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Hendra Y. Agustian – Science & Education, 2025
Wicked problems have been characterised by their high epistemological and axiological complexities. These are the kinds of problems that may invade our classrooms because many of them concern many stakeholders, including our students. Several approaches have been developed to address wicked problems in various contexts. However, little is known…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Social Problems, World Problems, Universities
Baker, Zeke; Gehlbach, Hunter – History of Education Quarterly, 2022
As the world reckons with the existential threat posed by climate change, the US remains deeply divided about the need for action. The solution to this problem, many have argued, begins with teaching environmentalism in primary and secondary schools and fostering receptivity to environmental issues and environmental science among the next…
Descriptors: Environmental Education, Climate, Elementary Secondary Education, Political Issues
Baranova, Jurate; Duobliene, Lilija – Ethics and Education, 2020
The article reflects upon the possibility of educating sensitivity to the pain of the different Other by using feature cinema. The authors rely on the methodology suggested by Stanley Louis Cavell and Andrew Klevan, and also on the suggestions and conclusions by William B. Russell, III and Stewart Waters. The authors of this article reflected upon…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Films, High School Students, Ethics
Zapata, Angie; Van Horn, Selena; Moss, Daryl; Fugit, Misha – Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, 2019
The authors (two classroom teacher researchers and two university researchers) explore the potential of improvisational teaching for justice-oriented literacy instruction with adolescent youths. In the aftermath of racial unrest and student activism at the University of Missouri and when faced with the emerging confusions among students in…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Social Justice, Literacy, Adolescents
Stein, Sharon – Globalisation, Societies and Education, 2021
In this article, I propose the need to reimagine global citizenship education for a VUCA world: volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous. In this context, it remains unclear what kind of GCE could adequately prepare young people for numerous overlapping global challenges. Most responses to this conjuncture suggest that we revise our…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Global Approach, Social Problems, World Problems
Stein, Sharon; de Oliveira Andreotti, Vanessa – Curriculum Inquiry, 2017
In this afterword we bring insights from the special issue into conversation with the ongoing educational challenges of imagining the world differently. To do so, we consider how global mobilities are conceptualized and materialized within three "pillars" of the architecture of modern existence: the nation-state, global capital, and…
Descriptors: International Education, Global Approach, Nationalism, Humanism
Moraes, Silvia Elisabeth; de Almeida Freire, Ludmila – International Journal of Development Education and Global Learning, 2017
This article discusses the formation of a "planetary citizenship" based on the "ecology of knowledges" perspective in Brazilian universities. It is informed by the authors' experiences and the partial results from a research project entitled "Planetary citizenship and the ecology of knowledges: Interdisciplinarity,…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Global Approach, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
Cheng, Xiaoqiao; Pellegrini, Marta; Zhou, Longjun; Cheung, Alan C. K. – Science Insights Education Frontiers, 2020
The pandemic of Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has caused an immeasurable impact on most countries and regions globally, especially in education. The shutdown of schools and classes in most countries and regions from pandemic has greatly affected education in the fight against COVID-19. The implementation of large-scale online education has…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, School Closing, Disease Control
Hovardas, Tasos – Science & Education, 2013
The aim of the paper is to make a critical reading of ecocentrism and its meta-scientific use of ecology. First, basic assumptions of ecocentrism will be examined, which involve nature's intrinsic value, postmodern and modern positions in ecocentrism, and the subject-object dichotomy under the lenses of ecocentrism. Then, we will discuss…
Descriptors: Ecology, Environmental Education, Critical Reading, Teaching Methods
Monzó, Lilia D.; McLaren, Peter – Policy Futures in Education, 2014
The demise of capitalism was theoretically prophesied by Marx who posited that the world would come to such a state of destruction and human suffering that no amount of coercion or concessions would suffice to stop the massive uprisings that would lead us into a new socialist alternative. Although the downfall of world capitalism may seem…
Descriptors: Social Systems, Critical Thinking, Teaching Methods, Theories
Weir, Kimberly; Baranowski, Michael – Simulation & Gaming, 2011
To understand world politics, one must appreciate the context in which international systems develop and operate. Pedagogy studies demonstrate that the more active students are in their learning, the more they learn. As such, using computer simulations can complement and enhance classroom instruction. CIVILIZATION is a computer simulation game…
Descriptors: Computer Simulation, Active Learning, International Relations, Political Issues
Staats, Susan; Batteen, Chris – Journal of College Reading and Learning, 2009
Teaching mathematics in real-word contexts is a strategy to make math relevant for undergraduate students. However, very little research exists on students' methods of integrating contextual and mathematical knowledge through writing. This study uses an interdisciplinary writing assignment to investigate the relationship between students' written…
Descriptors: Writing Assignments, Undergraduate Students, Content Area Writing, College Mathematics
Lee, Young Ju; Bain, Sherry K.; McCallum, R. Steve – School Psychology International, 2007
We investigated the effects of divergent thinking training (with explicit instruction) on problem-solving tasks in a sample of Third Culture Kids (Useem and Downie, 1976). We were specifically interested in whether the children's originality and fluency in responding increased following instruction, not only on classroom-based worksheets and the…
Descriptors: World Problems, Creativity, Story Telling, Problem Solving

Lisowski, Marilin; Williams, Robert – NASSP Bulletin, 1993
Environmental education is an interdisciplinary approach that draws on biology, mathematics, chemistry, social studies, and humanities and provides a balanced, comprehensive perspective. Knowledge and skills required are applicable to regional, statewide, and global concerns. Methods include infusion, issue investigation and action, and educating…
Descriptors: Environmental Education, High Schools, Interdisciplinary Approach, Local Issues

Austin, Murray – Journal of Geography, 1979
Identifies 31 research topics concerning the future that geographers can explore. Suggests how various research topics will benefit society as well as geographic education. Topics include malnutrition as a cause of social instability, cultural exclusion of the aged, global firewood shortage, and vulnerability of water supplies. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Futures (of Society), Geography, Global Approach, Intellectual Disciplines
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