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Kelly A. Long; Carolyn Grant – South African Journal of Childhood Education, 2024
Background: The concept of 'learner voice' has received global attention in recent years, frequently credited to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC). The UNCRC recognises that children have (1) the right to express a view and (2) the right to have the view given due weight. However, in many countries, including South…
Descriptors: Elementary Schools, Foreign Countries, Grade 2, Grade 3
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Nordvall, Henrik; Wadende, Pamela A.; Amutabi, Maurice N. – International Journal of Lifelong Education, 2023
This article reports an empirical case study of a community self-help group (chama) in Western Kenya, utilising the study circle model promoted by a Swedish non-governmental organisation. Methodologically, it is a qualitative study using semi-structured interviews and participant observation for data collection. The results show that the study…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Nonformal Education, Adult Education, Models
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Dodson, Kirsten Heikkinen; Baugh, Daniela; Roland, Avery; Edmonds, Sara; York, Hannah Pinson – Advances in Engineering Education, 2022
At the Peugeot Center for Engineering Service in Developing Communities at Lipscomb University, seventeen years of experience have provided the foundation for a program that creates lasting impact. In comparison to other service learning or humanitarian engineering programs, the Peugeot Center is unique in that it achieves substantial impact on…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Engineering Education, Developing Nations, Service Learning
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Hancock, Emily – Childhood Education, 2022
Today's children must navigate unprecedented change. Technological advancement, pandemics, wars, and the climate emergency all contribute to rapidly evolving social and financial landscapes. This changing world needs children and youth who possess socioemotional and financial skills and resilience, who dare to think critically, and who act as…
Descriptors: Social Change, Financial Education, Money Management, Resilience (Psychology)
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Loomis, Colleen; Akkari, Abdeljalil – Research in Educational Administration & Leadership, 2021
In studies on educational leadership across African countries, researchers are using different concepts that do not have the same meanings or similar histories, including variations in involvement by local, national, and international leaders. In the first part of this article, we problematize conceptualizing globally minded school leadership in…
Descriptors: Instructional Leadership, Indigenous Knowledge, School Readiness, Educational Quality
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Adu-Baffoe, Emmanuel; Bonney, Solomon – International Education Studies, 2021
Non-Governmental Organizations play an indispensable role in the development process in Sub-Saharan Africa. This is evident in the educational sector where most major donor organizations have increased the resources apportioned through NGOs to implement their educational programmes. However, it is sad to indicate that these interventions appear…
Descriptors: Nongovernmental Organizations, Educational Policy, Foreign Countries, Educational Quality