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Carol D. Lee; Na'ilah Suad Nasir; Mary Helen Immordino-Yang – National Academy of Education, 2024
Education plays a central role in preparing young people to engage thoughtfully in civic and community issues and to wrestle with complex dilemmas in the public domain. As a democracy, our system of governance offers multiple pathways through which people living in the country can influence how civic issues and dilemmas are addressed.…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Interdisciplinary Approach, Civics, Ethics
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Berik, Günseli; Rodgers, Yana van der Meulen – Journal of Economic Education, 2023
An undergraduate course in development economics presents an ideal opportunity to introduce students to the importance of gender differences in economic outcomes. The authors of this article argue that a systematic integration of gender into development economics courses based on standard textbooks is feasible and desirable. They provide a…
Descriptors: Economics Education, Teaching Methods, Gender Differences, Economic Development
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Mariola Strahlberg – Taboo: The Journal of Culture and Education, 2024
When a hero is lost to history, it matters that his work and name should be discussed. Such is the case for Janusz Korczak or Henryk Goldszmit, a courageous fighter for democracy in Poland during the first half of the 20th century. Korczak, the pen name he used for his writings, founded two orphanages where he provided an environment for all the…
Descriptors: Democracy, Democratic Values, Foreign Countries, History
Chris Jellis – Research Matters, 2024
The Centre for Evaluation and Monitoring (CEM), based in the North of England, recently celebrated its 40th birthday. Arising from an evaluation project at Newcastle University, and a subsequent move to Durham University, it rapidly grew in scope and influence, developing a series of highly regarded school assessments. For a relatively small…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Foreign Countries, Computer Assisted Testing, Adaptive Testing
Scott, William; Vare, Paul – Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2020
This book is an introduction to the long history of human learning, the environment and sustainable development -- about our struggles with the natural world: first for survival, then for dominance, currently for self-preservation, and in future perhaps, even for long-term, mutually beneficial co-existence. It charts the long arc of…
Descriptors: Learning, Environment, Sustainable Development, History
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Amaladas, Stan; Schellhammer, Erich; Parker, Lorelei Higgins – New Directions for Student Leadership, 2023
For the sake of promoting peaceful and inclusive societies and building accountable and inclusive institutions, what can peace leadership educators do in the Here and Now to implement equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities? This question is raised within the context of the discovery of hundreds of unmarked graves…
Descriptors: Peace, Sustainable Development, Leadership, Indigenous Populations
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Terry A. Ackerman; Deborah L. Bandalos; Derek C. Briggs; Howard T. Everson; Andrew D. Ho; Susan M. Lottridge; Matthew J. Madison; Sandip Sinharay; Michael C. Rodriguez; Michael Russell; Alina A. Davier; Stefanie A. Wind – Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice, 2024
This article presents the consensus of an National Council on Measurement in Education Presidential Task Force on Foundational Competencies in Educational Measurement. Foundational competencies are those that support future development of additional professional and disciplinary competencies. The authors develop a framework for foundational…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Competence, Skill Development, Communication Skills
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Bierema, Laura L. – New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, 2019
The purpose of the chapter is to introduce the T-shaped professional and advance it as an organizing rubric for curriculum development in higher education as a strategy to enhance employability. The chapter explores the T-shaped professional by investigating its history, considering the context creating demand for T-shaped people, and outlining…
Descriptors: Employment Potential, Curriculum Development, Higher Education, Educational Strategies
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Milton Bennett; Keshia Abraham; Omolabake Fakunle; Julie Ficarra; Amy Henry; Marissa Lombardi; Quinton Redcliffe; Melissa Torres; Barry Van Driel – Frontiers: The Interdisciplinary Journal of Study Abroad, 2024
This white paper is a conceptual summary of a think tank discussion sponsored by The Forum on Education Abroad. Following the traditional use of "white paper" as a call to action in specific contexts, this paper defines the contexts of programming for education abroad and for domestic diversity education and argues for an incorporation…
Descriptors: Study Abroad, Diversity, Intercultural Communication, Global Approach
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Hämäläinen, Nora – Journal of Philosophy of Education, 2022
In the past few years, we have seen emerging new work that brings into focus the role of historical change and its moral implications in Iris Murdoch's philosophy. This paper strengthens this reading of her work and investigates the implications of this aspect of Murdoch's thinking for education in general and for moral education in particular. It…
Descriptors: Ethics, Educational Philosophy, Social Change, Moral Development
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Carugi, Carlo; Bryant, Heather – American Journal of Evaluation, 2020
The integrated nature of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) calls for greater synergy, harmonization, and complementarity in development work. This is to be reflected in evaluation. Despite a long and diversified history spanning over almost three decades, joint evaluations have fallen out of fashion. Evaluators tend to shy away from joint…
Descriptors: Sustainable Development, Program Evaluation, Cooperation, International Programs
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Jeffrey, David McLachlan – Philosophical Inquiry in Education, 2021
This article focuses on ancient Daoist wisdom, together with its associated principle of "yin-yang," and their contemporary significance in terms of how they might be applied within today's classrooms as foundations for a harmonious world. It does so by illustrating the significance of Daoism and "yin-yang" from both historical…
Descriptors: Educational Philosophy, Asian Culture, Teaching Methods, Ethics
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Shenfield, Robyn; Prendergast, Monica – Research in Drama Education, 2023
This article examines a concept called 'curriculum violence' that offers a contribution to the field of curriculum studies, in deepening both teachers' and scholars' awareness of the ways in which our best intentions in the drama classroom may lead to potential harm for our students. We present two drama structures, both Canadian; the first by…
Descriptors: Drama, Risk, Curriculum Development, Foreign Countries
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Smolucha, Larry; Smolucha, Francine – Early Child Development and Care, 2021
According to Lev S. Vygotsky (1896-1934), the highest levels of abstract thinking and self-regulation in preschool development are established in "pretend play using object substitutions." An extensive research literature supports Vygotsky's empirical model of the internalization of self-guiding speech (social speech > private speech…
Descriptors: Learning Theories, Early Childhood Education, Abstract Reasoning, Self Control
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Graham, Louise B.; Lindsey, Allison – Journal of Instructional Pedagogies, 2017
A review of Animal-Assisted Therapy and related terms such as "Animal-Assisted Activities" is presented as an introduction to the exploration of additional equine applications with children. Animal-Assisted Therapy has been studied, but Animal-Assisted Activities with children facing normal developmental struggles has not received much…
Descriptors: Horses, Counseling Techniques, Children, Child Development
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