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Angod, Leila – Equity & Excellence in Education, 2022
"Voluntourism," or "volunteer abroad," is a form of travel involving unpaid work intended to benefit a local community. Critiques of voluntourism as reproducing and, indeed, perpetuating global inequities are yielding a re-framing of voluntourism around principles of "partnership" and "equality." Drawing…
Descriptors: Global Approach, Student Volunteers, Social Justice, Travel
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Garrett, Frances; Price, Matt; Strazds, Laila; Walker, Dawn – Canadian Journal of Learning and Technology, 2019
This report introduces a two-week workshop on web coding and environmental sustainability at a school for girls in Northeastern India. Our discussion of this teaching project reviews issues that shaped the project's development, outlines resources required for implementation, and summarizes the workshop's curriculum. High-speed Internet will soon…
Descriptors: Coding, Teaching Methods, Females, Sustainability
Collins, Mary Ellen – CURRENTS, 2009
Tight budgets and an uncertain economy did not diminish creativity for the 2009 CASE Circle of Excellence Award winners. In fact, judges gave 19 Grand Gold awards this year, a significant increase over recent years. The program received 2,800 entries from 690 member institutions, representing 13 different countries. Forty-four panels of volunteer…
Descriptors: Awards, Universities, Foreign Countries, Colleges
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Dyjur, Patti; Li, Qing – Journal on School Educational Technology, 2010
This paper looks at the design process of an inquiry-based mathematics and science unit in two urban grade nine classes. Three teachers who teach in an urban, all-girls' junior high school collaborated with math/science and educational experts to design and implement the unit. Results showed the following: teachers needed to be flexible regarding…
Descriptors: Mathematics Curriculum, Science Curriculum, Curriculum Design, Active Learning
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Heyward, Candace B. – Gender and Education, 1995
Examines the 15-year transformation in gender values at a Canadian independent school for girls and their effect on the students and the school structures. Gender-stereotyped, outside-world realities are still influencing the school environment and students' thinking. The author believes single-sex schools for girls are an important antidote to…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Educational Environment, Females, Foreign Countries