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Smith Ellison, Christine – Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, 2014
This paper raises a number of critical questions regarding the contribution of education to peacebuilding. Despite recent calls for greater collaboration between the two fields, there is still a lack of clarity regarding the change theories through which education may contribute to peacebuilding processes. This paper outlines developments over the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Peace, Role of Education, Cooperation
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Wildman, Louis – Educational Leadership and Administration: Teaching and Program Development, 2014
The purpose of this effort is to share information about the variety of culminating activities used in the acquisition of the California Preliminary Administrative Services Credential. Knowledge of these varying culminating activities and related practices has not previously been readily available. The culminating activities among California's…
Descriptors: Educational Administration, College Programs, Accreditation (Institutions), Public Service
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Samuelsson, Marcus – Ethnography and Education, 2013
This study examined the extent to which students fully embrace sloyd activities. Sloyd is a form of adventurous education in Sweden where school students take more control of the content and methods of learning as part of their weekly education. Hands on activities are often part of the adventure and it sometimes takes place outdoors. The study…
Descriptors: Educational Practices, Foreign Countries, Learning Activities, Active Learning
ERIC Clearinghouse on Higher Education, Washington, DC. – 2001
The CRitical Issue Bibliography (CRIB) Sheet describes resources that highlight institutional practices that have been instrumental in the creation of multicultural campus environments. These lessons from the field of multicultural education can help other institutions in developing and implementing policy. The annotated bibliography describes 10…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Educational Environment, Educational Practices, Field Studies
Wenham, Peter D. – 1973
The Schools Council Project investigated current practices in teaching history, identified objectives and obstacles and carried out a program in trial schools based upon conclusions drawn from the investigation. An experimental framework for syllabus construction based first on the conceptual structure of history and second, on a taxonomy of…
Descriptors: Classification, Comparative Education, Conceptual Schemes, Course Content
Eyster, John W.; Griffin, Michael C. – 1977
The booklet describes a social studies field study seminar which utilizes a direct experiential approach to increase high school student comprehension of federal and international politics. The first chapter explains the objectives of the seminars; the second and third chapters discuss the two major seminars which build upon previously taught…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Educational Improvement, Educational Innovation, Educational Objectives