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Short, Mary E. – ProQuest LLC, 2023
The instantaneous movement of information and imagery in the current era has fundamentally altered our constructions of reality as the outer world of media becomes a central aspect of the "inner world of society" (Beck, 1996, p.1). In this vein, the very stuff that makes up knowledge, the basic building blocks of our cognition are also…
Descriptors: Science and Society, Global Approach, Epistemology, Discourse Analysis
Alhuthaif, Abeer – ProQuest LLC, 2019
International mindedness is a recent and evolving research topic in language education and other fields because of its significance in promoting global relations, ethical leadership, intercultural understanding, global engagement, and world communication. This study explored the conceptions and practices of international mindedness of four English…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Case Studies
Ulrich, Mary Eileen – ProQuest LLC, 2016
How does higher education contribute to finding workable and lasting solutions to complex social issues that face communities globally today? How does higher education contribute to global sustainable development goals? The scholarship of engagement encourages faculty, scholars, and students to work together with communities on solutions to…
Descriptors: Scholarship, Global Approach, Sustainable Development, Community Development
Richard, Cathleen Becnel – ProQuest LLC, 2010
A problem facing education today is that learning typically requires rote memorization rather than the use of higher-order thinking skills. Higher-order thinking is needed in a global society to solve real world problems, therefore students should be required to develop and practice higher-order thinking skills. The purpose of this mixed method…
Descriptors: College Students, Critical Thinking, Thinking Skills, Problem Solving
Hardin, James – ProQuest LLC, 2010
In "Self-Efficacy: The Exercise of Control" (1997), Albert Bandura writes, "Teachers operate collectively within an interactive social system rather than as isolates" (p. 243). Bandura's attention to the existence of the communal systems that exist in schools is an appreciation shared by many educational reformers, especially those who advocate…
Descriptors: Social Systems, Teacher Effectiveness, Self Efficacy, Epistemology
Khan, Shabnam Syed – ProQuest LLC, 2010
This hermeneutically crafted qualitative study examines how six university-educated middle-class Pakistani Muslim women negotiate the competing expectations of traditional Muslim culture and the emancipated ethos of the university. It uses Robert Kegan's constructive-developmental theory, whose Subject-Object scoring system distinguishes a…
Descriptors: Muslims, Females, Educational Practices, Scoring