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Rebecca E. Burnett; Maria Eichmans Cochran – Journal on Excellence in College Teaching, 2024
Chronology, widely used for teaching arts and humanities, marginalizes students' abilities to connect new knowledge to existing constructs. Building on the foundation provided by Etienne Wenger-Trayner and Beverly Wenger-Trayner (2020), we argue that using social learning in arts and humanities is more productive than chronology, with attention to…
Descriptors: Art Education, Humanities Instruction, Socialization, Power Structure
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Ward, Catherine – Ethics and Education, 2020
This paper probes theories of justice underpinning the concept of equity to deconstruct the term and ascertain how best to equitably support refugee and asylum-seeking youth in U.S. schools. Building upon theories posited by John Rawls, Michael Sandel, and Amartya Sen, the paper aims to extend beyond ideal theory into a theoretical framework of…
Descriptors: Refugees, Equal Education, Civil Rights, Standards
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Molla, Tebeje; Harvey, Andrew; Sellar, Sam – Higher Education Research and Development, 2019
This article explores factors contributing to unequal patterns of access to languages other than English (LOTE) in Australian universities. A critical analysis of qualitative and quantitative data generated through interviews, surveys and document analysis reveals that underrepresentation in LOTE courses in Australian universities is attributable…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Universities, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning
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McGinn, Noel F.; Schiefelbein, Ernesto – Prospects: Quarterly Review of Comparative Education, 2015
Reading before class has been demonstrated to improve student learning. This article describes the installation and effectiveness of a strategy to encourage student class preparation. The strategy, called the Class-to-Class Method, has been implemented in a large private university in Chile. The university hopes that this innovation will reduce…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Instructional Innovation, Educational Strategies, Study Habits
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Srivastava, Mamta; Jena, S. S. – Journal of Learning for Development, 2015
Skills acquisition is vital for any economic growth, particularly in an era of economic and technological changes. The need for skill development is a vital challenge, foremost for a developing nation, such as India. Therefore, vocational education and training (VET) is a direct means of providing workers with skills more relevant to their…
Descriptors: Prior Learning, Distance Education, Economic Development, Skill Development
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Payne, Jonathan – International Journal of Lifelong Education, 2006
Today, "lifelong learning for all" figures prominently within the education and training policies of governments throughout the developed world and is presented as a powerful solution to a wide range of economic and social challenges. Norway is often regarded as a country that has perhaps made more progress towards this ideal than many…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Lifelong Learning, Educational Change, Interviews