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Chan, Selena, Ed.; Huntington, Nicholas, Ed. – Professional and Practice-based Learning, 2022
This book contributes extensively to a better understanding of how vocational education and training (VET) and practice-based learning and teaching is developed and designed. It presents examples of vocational education as an ongoing dialogue, continually refreshed through engagement between educators and learners, Maori, employers, industry, and…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Vocational Education, Foreign Countries, Holistic Approach
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Grant, Marquis Carter, Ed. – IGI Global, 2021
The adaptability of public education is essential for the success of students and education professionals alike. Comprehensive reform that promotes equality and equity in educational spheres can promote adaptability and allow educational institutions and education professionals better longevity. "Emerging Strategies for Public Education…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Public Education, Educational Strategies, Equal Education
Goodman, Christie L., Ed. – Intercultural Development Research Association, 2018
The "IDRA Newsletter" serves as a vehicle for communication with educators, school board members, decision-makers, parents, and the general public concerning the educational needs of all children in Texas and across the United States. The theme of this issue is "Gender Justice." Articles include: (1) Sexual Harassment -- Safe…
Descriptors: Sexual Harassment, Educational Environment, Gender Bias, Social Justice
Goodman, Christie L., Ed. – Intercultural Development Research Association, 2019
The "IDRA Newsletter" serves as a vehicle for communication with educators, school board members, decision-makers, parents, and the general public concerning the educational needs of all children across the United States. The focus of this issue is "Gender Justice." Contents include: (1) Making Schools Safe Learning Havens for…
Descriptors: Social Justice, Gender Issues, Social Bias, Gender Bias
Goodman, Christie L., Ed. – Intercultural Development Research Association, 2019
The "IDRA Newsletter" serves as a vehicle for communication with educators, school board members, decision-makers, parents, and the general public concerning the educational needs of all children across the United States. The theme of this issue is "Purposeful Governance." Contents include: (1) New IDRA CEO Carries on IDRA's…
Descriptors: Governance, Educational Policy, Futures (of Society), Sex Fairness
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Brkich, Katie; Allen, Melony; Huffling, Lacey; Matthews, Catherine – Science and Children, 2017
"Hop to It," a week-long herpetology-focused summer STEM camp for rising fourth-, fifth-, and sixth-grade girls, provided young females with authentic, hands-on science experiences, allowing them to develop the habits of thought and processes of action used by STEM field experts while also engaging and sustaining their interest in the…
Descriptors: Summer Programs, STEM Education, Elementary School Students, Females
Goodman, Christie L., Ed. – Intercultural Development Research Association, 2020
The "IDRA Newsletter" serves as a vehicle for communication with educators, school board members, decision-makers, parents, and the general public concerning the educational needs of all children across the United States. The focus of this issue is "College Readiness and Access." Contents include: (1) Highlights of IDRA's 35th…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Student Attrition, School Closing
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Setzekorn, Kristina, Ed.; Patnayakuni, Nainika, Ed.; Burton, Tina, Ed. – IGI Global, 2020
Education has until recently promoted social mobility, broad economic growth, and democracy. However, modern universities direct policy and resources toward criteria that exacerbate income inequality and reduce social mobility. Online education can make education more socially, geographically, temporally, and financially accessible, impacting the…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Online Courses, Distance Education, Educational Technology
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Grant, Marquis C., Ed. – IGI Global, 2018
Equality and equity are often mischaracterized as interchangeable terms in public education. This may explain why efforts towards reform and restructure are often not met with any real measure of success. "Equity, Equality, and Reform in Contemporary Public Education" provides emerging research on the reformation of education curriculum…
Descriptors: Equal Education, Educational Equity (Finance), Educational Change, Public Education
Canestrari, Alan S., Ed.; Marlowe, Bruce A., Ed. – John Wiley & Sons, Inc, 2018
"The Wiley International Handbook of Educational Foundations" features international scholars uniquely qualified to examine issues specific to their regions of the world. The Handbook provides readers with an alternative to the traditional texts in the foundations of education by taking aim at the status quo, and by offering frameworks…
Descriptors: Foundations of Education, Educational Change, Teaching (Occupation), Curriculum
Franco, Carmella S.; Ott, Maria G.; Robles, Darline P. – Corwin, 2011
Extending democracy into schools so that every child has the opportunity to achieve is the topic of many books and conversations. The three Latina superintendents who coauthored this book do more than discuss the issue of equity in education--they live it. They grew up affected by it, taught students who needed it, and changed the minds of those…
Descriptors: Role Models, Equal Education, Females, Democracy
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Wisdom, Sherrie, Ed.; Leavitt, Lynda, Ed.; Bice, Cynthia, Ed. – IGI Global, 2019
In comparing one public school to another, discussions frequently include talk concerning the socio economics of a school or district, which then leads to talk about the advantages that one socioeconomic setting has over another. Educators tend to agree that low academic achievement frequently associated with a low socioeconomic status is a…
Descriptors: Equal Education, Social Influences, Racial Discrimination, African American Students
Goodman, Christie L., Ed. – Intercultural Development Research Association, 2009
Each edition of the IDRA Newsletter strives to provide many different perspectives on the issues in education topics discussed and to define its significance in the state and national dialogue. This issue focuses on Student Engagement and includes: (1) Engaging Ourselves to Engage Our Students (Josie Danini Cortez); (2) The Family Friendly…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, Teacher Student Relationship, Family School Relationship, Principals
Mongeon, Rebecca, Ed.; Tambascio, Donna, Ed. – Wellesley Centers for Women, 2008
The "Research & Action Report," published twice a year, describes the latest activities and initiatives at the Wellesley Centers for Women (WCW). Typically featured are: news about the Centers, interviews with researchers, commentary on recent events or social trends affecting women and girls, announcements of new publications, and much more.…
Descriptors: Sociocultural Patterns, Equal Education, Females, Interviews
Weiner, Gaby – 1987
Speeches and small group working sessions were the major components of this sex equity seminar. Speeches given by Annika Thelin (Sweden) and Gaby Weiner (United Kingdom) presented an historical and analytical approach to equal opportunities, focusing on the often slow progress towards sex equality in the education of children in Sweden and the…
Descriptors: Educational Opportunities, Equal Education, Females, Foreign Countries
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