Publication Date
In 2025 | 1 |
Since 2024 | 1 |
Since 2021 (last 5 years) | 2 |
Since 2016 (last 10 years) | 5 |
Since 2006 (last 20 years) | 10 |
Descriptor
Educational Practices | 13 |
Global Approach | 13 |
Holistic Approach | 13 |
Foreign Countries | 9 |
Higher Education | 7 |
Educational Change | 5 |
Ecology | 4 |
Educational Philosophy | 4 |
Environmental Education | 4 |
Teaching Methods | 4 |
Adult Basic Education | 3 |
More ▼ |
Source
Author
Ajaps, Sandra | 1 |
Avery, Helen | 1 |
Danis, Claudia, Ed. | 1 |
Erwin, Elizabeth J. | 1 |
Ghasempoor, Ali | 1 |
Hrimech, Mohamed, Ed. | 1 |
Imel, Susan | 1 |
Jafari, Ebrahim | 1 |
Joby Cyriac | 1 |
Kimmel, Jessica C., Comp. | 1 |
LeFay, Raven | 1 |
More ▼ |
Publication Type
Journal Articles | 9 |
Reports - Evaluative | 6 |
Collected Works - Proceedings | 3 |
Reports - Research | 3 |
Reports - Descriptive | 2 |
ERIC Publications | 1 |
Opinion Papers | 1 |
Reference Materials -… | 1 |
Education Level
Higher Education | 6 |
Postsecondary Education | 5 |
Early Childhood Education | 1 |
Elementary Education | 1 |
Elementary Secondary Education | 1 |
Audience
Location
Australia | 2 |
Ireland | 2 |
Netherlands | 2 |
United States | 2 |
Asia | 1 |
Brazil | 1 |
Canada | 1 |
Connecticut | 1 |
Denmark | 1 |
Egypt | 1 |
Estonia | 1 |
More ▼ |
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Assessments and Surveys
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Ajaps, Sandra – Teaching in Higher Education, 2023
The omission of epistemologies from the Global South inhibits holistic pedagogical approaches for effective sustainability teaching and learning. Employing the theoretical lens of ecology of knowledges, the structures and dynamics that frame and constrain sustainability education in higher education were critiqued. Six constraints of environmental…
Descriptors: Social Justice, Educational Environment, Sustainability, Higher Education
Suresh Namboothiri; Thomas Varghese; Mendus Jacob; Sunil Job; Joby Cyriac – Higher Education for the Future, 2025
This research investigates the critical need to integrate affective and psychomotor domains alongside cognitive development in educational systems to achieve the comprehensive 'Exit Outcomes' of Outcome-Based Education (OBE) and align with the National Higher Education Qualification Framework (NHEQF) descriptors. Traditional educational approaches…
Descriptors: Artificial Intelligence, Affective Behavior, Psychomotor Skills, Cognitive Processes
Usher, Joe – Irish Educational Studies, 2020
The process of curriculum making and educational policy development is contentious, and, as such, is emblematic of societal values as a whole, and, more significantly, the power relations and economic trends within that. Recent education developments in the Republic of Ireland pertaining to primary level have seen a marked shift away from a broad…
Descriptors: Geography Instruction, Elementary School Curriculum, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Implementation
Erwin, Elizabeth J. – Global Education Review, 2017
The landscape of early childhood education and care has become unrecognizable in many countries, particularly in the West. There is an increasing pressure to focus on outcomes over process, prescribed curricula, standardized assessments, and unrealistic academic expectations for young learners and the adults who work on their behalf. This shift in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Early Childhood Education, Well Being, Holistic Approach
Ragland, David – Journal of Peace Education, 2015
There is no clear description of an approach to justice that is related to peace education. Betty Reardon's writing holistically connects peace and justice. While there are various traditions of justice, such as utilitarianism and contractarianism (social contract), the breadth of Reardon's writing suggests that justice, in terms of its…
Descriptors: Peace, Justice, Educational Practices, Educational Philosophy
Working with the Divides: Two Critical Axes in Development for Transformative Professional Practices
Avery, Helen; Nordén, Birgitta – International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2017
Purpose: The paper aims to provide a conceptual map of how to mediate between sustainability theory and practice in higher education and how disciplinary divides can be bridged. It further looks at issues linked to knowledge views and drivers for institutional change that affect opportunities for whole institution development promoting action…
Descriptors: Educational Practices, Interdisciplinary Approach, Higher Education, Sustainability
Ghasempoor, Ali; Liaghatdar, Mohmmd Javad; Jafari, Ebrahim – Higher Education Studies, 2011
In recent years, the subject of internationalization has been one of the most discussed issues in academic and university centers. Experts in the higher education believe that this subject is a new paradigm and inevitable approach in the universities and curriculum. Internationalization refers to the process of integrating an international and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Global Approach, Intercultural Programs
Roberts, Dennis C.; Roberts, Darbi L. – Journal of College and Character, 2011
This article explores the purposes and impact of internationalization in higher education, with a particular focus on the impact of adopting Western models. The authors provide two examples that reflect different perspectives of character--examples that illuminate the need to contextualize and adapt Western assumptions and practices. If…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Personality, Cultural Context, Values Education
LeFay, Raven – International Journal of Children's Spirituality, 2006
This discussion is a critical analysis of mainstream Western education. It explores the system's historical ties with industrial civilization, and considers how both have emerged from a mechanistic worldview, and how the education system has evolved to serve the interests of capitalism and colonialism. The corporate takeover of the education…
Descriptors: Criticism, Western Civilization, Educational Philosophy, School Business Relationship
Imel, Susan – 2000
A number of perspectives on adult education are evident in the international literature, with publications from the Fifth International Conference on Adult Education held in Hamburg, Germany, in July 1997, a particularly rich source of information. A clear trend in the conference and the documents it produced was the critical importance of adult…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Comparative Education, Developed Nations
Danis, Claudia, Ed.; Hrimech, Mohamed, Ed. – 1995
The following papers (with nine in French) are included: "Refocusing the Multicultural Discourse in Adult Education" (Acton); "University Extension and the Service University" (Archer); "Linking Cases to Course Content" (Block); "The Effects of Education on Food Security among Low Income Urban Adults"…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Art Education, Biographies
Kimmel, Jessica C., Comp. – 1998
Among 51 papers and 3 symposia are the following: "Learning What?" (Andruske); "Stories Adult Learners Tell" (Armstrong); "Towards a Pedagogy for Disempowering Our Enemies" (Baptiste); "Teaching Scholarly Writing to Doctoral Students" (Barnett et al.); "The Outcomes and Impact of Adult Literacy Education" (Beder); "A Feminist Critique of Human…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Educators, Adult Learning
International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2012
The IADIS CELDA 2012 Conference intention was to address the main issues concerned with evolving learning processes and supporting pedagogies and applications in the digital age. There had been advances in both cognitive psychology and computing that have affected the educational arena. The convergence of these two disciplines is increasing at a…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Academic Support Services, Access to Computers