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Chiocca, Emmanuelle S. – Frontiers: The Interdisciplinary Journal of Study Abroad, 2021
With the growth of short-term study abroad programs comes the need to develop impactful curricula and to provide supportive environments for deep learning abroad that is more than "upgraded" tourism but rather focused on educational outcomes. This qualitative case study investigates the experiences of five study abroad participants in…
Descriptors: Study Abroad, Transformative Learning, Curriculum Development, Learning Processes
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Zembylas, Michalinos; Lesta, Stalo; Charalambous, Constadina; Charalambous, Panayiota – European Education, 2016
The present paper examines the implementation of a particular human rights education approach--known as "critical hermeneutical" approach--in the context of two Greek-Cypriot classrooms. The study investigates whether and how an intervention grounded in this approach offers transformative possibilities to students and what kind of…
Descriptors: Civil Rights, Hermeneutics, Intervention, Teacher Education
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Zembylas, Michalinos; Loukaidis, Loizos; Antoniou, Marios – Journal of Beliefs & Values, 2018
This article investigates Greek-Cypriot primary school teachers' challenges to enact critical hermeneutics in religious education (RE) within a confessional context. Critical hermeneutics combines elements from critical and hermeneutical theories, emphasising the importance of grounding the conceptualisation of religious and secular truth-claims…
Descriptors: Hermeneutics, Elementary School Teachers, Religious Education, Ethics
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Harrell-Levy, Marinda K; Kerpelman, Jennifer L; Henry, Daniel – Education, Citizenship and Social Justice, 2016
Theories imply that transformative teaching influences positive identity development, but empirical studies of this relationship are sparse. It is clear that good teaching can positively influence youth; however, it is less clear how good teachers influence positive identity outcomes in youth, and in particular Black youth. We examined the…
Descriptors: Transformative Learning, Social Justice, Career Exploration, Advantaged
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Atkinson, Michael – Journal of Adult and Continuing Education, 2017
Ostensibly, the orientation towards learning outcomes in adult English language and literacy delivery ensures that the focus is on standardised skill development and knowledge acquisition of students. Such measureable development is seen as foundational to broader employability skills and job readiness. It is an agenda however which ignores the…
Descriptors: Classroom Communication, English for Academic Purposes, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Mitchell, Bridgitt Lenore – ProQuest LLC, 2014
Despite state mandated early childhood education (ECE) teacher competencies, many children are removed from preschool settings for behaviors related to socioemotional problems. This study's rationale was the propensity of expulsions among children exhibiting challenging behaviors in preschool programs. Guided by Bronfenbrenner's ecological model…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Child Behavior, Case Studies, Preschool Teachers
Petersen, Brent Russell – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Considerable attention by scholars for the last two decades has focused on issues of spirituality and higher education. Literature in the field of college student affairs suggest that, in order promote the development of the whole student, practitioners in the field should consider adopting theories of faith and spiritual development. This study…
Descriptors: College Students, Transformative Learning, Spiritual Development, Comparative Analysis
Tawiah, Augustine – ProQuest LLC, 2009
Mentorship has been identified in the adult and higher education literature as a transformational tool for mainstreaming disadvantaged people by providing direction, networks, and opportunities for empowerment to break barriers (Harlley, 2001). Current global interests in mentorship principles and practices are also supported by evidence of the…
Descriptors: Schools of Education, Mentors, Females, Educational Attainment