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Fry, Gerald W., Ed.; Chun, Haelim, Ed. – Routledge Research in International and Comparative Education, 2023
This edited collection challenges the common preoccupation with knowledge acquisition and academic achievement by comparing the aims and cultural beliefs which drive education in different countries throughout the world. Through case studies from countries in Asia, Latin America, Africa, and Europe, the authors present how education can be…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Cultural Influences, Cultural Differences, Holistic Approach
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Murrey, Amber; Hlabangane, Nokuthula; Puttick, Steve; della Frattina, Christopher Francis Frattina – Oxford Review of Education, 2023
In this article, we reflect on our experiences teaching and learning in a digital course for PhD students, Oxford-UNISA Decolonising Research Methodologies. The aim of the course was to 'gesture' beyond the coloniality of knowledge by thinking 'otherwise' about research methodologies. As a decolonial teaching praxis, gesturing embraces…
Descriptors: Decolonization, Praxis, Teacher Collaboration, Interdisciplinary Approach
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Budiarti, Marini; Macqueen, Suzanne; Ferguson-Patrick, Kate; Reynolds, Ruth – Journal of International Social Studies, 2021
Although developing the 21st century skills of Communication, Collaboration, Critical Thinking, and Creativity have been seen as an important foundation of 21st century teaching and learning, there have been difficulties identified in 4Cs implementation in schools. Primarily, issues associated with an overcrowded and disjointed curriculum, a…
Descriptors: Global Approach, Global Education, 21st Century Skills, Student Projects
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Mzuza, Maureen Kapute; Van der Westhuizen, Christo – International Research in Geographical and Environmental Education, 2020
Studies have been carried out on the use of geographical information systems (GIS) in teacher training, especially in the developed countries. In southern African countries, nevertheless, the scenario is different because GIS education appears to be a rather new field of study. This study therefore used systematic review to collect data. This…
Descriptors: Student Teachers, Geographic Information Systems, Teaching Methods, Outcomes of Education
Guthrie, Gerard – Routledge Research in International and Comparative Education, 2018
Progressive Education, derived mainly from Anglo-American culture, has been the primary frame of reference for student-centered classroom change in developing countries for over 50 years. Yet in many developing countries, strong evidence shows that progressivism has not replaced teacher-centered formalistic classroom practice. "Classroom…
Descriptors: Progressive Education, Developing Nations, Educational Change, Student Centered Learning
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Zarestky, Jill – Adult Learning, 2016
In this essay, Jill Zarestky shares what she learned about creating student-centered adult education programs with those who wish to teach adults internationally or in similar contexts. Prior to traveling, Zarestky repeatedly heard from other Westerners (NGO employees and volunteers) how little the women knew and how desperately they needed her…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Student Centered Learning, Adult Education, Teaching Experience
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Nafukho, Fredrick Muyia, Ed.; Irby, Beverly J., Ed. – IGI Global, 2015
Our increasingly globalized world is driven by shared knowledge, and nowhere is that knowledge more important than in education. Now more than ever, there is a demand for technology that will assist in the spread of knowledge through customized, self-paced, and on-demand learning. The Handbook of Research on Innovative Technology Integration in…
Descriptors: Technology Integration, Higher Education, Educational Research, Virtual Classrooms