NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Does not meet standards5
Showing 3,721 to 3,735 of 20,014 results Save | Export
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Nookathoti, Trinadh – Educational Philosophy and Theory, 2022
Field of education is associated with herculean task and innate responsibility of escorting societies forward. Across space and time, it has been an unambiguous synthesis that education should precede any progress or change. It helps humans to understand themselves and better their interaction with rest of the society. Hence the field of education…
Descriptors: Foreign Policy, Educational History, Social Bias, Role of Education
Cedefop - European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training, 2022
Building on the findings of Cedefop/ReferNet thematic perspectives for EU Member States, Norway and Iceland, this synthesis report identifies recent trends and policy developments in Europe on the initial and continuous professional development of VET teachers and trainers. The report points to the different types of VET teachers and trainers in…
Descriptors: Social Change, Vocational Education, Vocational Education Teachers, Labor Needs
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Omel'chenko, E. L. – Russian Education & Society, 2015
The article looks at the experience of studying young people in today's Russia and the way the experience correlates with Western traditions of research. The analysis that is proposed is oriented toward understanding the analytical and empirical potential of the concept of solidarity applicable to the current agenda. [This article was translated…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Research Methodology, Cultural Influences, European History
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Benin, V. L. – Russian Education & Society, 2015
The article analyzes the latest steps taken by Russian authorities in reforming the system of education, and substantiates society's strongly felt need for the reforms to be liberated from bureaucratic dictatorship and secrecy. It demonstrates the close connection between the reform of education and the rapidly dropping quality of education,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Role of Education, Educational Change, Social Influences
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
PDF on ERIC Download full text
Gomes, Isabel Pereira; Amorim, José Pedro; Correia, José Alberto; Menezes, Isabel – Journal of Social Science Education, 2015
This article presents a description of the major campaigns of adult literacy in the revolutionary period in Portugal, between the years 1974 and 1977. The campaigns aimed to address the problem of extremely low levels of formal education and high levels of adult illiteracy, and were organized by different movements, from the military to political…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Adult Literacy, Illiteracy, Political Issues
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Leher, Roberto; Vittoria, Paolo – Journal for Critical Education Policy Studies, 2015
One of the hallmarks of anti-capitalist social movements in Latin America is the incorporation of self-organizing processes of political education and involvement in the educational process of their children and youth. This article discusses popular education and critical pedagogy upheld by historical and contemporary Brazilian social movements,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Social Change, Critical Theory, Popular Education
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
PDF on ERIC Download full text
Martino, Andrew – Journal of the National Collegiate Honors Council, 2015
In a world that no longer privileges thinking, Andrew Martino writes here that we might need to consider what we are asking of our students--and why--when we ask them to think. This article presents a declaration of how Martino thinks honors education can serve as a resistant force against the increasing encroachment of a wholly utilitarian…
Descriptors: Honors Curriculum, Humanities, Role of Education, Educational Objectives
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Breed, Amanda – Research in Drama Education, 2015
In this essay, I explore the Youth Theatre for Peace (YTP) project in relation to environmental aesthetics and engaged participatory practices towards tolerance building in Central Asia. My main argument is that cultural histories of storytelling, "manas" (an oral and now literary Kyrgyz epic) and trickster tales incorporate ideas and…
Descriptors: Theater Arts, Community Programs, Social Justice, Aesthetics
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
PDF on ERIC Download full text
Lewthwaite, Brian Ellis; Owen, Thomas; Doiron, Ashley – International Journal of Multicultural Education, 2015
Recent developments in Canada's Yukon Territory draw attention to how political changes have potential for accelerating practices in education that are responsive to Indigenous Peoples' cultural knowledge systems and practices. In this study, through the use of case study methodology, an account of the changes that have occurred in one First…
Descriptors: Case Studies, American Indians, Educational Change, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Baybakova, Olga; Sidun, Larysa – Comparative Professional Pedagogy, 2015
Article deals with the problem of multicultural education. Ukraine, being a multicultural society, requires a new conception of the world, aimed at integrating cultures and nations, their further convergence as well as cultural enrichment. In this context the experience of many foreign countries, especially the USA, is very interesting. This…
Descriptors: Interaction, Intercultural Communication, Multicultural Education, Literature Reviews
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Hallman, Heidi L. – Changing English: Studies in Culture and Education, 2015
This article explores how the current era in which we live, "New Times," a term used to characterize the changing social, economic, and technological conditions of our current era, both affords and constrains the identities of future teachers. The case of Anna Cunningham, a pre-service English language arts teacher, is highlighted as a…
Descriptors: Language Arts, English Instruction, Professional Identity, Teacher Characteristics
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Deca, Ligia – European Journal of Higher Education, 2015
Higher education systems in Central and Eastern Europe have faced numerous challenges in their transitions following the collapse of totalitarian regimes in 1989-1990. Romania, as a country that is representative of the specificities of this particular region, as well as a relatively new member of the European Union, is a privileged site for…
Descriptors: Educational Change, International Education, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Butin, Dan – Theory Into Practice, 2015
Dan Butin exmines and questions whether the goal, or dream, of service-learning has been actualized in practice. He raises the possibility that what educators dream of-a critical service-learning able to ameliorate persistent real-world inequities-may be a case of their dreaming being fulfilled, rather than their dreams. More specifically, he…
Descriptors: Critical Theory, Service Learning, Educational Practices, Social Justice
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
McCormack, Christopher F. – History of Education, 2015
This paper examines the role of William Graham Brooke as advocate of women's higher education and access to university. His work as advocate is considered against the religious, political, social and economic backdrop of late nineteenth century Ireland. A barrister, as Clerk in the Lord Chancellor's office, he was centrally involved in the…
Descriptors: Educational History, Churches, Social Change, Womens Education
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
McShane, Michael Q.; Eden, Max – Journal of School Choice, 2015
There is strong evidence that the fiscal position of states moving forward will require K-12 schooling to become less expensive. States are projected to see spikes in pension contributions for public sector workers and increased expenditures related to Medicaid expansion. While these bills are coming due, the country is also projected to change…
Descriptors: School Choice, Educational Policy, Educational Practices, Private Schools
Pages: 1  |  ...  |  245  |  246  |  247  |  248  |  249  |  250  |  251  |  252  |  253  |  ...  |  1335