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Byerly, T. Ryan; Haggard, Megan – Journal of Moral Education, 2023
This paper is concerned with the civic significance and cultivation of three constructs that involve different ways of having an expansive and virtuous concern for others. Identification with all humanity involves caring for an expansive domain of others, identifying with humanity generally and not just with one's ingroup. Others-centeredness…
Descriptors: Prosocial Behavior, Caring, Ethics, Citizen Participation
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Tschurenev, Jana – Comparative Education, 2021
This article discusses the 'Indianisation', 'nationalisation', and 'ruralisation' of the Montessori method in India at the eve, and in the aftermath of the country's political independence (1947). From 1914 onwards, Indian nationalists received Montessori's ideas through publications, the networks of the new education movement, and the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Montessori Method, Educational History, Rural Education
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Verharen, Charles C. – Ethics and Education, 2020
Philosophy confronts two existential crises: the threats to its existence from scientists like Stephen Hawking who claim that philosophy is dead; and the threat to life itself from catastrophic climate change. The essay's first theoretical part critiques Nietzsche's claim that philosophy's primary function is to guarantee the future of life. The…
Descriptors: Ethics, Philosophy, Models, Educational Philosophy
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Garner, Julie; Rossmanith, Eva – Journal of Museum Education, 2021
In recent years, museums have recognized the urgent need to address several challenging issues. These topics include gender equality, racism, and environmental issues, just to name a few. As museums embrace the role of community-building change-makers, how can we include our audiences in the mission of making positive change? How can our…
Descriptors: Empathy, Museums, Best Practices, Dialogs (Language)
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Sutherland, Sue; Parker, Melissa – Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance, 2020
Within the United States, K-12 students are experiencing and internalizing trauma from a wide range of sources such as poverty, neglect, abuse, violence, gangs, bullying, and the effects of the opioid epidemic. This level of trauma impacts students' mental health, behavior, relationships, and academic performance, among other factors. Physical…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Trauma, Physical Education, Teacher Student Relationship
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Arbogast, Douglas; Eades, Daniel; Plein, L. Christopher – Journal of Extension, 2017
Online and off-site educational programming is increasingly incorporated by Extension educators to reach their clientele. Models such as the flipped classroom combine online content and in-person learning, allowing clients to both gain information and build peer learning communities. We demonstrate how video documentaries used in traditional…
Descriptors: Video Technology, Documentaries, Tourism, Blended Learning
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Snider, Marie – English Teaching Forum, 2016
In this article, Marie Snider, a returning English Language Fellow in Burma who works on the Lower Mekong Initiative's Professional Communication Skills for Leaders project, describes the activities of Nyein Ei San, an English teacher in Upper Burma. Ms. San has been active in the English language teaching (ELT) community in Burma for the past…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Language Teachers
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Gubacs-Collins, Klara Dianna – Physical Educator, 2015
What constitutes appropriate practice in physical education? NASPE suggests the outcome of a physical education program should be that adolescents have gained the skills and knowledge to be physically active for a lifetime. Furthermore, a physically educated person consistently demonstrates responsible personal and social behavior in physical…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Daily Living Skills, Questioning Techniques, Teaching Methods
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Mette, Ian M.; Biddle, Catharine; Mackenzie, Sarah V.; Harris-Smedberg, Kathy – Journal of Cases in Educational Leadership, 2016
This case was written to help prepare teacher-leaders, principals, and central office administrators, particularly those in rural and economically marginalized settings, who are expected to lead teachers and stakeholders in their community through increasingly stressed economic conditions. The intent of the case study is for educators to examine…
Descriptors: Economic Climate, Advantaged, Whites, Middle Class
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Maebuta, Jack – Journal of Peace Education, 2011
Technical and vocational education and training programs as a form of peace education are examined in this paper. It explores the notion of educating for a culture of peace through refocusing technical and vocational education and training programs on sustainable community development in the Solomon Islands. It further highlights the policy and…
Descriptors: Community Development, Nationalism, Experiential Learning, Peace
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Strawn, Clare; Monama, Geraldine – International Journal of Lifelong Education, 2012
Adult literacy is a crucial element of community and economic development in South Africa and many developing countries striving to meet Millennium Development Goals. However, few governments invest the recommended 6% of education budgets on programmes for adults. Without resources, volunteer educators and international supporters rely on their…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Adult Literacy, Foreign Countries, Community Development
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Hardman, Elizabeth L. – Journal of Special Education Technology, 2012
This article describes the challenges in organizing professional learning communities (PLCs) in special education, identifies the teacher and student benefits of using a PLC approach to professional development, and discusses the promise and pitfalls of organizing web-based PLCs to engage distributed stakeholders in the practice of special…
Descriptors: Stakeholders, Special Education, Teaching Methods, Professional Development
Hutzel, Karen; Bastos, Flavia M. C.; Cozier, Kimberly J. – Teachers College Press, 2012
This anthology places art at the center of meaningful urban education reform. Providing a fresh perspective on urban education, the contributors describe a positive, asset-based community development model designed to tap into the teaching/learning potential already available in urban cities. Rather than focusing on a lack of resources, this…
Descriptors: Community Development, Urban Schools, Art Education, Educational Change
Smith, David J., Ed. – United States Institute of Peace, 2013
Offering lifelong and developmental learning to over 13 million students at nearly 1,200 schools, community colleges in the United States attract a student body with remarkable economic, ethnic, and cultural diversity. They provide students with skills and foundational knowledge upon which successful professional careers and rewarding personal…
Descriptors: Peace, Teaching Methods, Teaching Guides, Conflict Resolution
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Peterson, Tessa Hicks – Teaching in Higher Education, 2009
Significant shifts are occurring in higher education pedagogy, research methodology, and community development, ones that value civic engagement and experiential learning as bridges to holistic education and sustainable social change. Engaged scholarship through university-community partnerships can result in providing a well-rounded education for…
Descriptors: Community Development, Research Methodology, School Community Relationship, Social Change
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