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de Novais, Janine – Teachers College Press, 2023
At the core of the intractability of racism is the persistent cultivation of our collective ignorance of it. This book argues that this cultivated ignorance compels us to support a status quo that we abhor. We are stuck because we cannot imagine a world beyond racism. We are also stuck because engaging with issues of racism with others usually…
Descriptors: Racism, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Social Justice
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Katie Heath – About Campus, 2025
For more than three decades, educational professionals and researchers have warned about the impending teacher shortage in America's public school system. As we are currently in the midst of the shortage, school districts are facing the reality of fewer qualified teachers and filling the teaching gaps. This is especially evident in high-poverty…
Descriptors: Teacher Shortage, Public Schools, School Districts, Economically Disadvantaged
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Snyder-Young, Dani; Houston, Ashley; Bell, Ana Bess Moyer; Short, Andy; Lincoln, Alisa – Research in Drama Education, 2022
Improbable Players (IP) has been creating applied theatre for substance use disorder prevention since 1984, training more than 200 sober actor/teaching artists to perform plays and facilitate workshops addressing addiction, alcoholism, and the opioid crisis. The company operates, for its actors, as a long-term arts- integrated peer recovery…
Descriptors: Drama, Prevention, Addictive Behavior, Drug Abuse
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Seidel, Hannah – Research in Dance Education, 2022
Dance teachers use a wide range of methods to communicate effectively with students. Amongst the many possibilities, movement demonstration is often a salient, even expected, tool in dance classes. But when the teacher's body undergoes an injury or other significant physical change, what effect does the altered physical experience have on…
Descriptors: Dance Education, Teaching Methods, Human Body, Injuries
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Maguire, Cindy – Art Education, 2017
This article describes a class titled Art and Human Rights: Western Sahara which provides an example of how to enact pedagogy that is "critical, democratic, moral and ethical--as much as it is about 'key skills' or 'deep' individual learning" (Walker, 2004, p. 131). The Arts and Human Rights: Western Sahara course and others like it are…
Descriptors: Art Education, Civil Rights, Social Justice, Social Bias
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Reis, Kimberley; Ferreira, Jo-Anne – Canadian Journal of Environmental Education, 2015
Can community and school gardens help people learn to build social resilience to potential food shortages? We seek to address this question through an examination of the ways in which gardens can teach individual and community resiliency in times of emergency, pockets of food insecurity, and the challenges presented by climate change. We focus on…
Descriptors: Gardening, Teaching Methods, Food, Climate
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Noel, Jana – Teacher Educator, 2016
Traditional campus-based teacher education programs, located on college or university campuses, have been criticized for being removed from the "real world" of community life, and a number of programs have moved directly into urban communities in order for preservice teachers to become immersed in the life of the community. This article…
Descriptors: Urban Education, Teacher Education, Communities of Practice, Culturally Relevant Education
Ruffalo, Rachel – Education Trust-West, 2018
Wide and persistent gaps in math achievement separate English learners from their English-proficient peers. The consequences of these gaps are severe and long lasting. Without a solid foundation in math, students are less likely to access and excel in college preparatory math and science classes in high school. Without high-level math classes in…
Descriptors: English Language Learners, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language), Academic Achievement
Feldman, Sarah; Malagon, Verónica Flores – Education Trust-West, 2017
What would it actually look like for district or state leaders to prioritize equity for English learners in standards implementation? Because the science and English Language Development (ELD) standards are relatively new--and the idea of coordinated implementation even more so--the authors turned to the data. The first goal was to see what data…
Descriptors: English Language Learners, Science Instruction, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language)
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Horning, Alice S. – Reading Matrix: An International Online Journal, 2007
To understand the problem of illiteracy, a detailed review of the definitions of literacy and illiteracy is in order. A full definition of these terms in the current print and electronic context of adult American society in school and out of school, and for adult learners of English as both a first and a second language is presented here. Strong,…
Descriptors: Literacy, Illiteracy, Critical Literacy, English (Second Language)
Monsour, Florence – 2002
Service learning, curriculum-linked community service, has proved remarkably effective in igniting students' desire to learn. In 1997, the Wisconsin Partnership in Service Learning was initiated as a cross-disciplinary, cross-institutional endeavor. Supported by a grant from Learn and Serve America, the partnership created a network throughout…
Descriptors: Educational Cooperation, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, School Community Programs
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Newberg, Peg – New England Journal of History, 1992
Discusses programs sponsored by groups that promote history instruction in the state of Maine. Reports recent developments concerning Maine's social studies curriculum. Underscores the significance of and financial problems facing "Maine's Common Core of Learning," a program setting out what the state's youth should know in the…
Descriptors: Community Programs, Curriculum Development, Educational Finance, Elementary Secondary Education
McDonnell, John – 1987
The final report describes activities of the Improving Community-Based Instruction Project, which conducted research to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of training in community settings with individuals with severe disabilities. Three areas of research were undertaken: (1) studies of the influence of the location of instruction on the…
Descriptors: Community Programs, Daily Living Skills, Elementary Secondary Education, Experiential Learning
Richmond, George – American Vocational Journal, 1978
The author notes differences between private and public training and employment systems and describes various programs in Connecticut and California to educate youth for economic development in elementary, middle, and secondary grades. (MF)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Program Descriptions, School Community Programs, Student Employment
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Watson, Doris L.; Crandall, Jason; Hueglin, Shawn; Eisenman, Pat – Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance, 2002
Outlines strategies used by one physical education teacher education program to incorporate the pedagogy of service learning into its curriculum and more completely address National Association for Sport and Physical Education and National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Educators (NASPE/NCATE) guidelines, highlighting: the department, course…
Descriptors: College Students, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Physical Education Teachers
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