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Milana, Marcella, Ed.; Webb, Sue, Ed.; Holford, John, Ed.; Waller, Richard, Ed.; Jarvis, Peter, Ed. – Palgrave Macmillan, 2018
This Handbook provides a wide-ranging frame of reference for researching adult and lifelong education and learning. With contributions from scores of established and newer scholars from six continents, the volume covers a diverse range of geopolitical and social territories across the world. Drawing on the multiple heritages that underpin research…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Students, Lifelong Learning, Global Approach
Zervas, Theodore G. – American Educational History Journal, 2016
This paper analyzes several elementary and middle school textbooks, educational decrees, and other primary sources to help shed light on how schooling, and more generally education, during what would be known as the "Reign of the Colonels" or "Military 'Junta'" attempted to reshape a Greek national identity. This paper seeks to…
Descriptors: Textbook Content, Content Analysis, Elementary School Students, Middle School Students
Autio, Ossi – Journal of Technology Education, 2016
There has been technology as long as there have been human beings. We can suppose that technology was as indispensable in the past as it is now. However, nowadays, the great speed at which technological changes come and new techniques are introduced is even more evident. Technology is affecting our lives more and more. It has consequences to every…
Descriptors: Handicrafts, Technology, Attitude Change, Student Attitudes
Bajrami, Teuta Jusufi; Kadriu, Lulzime Lutfiu; Ceka, Ardita – Journal of Education and Practice, 2016
The rapid development undertaken in science, technique and technology, has strongly influenced the radical change of the pace of human existence, and therefore as a very important part in the everyday life of society along with mandatory time is regarded leisure time, also. Given the fact that free time as a pedagogical and sociological issue is…
Descriptors: Leisure Time, Social Change, Time Management, Child Development
Fine, Michelle – Literacy Research: Theory, Method, and Practice, 2016
This article invites a conversation about how critical participatory research transforms the production of knowledge, enables a complex chronicling of counter stories, and nurtures the contestation of dominant narratives with the very people who have been misrepresented as Others. Through a series of research stories fomented in prison,…
Descriptors: Critical Literacy, Neoliberalism, Educational Research, Participatory Research
Mwaanga, Oscar; Prince, Samantha – Sport, Education and Society, 2016
Labelled as an alternative and more representative engine for development [Levermore, R. (2008). "Sport: A new engine of development?" "Progress in Development Studies," 8(2), 183-190. doi: 10.1177/146499340700800204], the international sport development and peace (SDP) movement is under pressure to enhance its credibility and…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Foreign Countries, Consciousness Raising, Social Change
Whittaker, Colin Grant; Holland-Smith, David – Sport, Education and Society, 2016
This study explored the influence social capital had over parental sports volunteers who are considered to be of paramount importance in the delivery of UK sports initiatives. A review of the relevant literature identifies and discusses the complexities within the debate to define social capital while human and cultural capital emerge as an…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Social Capital, Athletics, Parent Participation
Suransky, Caroline; van der Merwe, J. C. – Race, Ethnicity and Education, 2016
Twenty years after Nelson Mandela became President of South Africa, deeply entrenched inequalities and injustices are still at the core of the country's social fabric. South Africa's public and private sectors continue to battle with the situation and higher education institutions are no exception. The South African Ministry of Education has…
Descriptors: Racial Segregation, Social Change, Organizational Culture, Student Leadership
Mirra, Nicole; Rogers, John – International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education (QSE), 2016
In today's educational context, characterized by growing inequality and the rise of neoliberal ideology, universities are dealing with pressures to contribute to the global workforce and partner with private interests rather than educating citizens and serving the public good. This article presents youth participatory action research (YPAR) as a…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Role of Education, College Faculty, Youth
Dündar, Hakan; Erdogan, Erdi; Hareket, Erdem – Educational Research and Reviews, 2016
The non-violent, tolerant, pacifistic and humanistic manner of Mahatma Gandhi is a globally recognized fact. UNESCO's foundation of Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Education for Peace and Sustainable Development is one of the best examples that support this fact. In this study, it is aimed to present "Mahatma Gandhi", who is globally…
Descriptors: Role Models, Change Agents, Social Change, Social Justice
Zirkel, Sabrina; Johnson, Tabora – Educational Researcher, 2016
The role that racial identity plays in the well-being, educational achievement, and life outcomes of Black youth has received tremendous attention from the early post-slavery years right up until today, and remains a surprisingly contested area of study. We call for the examination of why images of Black racial identity as "damaged" and…
Descriptors: Racial Identification, Well Being, Academic Achievement, Concept Formation
Beer, Christopher Todd – International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2016
Purpose: This research uses the social science perspectives of institutions, ecological modernization and social movements to analyze the rationale used by the early-adopting universities of fossil fuel divestment in the USA. Design/methodology/approach: Through analysis of qualitative data from interviews with key actors at the universities that…
Descriptors: Fuels, Statistical Analysis, Robustness (Statistics), Qualitative Research
Harkavy, Ira; Hartley, Matthew; Hodges, Rita Axelroth; Weeks, Joann – Higher Learning Research Communications, 2016
In the rapidly accelerating global era in which we now live, human beings must solve a vast array of unprecedently complex problems. Given their proclaimed dedication to critical intelligence, and their unique constellation of formidable resources to develop it, institutions of higher education have a unique responsibility to help solve these…
Descriptors: Global Education, Partnerships in Education, College Role, School Community Programs
Macias, Trinidad – ProQuest LLC, 2016
The number of students from Saudi Arabia studying in the United States is increasing; this study focused on understanding Saudi women studying in the United States. A qualitative phenomenological approach was used to address the main research question: What are the perceptions of Saudi women on their experiences as international college students…
Descriptors: Arabs, Foreign Students, College Students, Student Attitudes
Mitchell, Sandra L. – ProQuest LLC, 2016
Public school teachers must meet the unique needs of English language learners (ELLs) in the general education classroom. There is a need to understand teacher attitudes toward ELLs because attitudes can explain and influence teacher behavior and professional practice. The purpose of this quantitative study was to examine the relationships between…
Descriptors: Correlation, Teacher Behavior, Teacher Attitudes, English (Second Language)