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Alobiedat, Ammar Abdelkarim – ProQuest LLC, 2014
As the tourism industry continues to grow and the desire to visit heritage sites becomes a popular pursuit, heritage has turn into a commodity in the marketplace. This dissertation analyzes the economic, sociocultural and environmental implications of tourism in Gadara, northwest Jordan. It also elaborates on the changing force of tourism and its…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Tourism, Heritage Education, Cultural Awareness
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Spitz, Gina – Journal of Ethnographic & Qualitative Research, 2015
This study uses a year of ethnographic fieldwork, over 50 informal ethnographic interviews in a racially diverse neighborhood in Milwaukee, WI, and formal interviews with 30 neighborhood residents, workers, and business owners, to examine how neighborhood residential diversity affects cross-racial interactions there. The study found that, despite…
Descriptors: Racial Segregation, Integration Studies, Neighborhood Integration, Diversity
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Shrestha, Thakur Mohan – International Journal of Education and Literacy Studies, 2015
Peace, security, rule of law, and sustainable development are driving principles in a democratic notion of developing country like Nepal. "3Is": Injustice, Insecurity and Imbalance have been reflecting in the post transitional Nepal. The study came with the objectives of investigating the peoples' perceptions on the adaptation of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Public Opinion, Police, Police Community Relationship
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Campbell, Joseph; Romich, Eric – Journal of Extension, 2015
Increased development of wind farms in the U.S. has fostered debates surrounding the siting and support for the projects. Prior research demonstrates the importance of understanding the attitudes and opinions of community members when developing projects. This article reviews a case study of an Ohio community that integrated a local survey to…
Descriptors: Power Technology, Energy Education, Community Attitudes, Case Studies
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Aktaruzzaman, Md; Plunkett, Margaret – Turkish Online Journal of Distance Education, 2017
Bangladesh Open University (BOU), the sole distributor of distance education (DE) in Bangladesh, is regarded as one of the mega universities in the world. Nonetheless, the institution faces numerous issues and challenges that revolve around not only its administrative and academic operations, but also the lack of acknowledgement of its…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Institutional Characteristics, Community Attitudes, Distance Education
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Rodríguez-Solera, Carlos Rafael; Silva-Laya, Marisol – International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2017
Purpose: The purpose of this article is to present the experience of a Central American university that has been successfully advancing an educational model focused on sustainability for over 25 years. Many universities in industrialized nations are assuming a more active role in promoting sustainable development, while in emerging countries,…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Sustainable Development, Role of Education, Graduate Surveys
Anderson, Meredith B. L. – Frederick D. Patterson Research Institute, UNCF, 2016
"Building Better Narratives in Black Education" fundamentally changes the narrative and face of education reform to meaningfully include Black voices, leaders and initiatives that truly have equity and Black student success at the core. This is imperative as there is an education crisis for Black students in the United States. Recent…
Descriptors: African American Education, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education, African American Community
Care, Esther; Kim, Helyn; Anderson, Kate; Gustafsson-Wright, Emily – Center for Universal Education at The Brookings Institution, 2017
The Skills for a Changing World project presents evidence of a movement of education systems globally toward a more explicit focus on a broad range of skills that our 21st century society needs and demands. This movement can be seen in the vision and mission statements of education systems as well as through their curricula. Although clearly…
Descriptors: Skills, Educational Needs, Skill Analysis, Skill Development
Reynolds, Nora Pillard – ProQuest LLC, 2016
Given the tormented history of development projects around the globe and the fact that global service learning and engineering-for-development often engages students in development interventions, it is critically important to explore the impact of global service learning projects and partnerships not only on student learning, which has received…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Service Learning, Global Approach, Case Studies
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Aguilar, Olivia M. – Environmental Education Research, 2018
Interest in community environmental education (EE) and community education for sustainable development (ESD) is increasing, as evidenced by the increase in studies examining community EE/ESD approaches and NAAEE's current development of the Community EE Guidelines for Excellence. Thus, the purpose of this paper is to: (1) provide a review of…
Descriptors: Literature Reviews, Environmental Education, Community Education, Sustainable Development
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Ratliffe, Katherine T. – Diaspora, Indigenous, and Minority Education, 2018
This qualitative study describes a small community of people in Hawai'i who were affiliated with Enewetak, an atoll exposed to nuclear testing by the United States after World War II. Pattern matching is used to compare their social and educational conditions to those of other involuntary migrant groups across the world. The Enewetak community is…
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, Migrants, Comparative Analysis, Environmental Influences
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Mifsud, Mark; Verret, Marielle – Journal of Teacher Education for Sustainability, 2015
The marine environment represents a central component of Malta's local environment, and its ecosystem services play a vital role in supporting the economy as well as human well-being. Plans have been made to protect the unique ecology found within Maltese waters through the institution of five marine protected areas (MPAs). This quantitative study…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Marine Education, Marine Biology, Ecology
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Quigely, Cassie F.; Dogbey, James; Che, S. Megan; Hallo, Jeffrey – Environmental Education Research, 2015
Environmental issues are a shared human concern as communities in all nations and geographic regions are grappling with environmental degradation. Despite this concern, there are multiple different viewpoints on the current state of environmental issues and how to understand these problems. Understanding how different communities conceive of the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Environmental Education, Investigations, Teacher Attitudes
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Hipp, John R. – Crime & Delinquency, 2013
This study compares the relationship between official crime rates in census tracts and resident perceptions of crime. Using a unique data set that links household-level data from the American Housing Survey metro samples over 25 years (1976-1999) with official crime rate data for census tracts in selected cities during selected years, this study…
Descriptors: Community Attitudes, Crime, Surveys, Violence
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Park, Hye Young; Chong, Hyun Ju; Kim, Soo Ji – Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, 2015
Introduction: This study investigated attitudes (intrapersonal, interpersonal, and communal) toward, and uses of, music among people with visual impairments compared with those who are sighted to investigate the potential of music as a means of communication and social expression. Method: A total of 137 participants (63 visually impaired, 74…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Visual Impairments, Music Activities, Interpersonal Communication
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