalised populations in fragile contexts. Despite having the legislation, strong constitutional support, and even educational innovations designed to guarantee the right to education, a major gap exists in Colombia between political intentions and the…
Descriptors: Informal Education, Foreign Countries, Disadvantaged, Conflict