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Van Heertum, Richard; Share, Jeff – McGill Journal of Education, 2006
A broader view of literacy has emerged as part of the larger debate about educational reform across the globe. Many now argue that availing children with additional skills in technological and media literacy will foster creativity, motivate youth, and improve their economic opportunities while increasing the core of high skilled labourers…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Equal Education, Economic Opportunities, Educational Change
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Pracana, Clara, Ed.; Wang, Michael, Ed. – Online Submission, 2016
We are delighted to welcome you to the International Psychological Applications Conference and Trends (InPACT) 2016, taking place in Lisbon, Portugal, from 30 of April to 2 of May, 2016. Psychology, nowadays, offers a large range of scientific fields where it can be applied. The goal of understanding individuals and groups (mental functions and…
Descriptors: Conferences (Gatherings), Educational Psychology, Clinical Psychology, Social Psychology
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Cook, John; Light, Ann – E-Learning, 2006
The United Kingdom and other governments have demonstrated faith in information and communications technology (ICT) as a means of achieving a participative and inclusive society through various high-profile initiatives. It is also claimed that ICT or e-learning can bring about new patterns of power and participation for excluded learners. In this…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Information Technology, Foreign Countries, Power Structure
Agency for International Development (IDCA), Washington, DC. Center for Development Information and Evaluation. – 1998
For 2 decades, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) has sought to strengthen Nepal's formal and nonformal education systems and elevate the status of women in Nepal. The extent to which USAID women's empowerment and literacy activities have contributed to increasing and improving the basic education of girls in Nepal was examined…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Change Strategies, Comparative Analysis
Davies, Don – Equity and Choice, 1988
Interviews with 150 low-income parents in three countries reveal that their low involvement with the schools was due to the fact that teachers and administrators have a substandard view of low-socioeconomic status families, and the parents have low assessments of their own educational effectiveness. Empowerment programs in each country are…
Descriptors: Cross Cultural Studies, Elementary Secondary Education, Empowerment, Family School Relationship
Miles, Steven, Pohl, Axel; Stauber, Barbara; Walther, Andreas; Banha, Rui Manuel Bargiela; Gomes, Maria Do Carmo – 2002
The roles of cultural practice and informal learning in young people's transitions to work and adulthood were explored in case studies of performing arts programs in Mannheim, Germany; Liverpool, England; and Lisbon, Portugal. Expert interviews, participant observation, and documentary analysis were conducted to explore how the pedagogical model…
Descriptors: Art Education, Case Studies, Community Support, Cross Cultural Studies
Medel-Anonuevo, Carolyn, Ed. – 1997
This publication puts together the written contributions of 20 women at an international seminar-workshop on "Promoting the Empowerment of Women through Adult Learning" who shared, reflected, and analyzed the different types of educational opportunities for women provided to women. The presentations are as follows: "Designing the Model: A Process…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Adult Literacy, Citizen Participation
Jones, David, Ed.; McConnell, Bridget, Ed.; Normie, Gerald, Ed. – 1996
The following papers are included: "Foreword" (Bridget McConnell); "Introduction" (David J. Jones); opening addresses by George Robertson MP, Shadow Scottish Secretary, and by Charlie McConnell, Executive Director, Scottish Community Education Council; and speech by Christine Hamilton, Deputy Director, Scottish Arts Council;…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Education, Adult Learning, Andragogy
Smith, Cynthia; DeTardo-Bora, Kimberly; Durbin, Latrisha – 2001
The Wheeling Housing Authority in Wheeling, West Virginia, conducted two residential programs to help women living in public housing develop economic self-sufficiency. The Learning Independence from Employment (LIFE) program was an intensive 3-week program designed to accomplish the following objectives: improve participants' communication skills…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Learning, Attitude Change, Behavior Change
Moon, Jennifer A. – 1999
This book reviews the literature on reflection, explores the relationship between reflection and learning, and discusses how reflection can be used to improve learning and professional practice. The following are among the topics discussed: (1) common-sense and developmental stage approaches to reflection; (2) the philosophies of Dewey and…
Descriptors: Action Research, Adult Education, Adult Learning, Case Studies
Lewis, Judy, Ed.; Bradley, Loretta, Ed. – 1999
The sixteen chapters in this volume were selected from advocacy theme papers written by members of the American Counseling Association. They examine the role of the counselor as advocate for different groups of people, as follows: (1) "Developing a Common Language and Framework for Understanding Advocacy in Counseling," (R. L. Toporek);…
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Advocacy, Alaska Natives, American Indians
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Castiglione, Lawrence V. – Arts Education Policy Review, 1994
Asserts that, from a school administration point of view, empowerment through faculty cooperation and participation in work-related issues is quite different from actual control of the workplace. Discusses issues related to power, control, and authority in education, particularly in arts education. (CFR)
Descriptors: Art Education, Cognitive Processes, Educational History, Educational Theories
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Hodkinson, Phil – Journal of Curriculum Studies, 1994
Contends that there is an almost universal demand for the reform of the postsecondary curriculum in England and Wales. Explores the relationships among postmodernism, self-actualization, and empowerment. Presents a holistic empowerment model and relates it to current issues regarding curriculum reform. (CFR)
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Citizenship Responsibility, Curriculum Development, Educational Change
Dew, John R. – 1997
This book, which is written from the perspectives of an adult education practitioner engaged in helping create empowering work systems in manufacturing, service organizations, city governments, and educational systems, explains how the principles of emancipatory education and the concept of praxis may be used to reshape organizations into…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Business Education, Change Strategies, Continuing Education
Williams, LaJuana K., Ed. – 1996
This document contains 14 papers presented at an annual symposium sponsored by Northern Illinois University's Department of Leadership and Educational Policy Studies and College of Education. First, information about the symposium's history and participants is presented. The following papers constitute the remainder of the document:…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Education, American Indians, Blacks
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