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Simpson, Patricia Anne – International Journal of Music Education, 2013
The myth of Orpheus is intricately implicated in the origin of song. For centuries, myth and music have cooperated in a variety of genres, foremost among them in opera. The myth, open to reinterpretation across linguistic, national, and temporal boundaries, served as a starting point for an extracurricular opera project in the metropolitan region…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Socioeconomic Influences, Immigrants, Ethnicity
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Braer, Gerd – Clearing House: A Journal of Educational Strategies, Issues and Ideas, 2006
The 2000 and 2003 international studies of the Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) among all Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) countries presented disappointing results for Germany's fifteen-year-old students' reading skills. These studies pointed out two necessities for future reform: to extend the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, International Studies, Special Needs Students, Educational Change