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Cotter, Gertrude; Bonenfant, Yvon; Butler, Jenny; Caulfield, Marian; Prestwich, Barbara Doyle; Griffin, Rosarii; Khabbar, Sanaa; Mishra, Nita; Hally, Ruth; Murphy, Margaret; Murphy, Orla; O'Sullivan, Maeve; Phelan, Martha; Reidy, Darren; Schneider, Julia C.; Isaloo, Amin Sharifi; Turner, Brian; Usher, Ruth; Sinalo, Caroline Williamson – International Journal of Development Education and Global Learning, 2022
The Praxis Project, established at University College Cork (UCC), Ireland, in 2018, seeks to assess possible models of best practice with regard to the integration of global citizenship and development education (GCDE) into a cross-disciplinary, cross-campus, interwoven set of subject area pedagogies, policies and practices. This study--the first…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Citizenship Education, Global Education, Interdisciplinary Approach
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Orchard, Janet; Gaydon, Philip; Williams, Kevin; Bennett, Pip; D'Olimpio, Laura; Çelik, Rasit; Shah, Qasir; Neusiedl, Christoph; Suissa, Judith; Peters, Michael A.; Tesar, Marek – Educational Philosophy and Theory, 2021
This article is a collective writing experiment undertaken by philosophers of education affiliated with the PESGB (Philosophy of Education Society of Great Britain). When asked to reflect on questions concerning the Philosophy of Education in a New Key in May 2020, it was unsurprising that the effects of the coronavirus pandemic on society and on…
Descriptors: Educational Philosophy, COVID-19, Pandemics, Cross Cultural Studies
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Jordan, Dervil; O'Donoghue, Helen – International Journal of Art & Design Education, 2018
The serious need for reform of the Leaving Certificate Art Curriculum in Ireland sets the context for this article, which tracks the social and political factors that shaped the emergence of art education in Ireland before and after the formation of the Free State. This historical framing creates the background for the training of art teachers…
Descriptors: Art Education, Educational Change, Educational History, Foreign Countries
Vossensteyn, Hans; Kolster, Renze; File, Jon; Mostafa, Ola; Ayalew, Yibeltal; Huisman, Jeronen; Seeber, Marco; Vukasovic, Martina; Gladushyna, Olesya; Muehleck, Kai; Gwosc, Christoph – European Commission, 2018
To obtain a better understanding of country-specific policies, a country-specific literature review was undertaken. The search entailed key-terms focusing on relevance and the three higher education relevance dimensions. The main outcomes of the country-specific literature review are discussed in this chapter. We do so by analysing the typically…
Descriptors: Relevance (Education), Higher Education, Foreign Countries, Case Studies
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Tarozzi, Massimiliano; Inguaggiato, Carla – International Journal of Development Education and Global Learning, 2018
According to recommendations of the UN Secretary General's Global Education First Initiative, countries and regions require a number of structural changes if they are to implement educational policies and practice based on global citizenship education, and to promote respect and responsibility across cultures. In this paper, we present the first…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Educational Policy, Cross Cultural Studies, Foreign Countries
Vossensteyn, Hans; Kolster, Renze; File, Jon; Huisman, Jeroen; Seeber, Marco; Vukasovic, Martina; Muehleck, Kai; Gwosc, Christoph – European Commission, 2018
The country case studies are part of the empirical data collected for the "Promoting the Relevance of Higher Education" project. Before presenting the case studies, this introductory chapter describes how the 8 case studies were selected, the case study methodology, and provides an overview of the interviewed organisations and experts.…
Descriptors: Relevance (Education), Higher Education, Case Studies, Foreign Countries
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O'Flaherty, Joanne; Liddy, Mags; Tansey, Lorraine; Roche, Cathy – Education & Training, 2011
Purpose: This paper aims to describe the four education projects that demonstrate how Irish education provision is adapting to meet social and economic changes: Ubuntu Network working to integrate education for sustainable development (ESD) into teacher education; Community Knowledge Initiative (CKI) facilitating service learning modules at higher…
Descriptors: Social Justice, Citizenship, Service Learning, Learning Modules
Albisetti, James C.; Goodman, Joyce; Rogers, Rebecca – Palgrave Macmillan, 2010
This long-awaited synthesis approaches the past three centuries with an eye to highlighting the importance of significant schools, as well as important women educators in the emergence of secondary education for girls. At the same time, each contributor pays careful attention to the specific political, cultural, and socio-economic factors that…
Descriptors: Secondary Education, Females, Democracy, Educational History
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Boland, Josephine – Issues in Educational Research, 2010
This paper considers the prospects for sustainable service/community based learning as an element of a civic engagement strategy within the context of teacher education. It draws on findings of a study of the policy, process and practice of embedding civic engagement in the higher education curriculum in Ireland and the author's experience…
Descriptors: Social Justice, Curriculum Development, Service Learning, Foreign Countries
Bailey, Natasha – AONTAS The National Adult Learning Organisation, 2009
This research was commissioned by AONTAS-the National Adult Learning Organisation, in partnership with Irish Aid, the Irish Government's programme of assistance to developing countries. To date, a strategic focus on the integration of development education into adult learning has been missing at both State level and across the development…
Descriptors: Stakeholders, Adult Learning, Community Education, Foreign Countries
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Gallagher, Tony – Compare: A Journal of Comparative Education, 2005
Northern Ireland endured a quarter century of political violence from 1969 until the declaration of ceasefires in 1994. Although a political settlement was signed in 1998, the actual implementation of agreed institutions has proved to be very difficult and the actual institutions have been fragile (and are currently under suspension). The purpose…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Role of Education, Religion, Religious Factors
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Popov, Nikolay, Ed.; Wolhuter, Charl, Ed.; Ermenc, Klara Skubic, Ed.; Hilton, Gillian, Ed; Ogunleye, James, Ed.; Chigisheva, Oksana, Ed. – Bulgarian Comparative Education Society, 2014
This volume contains papers submitted to the 12th Annual International Conference of the Bulgarian Comparative Education Society (BCES), held in Sofia and Nessebar, Bulgaria, in June 2014, and papers submitted to the 2nd International Partner Conference, organized by the International Research Centre 'Scientific Cooperation,' Rostov-on-Don,…
Descriptors: Role of Education, Global Approach, Competence, Comparative Education
Eurydice, 2004
The national contributions contained in this paper and on the Eurydice website formed the basis for the comparative study on the integration at school of immigrant children in Europe. Each contribution has exactly the same structure with four main sections entitled as follows: (1) National definitions and demographic context of immigration; (2)…
Descriptors: Immigrants, Pilot Projects, Foreign Countries, Educational Change
United States Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1900
The Volume 1 Commissioner of Education's introduction discusses school and college enrollment and presents state common-school statistics on enrollment, average daily attendance, teachers and salaries, revenues and expenditures, and expenditures in Southern states by race. Report chapters address education in Great Britain and Ireland,…
Descriptors: Enrollment, Statistical Data, Public Schools, Attendance