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Gómez-Olmedo, Ana M.; Valor, Carmen; Carrero, Isabel – Environmental Education Research, 2020
Adhering to the basic principles of transformative learning in education for sustainable development, socioemotional competencies are fundamental for the promotion of sustainability; however, they are difficult to nurture. There is initial evidence that mindfulness practice may promote the enhancement of such competencies, but a comprehensive…
Descriptors: Metacognition, Environmental Education, Sustainable Development, Meta Analysis
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McKee, Ravyn – Journal of Service-Learning in Higher Education, 2016
This paper presents a review of twelve studies on the effectiveness of international service-learning projects. The purpose of this review is to analyze, through the use of themes, the goals and issues affecting outcomes of such programs in order to evaluate the current uses of international service-learning within multiple fields. International…
Descriptors: Service Learning, International Programs, Program Effectiveness, Reflection
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Brown, Alison – Practitioner Research in Higher Education, 2016
This study aimed to assess if a module on an undergraduate degree programme had challenged students' perspectives on ageing and older adults. Courses on gerontology are on the increase within the UK to support increasingly ageing populations, with agendas to promote ethical care and to challenge the incidence of elderly abuse. Research…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Aging (Individuals), Older Adults, Undergraduate Students
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Aguilar, Olivia M. – Environmental Education Research, 2018
Interest in community environmental education (EE) and community education for sustainable development (ESD) is increasing, as evidenced by the increase in studies examining community EE/ESD approaches and NAAEE's current development of the Community EE Guidelines for Excellence. Thus, the purpose of this paper is to: (1) provide a review of…
Descriptors: Literature Reviews, Environmental Education, Community Education, Sustainable Development
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Towery, Ila Deshmukh – Penn GSE Perspectives on Urban Education, 2007
The continued persistence of sexism and institutional gender bias in schools is well documented. The empirical research in this area has uncovered a host of negative outcomes associated with gender inequity for all children. Research suggests that schools provide an excellent forum in which issues of gender inequities may be examined and…
Descriptors: Sex Fairness, Faculty Development, Gender Bias, Teacher Attitudes
Hua, Shucheng – 2002
The evolution of cadre (political elite and bureaucratic functionaries) education in China from 1949 to the present was evaluated in terms of leadership development and the underlying interests of the Chinese Communist Party as it integrates more fully into the world economy. Historic achievements include: (1) increased knowledge about market…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Audits (Verification), Bureaucracy, Centralization