This paper examines the what, why, and how global education can be infused in the curriculum and classroom instruction K-16. The article is intended to provide a synthesis of many ideas expressed by numerous authors and an approach for organization of key concepts into a particular subject for classroom instruction.

Computer-based scaffolding assists students as they generate solutions to complex problems, goals, or tasks, helping increase and integrate their higher order skills in the process. However, despite decades of research on scaffolding in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) education, no existing comprehensive meta-analysis has…

Educational inequalities are evident even before children start school. Some educational achievement gaps widen out as individuals progress further through the education sequence and into the labour market, especially those connected to disadvantaged students. Thus, there is a significant need for careful evaluation of educational policies that…

This bibliography is a 3-year supplement to the first bibliography of ERIC Digest resumes published in April 1993 and covering ERIC Digest production through March 1993. Included in this supplement are resumes for all digests entered into the ERIC database for the April 1993 through March 1996 issues of Resources in Education (RIE), a total of 429…

Digests prepared by clearinghouses of the Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) began to emerge seriously in 1984 as one of the most desirable and popular products of the various clearinghouses. Although ERIC Digests were not initially listed in the ERIC database because of their brevity, today they are entered routinely. This…

This document reports on how key stakeholders in work force preparedness nationwide are responding to pressures of the skills race. Part 1 presents an overview of the skills challenge and the economic and social consequences of failing to meet the challenge. Part 2 examines the impact of the skills shortage on major stakeholders and explains how…