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Rachael Fitzpatrick; Wangui Muhika – Education Development Trust, 2023
Following research into climate change and education in Kenya, Education Development Trust (EDT) are undertaking research to better understand the relationship between climate and environmental change and education in Rwanda. This working paper outlines emerging findings from a survey with school leaders across Rwanda, with a total of 273…
Descriptors: Climate, Environmental Education, Administrator Attitudes, Administrator Surveys
Harper, Renata, Ed. – Global Partnership for Education, 2023
As governments try to navigate education system reform amid an increasingly uncertain future, it has become urgent to articulate how they can better maximize the co-benefits of efforts to build climate resilience, advance environmental sustainability and achieve quality education for all. This paper proposes a seven-dimension framework to leverage…
Descriptors: Climate, Low Income, Developing Nations, Educational Change
Kagawa, Fumiyo – Global Partnership for Education, 2022
This background paper to the working paper, "Toward Climate-Smart Education Systems: A 7-Dimension Framework for Action" (ED631326), lays out a conceptual framework for a climate-responsive and nature-positive education system for the lower-income countries that the Global Partnership for Education (GPE) and its sectoral partners…
Descriptors: Educational Quality, Environmental Education, Developing Nations, Low Income
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Kowasch, Matthias; Oettel, Janine; Bauer, Nicole; Lapin, Katharina – Environmental Education Research, 2022
Forest ecosystems play a fundamental role in mitigating global environmental changes. The development of environmentally sound behavior, and inter- and intragenerational equity can help counteract these global changes. One type of formal and non-formal environmental education is forest education, which aims to promote the achievement of…
Descriptors: Forestry, Environmental Education, Climate, Behavior Change
Bey, Genie; McDougall, Carrie; Schoedinger, Sarah – National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 2020
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA's) Environmental Literacy Program (ELP) Community Resilience Education Theory of Change communicates the overarching philosophy guiding its grants program. It can also be used to inform project-level logic models, ensuring that a project's activities, outcomes, and goals are aligned with the…
Descriptors: Literacy, Environmental Education, Educational Philosophy, Grants
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Olcott, Don, Jr.; Arnold, Deborah; Blaschke, Lisa Marie – European Journal of Open, Distance and E-Learning, 2023
This conceptual and descriptive study examines the critical issues, challenges and priorities for European higher education (HE) leaders, drawing upon the theory, practice and experience of leaders inside and outside the open and distance learning (ODL) field. Focussing on the emerging vantage points of the 4th Industrial Revolution (4IR), global…
Descriptors: Universities, College Administration, Futures (of Society), Trust (Psychology)
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Nagata, Yoshiyuki – Educational Studies in Japan: International Yearbook, 2017
Japan stands as a rare country in which ESD has been incorporated as mainstream policy. However, looking back on the United Nations Decade of Education for Sustainable Development (UNDESD), ESD has not brought about the transformation in Japan that one expects ESD to aim for, despite this support at the policy level. The cause may be that pouring…
Descriptors: Environmental Education, Sustainable Development, Foreign Countries, Holistic Approach
European Training Foundation, 2020
In Libya, three years after the deep political crisis that led to instability in the country and despite a renewed escalation of an armed internal conflict, stakeholders have requested the European Training Foundation (ETF) to facilitate a wide-ranging discussion on how to improve the quality of vocational education in the country. This report is…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Vocational Education, Educational Quality, Workshops
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Hove, Mediel; Ndawana, Enock – Journal of Peace Education, 2019
This article discusses the provision of education in Zimbabwe between 2000 and 2008 which occurred in the midst of a crisis. It is based on the case study of Harare and data collected from primary and secondary sources. It argues that the government's capacity to ensure the provision of education was crippled by the economic meltdown generated by…
Descriptors: Educational History, Case Studies, Government Role, Economic Climate
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Bellows, M. Elizabeth; Baumi, Michelle; Field, Sherry L. – American Educational History Journal, 2013
Across the United States, the Great Depression was a period of tremendous upheaval. Economic, family, political, and educational institutions shook mightily as the tremors of widespread financial downturn were felt. Public schools faced increasing hardships, which included financial problems such as a weakened tax base due to the non-payment of…
Descriptors: Educational History, Financial Exigency, Educational Finance, Social Studies
OECD Publishing (NJ1), 2008
Across OECD countries, governments are seeking policies to make education more effective while searching for additional resources to meet the increasing demand for education. The 2008 edition of "Education at a Glance: OECD Indicators" enables countries to see themselves in the light of other countries' performance. It provides a rich,…
Descriptors: Educational Indicators, Foreign Countries, Educational Demand, Educational Policy