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Download full textEmily Markovich Morris; Laura Nóra; Richaa Hoysala, Contributor; Max Lieblich, Contributor; Sophie Partington, Contributor; Rebecca Winthrop, Contributor – Center for Universal Education at The Brookings Institution, 2024
This report is the result of the participation of hundreds of students, families, school educators, and researchers who dedicated their time and energy to investigating the critical role that families and communities play in ensuring students and schools can flourish. It is a culmination of over two years of collaborative research and hundreds of…
Descriptors: Students, Teachers, Educational Researchers, Academic Achievement
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Direct linkValdanha Neto, Diógenes; Jacobi, Pedro Roberto – Environmental Education Research, 2022
Climate change and development projects towards the Brazilian Amazon have affected traditional livelihoods and imposed transformations on these cultures. In this context, this study aimed to understand the inner workings of the social learning processes in the riverside community 'São Carlos do Jamari' triggered by its historical flood. An…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Socialization, Learning Processes, Climate
Moraes, Gustavo Hermínio Salati Marcondes de; Fischer, Bruno Brandão; Guerrero, Maribel; Rocha, Anne Kathleen Lopes da; Schaeffer, Paola Rücker – Innovations in Education and Teaching International, 2023
The purpose of this article is to evaluate the impact of university ecosystems on entrepreneurial intention and self-efficacy of Brazilian undergraduate students. The empirical exercise relies on Structural Equations Modelling based on data of 468 students from 70 universities across the country. Results indicate that traditional approaches to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Students, Self Efficacy, Entrepreneurship
Bashandy, Hamza – American Journal of Play, 2020
Investigating the potential of video games as an aid to community mapping and participatory architectural design, the author discusses the use of the sandbox game "Minecraft" by the Block by Block Foundation in collaboration with Mojang Studios, Microsoft, and UN-Habitat for three projects--Model Street (Dandora Phase 2, in Nairobi,…
Descriptors: Video Games, Cartography, Building Design, Community Involvement
Travitzki, Rodrigo; Kelian, Lilian L'Abbate – International Education Journal: Comparative Perspectives, 2019
This paper aims to identify elements that will help with the process of thinking through curriculum issues based on the concept of open architecture. We argue that this concept can be an interesting driver of practice and debate concerning curriculum development in different contexts. More generally, we seek for viable public education that is…
Descriptors: Cultural Pluralism, Democracy, Public Education, Computer Software
Arantes do Amaral, João Alberto; Lino dos Santos, Rebeca Júlia Rodrigues – International Journal of Instruction, 2018
In this article, we present our findings regarding the course "Research Methodology," offered to 22 first-year undergraduate students studying Administration at the Federal University of São Paulo, Osasco, Brazil. The course, which combined community-based research and project-based learning, was developed during the second semester of…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Student Projects, Research Methodology, Foreign Countries
Hanemann, Ulrike, Ed. – UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning, 2015
This compilation offers global examples of innovative and promising literacy and numeracy programmes that link the teaching and learning of literacy to sustainable development challenges such as health, social equality, economic empowerment and environmental sustainability. This publication is a timely contribution to the 2030 Agenda for…
Descriptors: Sustainable Development, Literacy, Numeracy, Lifelong Learning
Hicks, Travis L.; Radtke, Rebekah Ison – Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement, 2015
Community-driven design is a current movement in the forefront of many designers' practices and on university campuses in design programs. The authors examine work from their respective public state universities' design programs as examples of best practices. In these case studies, the authors share experiences using community-based design…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Context Effect, Cultural Differences, Cultural Influences
Arantes do Amaral, Joao Alberto; Petroni, Liége Mariel; Hess, Aurélio – Journal of Problem Based Learning in Higher Education, 2016
The ability to raise funds is a skill that most modern project managers need. While a good deal of literature exists on the strategies NGOs employ to raise funds for their operations, less attention has been paid to the strategies used by students involved in Project-Based Learning courses that often partner with NGOs. Fundraising is an important…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Student Projects, Foreign Countries, Problem Based Learning
Caruso, Emily; Schunko, Christoph; Corbera, Esteve; Ruiz Mallén, Isabel; Vogl, Christian R.; Martin, Gary; Arrázola, Susana; Bandeira, Fábio Pedro; Calvo Boyero, Diana; Camacho Benavides, Claudia; Cardoso, Thiago Mota; Chan-Dzul, Albert; Conde, Esther; del Campo García, Carlos; Huanca, Tomás; Sampaio, José Augusto Laranjeiras; Oliveros Lopez, Sara; Porter-Bolland, Luciana; Ruiz Betancourt, Olga – Journal of Research Practice, 2016
This article explores the relationship between institutional funding for research and community-based or co-enquiry research practice. It examines the implementation of co-enquiry research in the COMBIOSERVE project, which was funded by the European Commission's Seventh Framework Programme for research and innovation, between the years 2012 and…
Descriptors: Financial Support, Research, Community Involvement, Inquiry
da Silva de Vargas, Liane; Rosa de Menezes, Jefferson; Billig Mello-Carpes, Pâmela – Advances in Physiology Education, 2016
In this article, the authors describe a set of activities performed in south Brazil that are aligned with the objectives of PhUn Week and promote the integration between universities and public schools and the dissemination of knowledge of physiology. To achieve this goal, the authors adopted a program in which undergraduate physiology students…
Descriptors: Physiology, Higher Education, Undergraduate Students, Adolescents
Bizerril, Marcelo Ximenes A.; Soares, Carla Cruz; Santos, Jean Pierre – Environmental Education Research, 2011
This article describes the environmental education (EE) program developed in the neighboring community of Serra da Canastra National Park based on a research project focused on the maned wolf conservation. The article assesses three tools used to foster the community's participation in discussing local issues: (1) communal production of a book…
Descriptors: Environmental Education, Cultural Activities, Conservation (Environment), Community Involvement
Robinson, Jenny Perlman; Winthrop, Rebecca – Center for Universal Education at The Brookings Institution, 2016
"Millions Learning: Scaling up Quality Education in Developing Countries" tells the story of where and how quality education has scaled in low- and middle-income countries. The story emerges from wide-ranging research on scaling and learning, including 14 in-depth case studies from around the globe. Ultimately, "Millions…
Descriptors: Educational Quality, Developing Nations, Educational Improvement, Case Studies
Drummon, Therese; Lotham, Michael C., Ed. – 1975
This monograph provides an interpretation of the work and ideas of Paulo Freire and describes an attempt to use his methods in a preliminary trial of a small scale nutrition program in four villages in Maranhao State, Northeast Brazil. The introductory chapter indicates the seriousness of the nutritional problems of the rural poor as well as the…
Descriptors: Community Change, Community Involvement, Developing Nations, Educational Methods
Bernard Van Leer Foundation, The Hague (Netherlands). – 1990
Accounts of achievements in early childhood care and education in developing countries supplement a discussion of optimal programming. The document begins with background information on problems in educational provision and a rationale for a national focus on early education. Discussion then turns to: (1) parents as prime educators; (2)…
Descriptors: Community Development, Community Involvement, Day Care, Developing Nations
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