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Murphy, Peter – Policy Futures in Education, 2012
Powerful nations have influential systems of higher education. The article explores the possible pattern of geopolitics in the twenty-first century, and the competing prospects of America and its rivals in higher education and research. Pressures on both the American and non-American worlds are evaluated, along with relative economic strengths,…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Power Structure, Geography, Politics
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Cohen, LeoNora M. – Roeper Review, 2011
"Natural acceleration" happens through an internal fire that burns to learn and may transcend school boundaries. Based on their passionate interests and connections with a domain, children who hunger for domain understandings outside school curricula require different types of acceleration, motivated by these interests. The lifeworks,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Student Interests, Creativity, Learning Motivation
de Alencar, Eunice M. L. Soriano – G/C/T, 1985
The author reviews studies on creativity among Brazilian elementary students and their teachers and notes that fostering creativity does not appear to be a goal in most of Brasilia's schools. (CL)
Descriptors: Creative Development, Creativity, Elementary Education, Foreign Countries
Soriano de Alencar, Eunice M. L. – Gifted Child Today (GCT), 1989
The article describes an inservice teacher training program which is teaching Brazilian teachers to (1) be more aware of their own creativity, (2) creativity enhancing techniques and exercises to use in the classroom, (3) basic concepts about creative thinking and problem solving, and (4) increased awareness of obstacles to creative development.…
Descriptors: Creative Development, Creativity, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries