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Sweden's International Training Programme in Education for Sustainable Development Enables Students to Change Institutions
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Taylor, Jim; Neeser, Marie – Journal of Education for Sustainable Development, 2012
The Swedish International Training Programme in Education for Sustainable Development, which has been run annually for the past 10 years, is a five-phase program that supports participants to develop and implement a change project in their work places. It requires a team of students from an institution and provides extensive follow up. The course…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Sustainable Development, Program Descriptions, Work Environment
The Political Scientist as Local Campaign Consultant
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Crew, Robert E., Jr. – PS: Political Science and Politics, 2011
During my 45 years as an academic, I have followed the admonition sometimes attributed to the legendary Jedi warrior Obi-Wan Kenobe that political scientists should "use [their] power for good and not for evil." In this spirit, I have devoted substantial portions of my career to public service by providing strategic advice and campaign management…
Descriptors: Political Science, Elections, Public Service, Political Issues
Turning the Instruction over: How to Invite Engagement through Community Connection and Civic Action
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Pate, Joseph A.; Tobias, Toby; Johnson, Corey W.; Powell, Gwynn – Schole: A Journal of Leisure Studies and Recreation Education, 2012
The Critical Issues Investigation combines experiential education philosophy with service-learning methods to situate a section of a course in both personal and professional development utilizing active and engaged citizenship for college age students. Through the use of the National Issues Forum materials, critical issues facing a variety of…
Descriptors: Delivery Systems, Community Needs, Investigations, Service Learning
Reach Teachers Now to Ensure Common Core Success
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Lee, James O. – Phi Delta Kappan, 2011
The Common Core of Standards project has strong national support, but it will not succeed if it doesn't involve teachers in grassroots development activities. The initiative should involve local consortia of schools in working with the new standards, assessments, and support tools. Local teachers would design teaching units and then share these…
Descriptors: National Programs, Academic Standards, Alignment (Education), School Culture
School District Technology Planning Handbook. Mississippi Department of Education.
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Mississippi State Dept. of Education, Jackson. Office of Educational Technology. – 1995
The purpose of this document is to give local school districts in Mississippi the information needed to complete the local technology planning process, beginning with the technology committee selection and ending with the State Board of Education's approval and the Technology Enhancement Funds disbursement. The document is divided into five…
Descriptors: Check Lists, Educational Development, Educational Technology, Elementary Secondary Education
Education North Evaluation Project. The Second Annual Report.
Ingram, E. J.; McIntosh, R. G. – 1981
The report and evaluation of Education North (a project designed to encourage parents, community members, and teachers in small, isolated, primarily Native and Metis communities in northern Alberta to work together to meet community educational needs) is comprised of three parts. Part One presents an update of Education North activities and…
Descriptors: American Indian Education, Canada Natives, Community Education, Community Organizations