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Tobon, Sergio; Luna-Nemecio, Josemanuel – Educational Philosophy and Theory, 2021
Although human talent is essential to achieve social and organizational development with a sustainable focus, its definition and features remain unclear considering humanity's current challenges and the transformation towards the knowledge society. The purpose of this conceptual analysis is to propose a new definition of talent using…
Descriptors: Talent, Educational Philosophy, Hermeneutics, Knowledge Economy
Forray, R. Katalin – Hungarian Educational Research Journal, 2021
According to our initial assumption, there would be two characteristic strategies for Romani catching up. One strategy is to lift the Romanies out of poverty and bring their living conditions closer to the average living conditions of the majority society. According to the other strategy, Romanies create a national minority in the majority…
Descriptors: Minority Groups, Civil Rights, Poverty, Living Standards
Açisli Çelik, Sibel; Ergin, Ismet – International Journal of Technology in Education, 2022
In this research, in the "Artvin gets Color with Science and Robotics-2" project, which was supported with the Project number 121B899 within the scope of the 2020/1 call period launched in the 15thyear of the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TÜBITAK) 4004-Nature Education and Science Schools Support Program,…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Student Attitudes, Scientific Concepts, Concept Formation
Dudin, Mikhail Nikolaevich; Frolova, Evgenia Evgenevna; Kucherenko, Petr Aleksandrovich; Samusenko, Tatyana Mikhailovna; Voikova, Natalya Andreevna – International Journal of Environmental and Science Education, 2016
This article explores the major aspects of putting together effective national systems of education oriented toward providing academic instruction to the population and preparing future human resources for work within the economy in specific alignment with the concept of environmental responsibility (or that of "green economy"). The…
Descriptors: Human Resources, Conservation (Environment), Sustainable Development, Conservation Education
Regime Changes and Uprisings in the Middle East and Parts of North Africa: Some Lessons to Be Learnt
Muftau, Rufai – Journal of Education and Practice, 2016
The event leading to the death of Mohammed Bouzazi in Tunisia in 2009 brought to light the dehumanized conditions which an average Tunis had been subjected to at the hands of the Tunisian government. The death of Bouzazi lead to street protests and demonstrations by thousands of demonstrators, calling for political reforms, free speech, improved…
Descriptors: Social Change, Death, Living Standards, Violence
Cortés-González, Pablo; Rivas-Flores, J.Ignacio; Leite-Méndez, Analía E. – Ethnography and Education, 2016
This paper analyses a particular socio-educational experience in a marginalised neighbourhood in Malaga, Spain. This initiative came about as an institutional proposal to combat neoliberal austerity policies and is known as the "Casa de la Buena Vida". It aims to generate new educational practices based on solidarity, dignity and…
Descriptors: Social Change, Disadvantaged, Neighborhoods, Neoliberalism
Cheng, Li; Tan, Mei; Liu, Zhengkui – New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, 2015
China has been undergoing great social change due to its new focus on urbanization and globalization. Such change has had a tremendous adverse impact on the living conditions of millions of young children, simultaneously generating new interest in children's creativity development. The intersection of these two issues has important implications…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Creativity, Social Change, History
Kwiek, Marek – Comparative Education Review, 2013
Access to higher education in Poland is changing due to the demography of smaller cohorts of potential students. Following a demand-driven educational expansion after the collapse of communism in 1989, the higher education system is now contracting. Such expansion/contraction and growth/decline in European higher education has rarely been…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Access to Education, Foreign Countries, Social Change
Kislitsyna, O. A. – Russian Education and Society, 2014
The focus of the present article is on the health of adolescents, born in one of the most dramatic periods of Russian history, at the beginning of the 1990s, a period characterized by a worsening of the conditions of life, a breakdown of the established stereotypes, social stratification, an upsurge of corruption, and the moral degradation of…
Descriptors: Health, Social Change, Living Standards, Stereotypes
UNICEF, 2014
Despite rapid economic growth in South Asia, strong inequalities persist and children pay a heavy price. This publication examines latest trends and data on children in the eight countries of the region. It highlights what has been achieved in the 25 years since the adoption of the Convention on the Rights of the Child--and what remains to be done.
Descriptors: Childrens Rights, Living Standards, Trend Analysis, Foreign Countries
Longman, Phillip; Mundy, Liza; Black, Rachel; Bornfreund, Laura; Byrum, Greta; Cramer, Reid; Gangadharan, Seeta Peña; Guernsey, Lisa; Lieberman, Abbie; Lynn, Barry; McCarthy, Mary Alice – New America, 2015
Most of the social and economic policies in the U.S. do not explicitly address or take into account the growing importance of families as sources of human capital and determinants of individual success. Even the small subsets of programs that we conventionally frame as part of "family policy" are often based on long-defunct assumptions…
Descriptors: Human Capital, Social Indicators, Public Policy, Family Programs
Zhang, Mark; Chen, Li; Lei, Ouyang; Malone, Christopher – ICHPER-SD Journal of Research, 2013
This study was designed to examine whether the Olympic Games was a catalyst for changes to Beijing residents' quality of life based on social-economic perspectives and how these changes affected their continuous support for the Games. Residents who lived in Beijing 18 months or longer were invited to participate in this survey research (N = 412)…
Descriptors: Socioeconomic Influences, Athletics, Economic Impact, Games
Buchholz, Sandra; Blossfeld, Hans-Peter – New Directions for Youth Development, 2012
There is no doubt that the labor markets and economies of modern societies have been confronted by a marked intensification of cross-border exchange between modern states that has attained a new and previously unattained quality over the past thirty years. In the economic and sociological literature, this development is usually labeled…
Descriptors: Living Standards, Foreign Countries, Employment Patterns, Economic Change
Guo, Shibao; Guo, Yan; Beckett, Gulbahar; Li, Qing; Guo, Linyuan – Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, 2013
Fuelled by forces of globalisation, China has gradually shifted from a centrally planned economy to the "socialist market economy". This study examines changes in Chinese education under globalisation and market economy, focusing on the teaching and living conditions of teachers. The study reveals that the profound transformation of…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Foreign Countries, Faculty Workload, Social Status
Tovote, Katrin Erika – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Globally, an increasing number of people migrate from their rural communities to large cities. Despite the pervasive thinking that indigenous communities are solidified in space and strictly conserve cultural traditions, indigenous individuals and families increasingly leave their homelands to set up a new life in an urban environment mostly…
Descriptors: Immigrants, American Indians, Foreign Countries, Semi Structured Interviews