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Moss, Julianne; O'Mara, Joanne; McCandless, Trevor – International Journal of Inclusive Education, 2017
Internationally, Intercultural Understanding (ICU) is increasingly prevalent in the field of education. The recent evidence base includes a growing academic literature and examples of specified education policy and curricula. In regards to leveraging ICU, research suggests a multi-level and longitudinal approach is needed to ensure effective and…
Descriptors: Instructional Leadership, Cultural Awareness, School Administration, Educational Change
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Sigurðardóttir, Anna Kristín; Hjartarson, Torfi – Improving Schools, 2016
The physical environment in schools has in the literature of late been gaining recognition as a potential factor supporting educational change. This article draws a single case out of a research sample of 20 schools in Iceland to relate an inventive design process as the school was being developed and study the current state of established school…
Descriptors: School Buildings, Physical Environment, Educational Change, Building Design
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Mulcahy, Dianne – Journal of Education Policy, 2016
This article seeks to augment an emerging interest in education policy research in enactment theorising, to explicitly consider the role and contribution of materiality in this theorising. Guided by the notion of policy "matters," the article takes as its empirical context a major policy initiative, the Building the Education Revolution…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Role, Educational Research, Policy Analysis
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Basa, Inci – Educational Forum, 2010
Project selection is an essential matter of design teaching. Based on observations of a specific curriculum, the author claims that a wide repertoire of subjects including offices, restaurants, hotels, and other public places are used to prepare design students, but that schools and other "learning environments/ schools" are similarly…
Descriptors: Interior Design, Educational Facilities Design, Building Design, Architectural Education
Wolff, Susan J. – National Research Center for Career and Technical Education, 2003
The purpose of the study was to (a) determine the design features of the physical learning environment that support collaborative, project-based learning, and (b) to gain an understanding of the rationale for the selection of the features. The literature review indicated a need for changing learning expectations to prepare learners for rapidly…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Student Projects, Active Learning, Educational Environment