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European Union, 2021
The education sector plays a vital role in an economic, social and environmental context since it has the capacity to transform society and prepare it to adapt to needs and challenges from different perspectives. It is a complex activity that accompanies the various stages of personal development and therefore it is an articulated sector that…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Social Environment, Role of Education, Social Change
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Hirschauer, Sabine; Karp, Regina; Kekeh, Michele; Akpinar-Elci, Muge – Journal of Community Engagement and Higher Education, 2019
This two-year quantitative study analyzes students' experiences during migration experiential learning study-abroad programs in 2017 and 2018 in Munich, Germany. U.S. students worked with German refugee organizations to gain a more comprehensive understanding about the political, social, and cultural complexity of Europe's current migration…
Descriptors: Immigrants, Social Integration, Refugees, Study Abroad
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Kiel, Ewald; Syring, Marcus; Weiss, Sabine – Pedagogy, Culture and Society, 2017
The large number of newly arrived individuals from other countries, particularly of young people, has had an enormous impact on the school system in Germany. The present study investigated requirements for successful intercultural school development. The study used investigative group discussions, where the groups were composed of teachers and…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Teacher Educators, Foreign Countries, Qualitative Research
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Henschke, John A. – Adult Learning, 2012
International travel has the potential to expand one's learning horizons exponentially, especially with the abundantly enriching experiences of adult, continuing, and lifelong learning conferences. CONFINTEA VI (The Sixth World International Conference in Adult Education) sponsored by the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Travel, Lifelong Learning, Adult Learning
Rabkin, Gabriele, Ed.; Roche, Stephen, Ed. – UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning, 2014
This book was published to mark the tenth anniversary of Hamburg's award-winning Family Literacy project (FLY). It includes contributions from key stakeholders--academics, teachers, parents and children--participating in the conceptualization and implementation of FLY in the city of Hamburg. FLY mainly targets people from socially disadvantaged…
Descriptors: Family Literacy, Literacy Education, Futures (of Society), Foreign Countries
Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, Paris (France). Centre for Educational Research and Innovation. – 1973
The Centre for Educational Research and Innovation Studies on innovation have tried to evaluate what is happening in different member countries to achieve a balance between organized processes for change and free initiative of the individual school or teacher, and to establish effective institutions in the different national circumstances. The aim…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Change Strategies, Comparative Education, Curriculum
California State Colleges, San Francisco. Office of International Programs. – 1968
Described specifically in this booklet are study abroad programs in France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Spain, Sweden, and Taiwan, sponsored by the California State Colleges as integral parts of their academic curriculums. General information is provided on admission requirements, academic aspects, student life abroad, costs, and financial aid. In…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Course Organization, Cross Cultural Training, Culture Contact
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van Dam-Mieras, M. C. E.; Rikers, J. H. A. N. – Journal of Education for Sustainable Development, 2007
In the context of the UN Decade of Education for Sustainable Development (DESD), United Nations University (UNU) initiated the creation of a network of Regional Centres of Expertise (RCEs) for Education for Sustainable Development. This paper describes the philosophy behind the activities performed by one of those RCEs, RCE Rhine-Meuse, an RCE…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Advisory Committees, Sustainable Development, Nonformal Education