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DeAnna L. Gore – Geography Teacher, 2025
This lesson plan will illustrate how Taiwan can be used as a case study in an undergraduate human geography, population geography, or demography course. Incorporating Taiwan within the curriculum can equip students with a deep understanding of demographic concepts, specifically as it relates to the demographic trends in Taiwan. Through in-depth…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Demography, Geography Instruction, Teaching Methods
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You Lin; Peerapong Sensai; Watcharanon Sangmuenna – International Education Studies, 2024
Haiyang Yangge, ancient folk performances hailing from Shandong Province, China, stands as a testament to the resilience of cultural traditions in the face of time and change. This study aims to investigate the education development and transmission of Chinese Haiyang Yangge folk performances since 1949 within the context of education in Shandong…
Descriptors: Folk Culture, Cultural Maintenance, Educational Development, Asian Culture
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O'Keeffe, Paul – International Review of Education, 2016
In recent years, the Ethiopian government has embarked on an ambitious agriculture development strategy aimed at raising Ethiopia to the status of a middle-income-level country by 2025. Encouraged by the international development push behind the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the rapid expansion of public universities has…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Sustainable Development, Public Colleges, International Organizations
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Pan, Lu; Ye, Jingzhong – Chinese Education & Society, 2017
Over the past 30 years in China, the development ideology--a model of economic development that is characterized by urbanization, industrialization, and modernization--has brought about many changes and consequences, including increased migration by the rural population, sharp adjustments in urban-rural education policy, the decline of rural…
Descriptors: Rural Areas, Age Differences, Gender Differences, Socioeconomic Influences
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Plitponkarnpim, Adisak; Andersson, Ragnar; Conner, Kristen A.; Xiang, Huiyun; Smith, Gary – Journal of Applied Research on Children, 2012
The objective of this cross-sectional study was to examine the relationship of provincial economic development indices with incidences of child injury mortality in Thailand from 1999-2001. All injury deaths among children age 1-14 years were included. The independent variables included gross provincial product per capita (GPP/c), poverty and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Economic Factors, Injuries, Child Health
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Spierings, Niels; Smits, Jeroen; Verloo, Mieke – Journal of Marriage and Family, 2010
We analyzed determinants of women's employment with data for 40,792 women living in 103 districts of 6 Arab countries. We tested a new theoretical framework that addresses the roles of needs, opportunities, and values at multiple levels. At the microlevel (individual, family), socioeconomic factors, care duties, and traditionalism were important;…
Descriptors: Economic Development, Females, Arabs, Labor Market
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Lewicka, Maria – Environment and Behavior, 2011
Numerous studies show that place attachment correlates positively with age, length of residence and strength of local ties and negatively with community size, education, and economic development of the region of residence. Does that mean that along with education, mobility, economic development and urbanization and with the decrease in importance…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Geographic Location, Attitudes, Attachment Behavior
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Smiley, Sarah L. – Journal of Geography, 2009
This article presents a lesson plan used to teach about African urbanization using Kenyan novels. Specifically, three urban novels written by Meja Mwangi are used. Based on a qualitative survey of student preference and learning, this lesson plan uses these novels alongside more traditional academic texts to achieve effective student learning.…
Descriptors: Textbooks, Foreign Countries, Novels, Lesson Plans
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Erdogan, Nevnihal; Akyol, Ayse; Ataman, Berk; Dokmeci, Vedia – Social Indicators Research, 2007
Numerous cross-cultural studies have focused on certain aspects of urban housing conditions and their social consequences. However, most data on housing satisfaction is restricted to Western countries. Relatively little comparison has been made between these findings and those in developing areas where rapid urbanization is occurring and where…
Descriptors: Economic Development, Neighborhoods, Living Standards, Housing
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Frisbie, W. Parker; Al-Khalifah, Abdullah H. M. – Rural Sociology, 1991
Analysis of data from Saudi Arabia indicates that, despite great departures from typical patterns of urbanization seen in the West, there is a strong association between urbanization and the division of labor as predicted by ecological theory. Contains 38 references. (Author/SV)
Descriptors: Economic Development, Foreign Countries, Labor Market, Social Change
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Tata, Robert J. – Journal of Geography, 1977
Discussed is whether or not Uruguay's elaborate welfare system can be maintained by a deteriorating economy plagued by social tension and political unrest. Historical background is presented, demographic variables are discussed and modern influences are measured. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Economic Change, Economic Development, Environment, Foreign Countries
Gage, Andrew, Ed.; Ockenden, Sandy, Ed. – 1992
The articles in this scrapbook present a global perspective that is both alarming and hopeful. Drawing from Southern and Northern experiences the articles describe a world in crisis, but they don't stop there. By critically examining the status quo, the articles attempt to get to the roots of the crisis, and then move onto describing avenues for…
Descriptors: Civil Liberties, Curriculum Enrichment, Economic Development, Environmental Education
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, Washington, DC. – 1985
Focusing on the contribution that international capital makes to economic development, this report shows how countries at different stages of development have used external finance productively; how the institutional and policy environment affects the volume and composition of financial flows to developing countries; and how the international…
Descriptors: Banking, Capital, Capitalism, Developed Nations
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Plank, David N. – Comparative Education Review, 1987
Analysis of educational expansion in Brazil between 1940 and 1980 indicates that, in most circumstances, enrollment rates were positively related to urbanization, diversification of the occupational structure, and aggregate economic growth. States experiencing heavy in-migration showed a negative effect of migration on enrollment rates during…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Demography, Economic Development, Educational Development
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Bergmann, Herbert – International Review of Education/Internationale Zeitschrift fuer Erziehungswissenschaft/Revue Internationale de Pedagogie, 1991
Examines development indicators from 1960 to 1984 for 38 sub-Saharan African countries to determine whether education is an independent factor in development. Concludes that development indicators are determined by factors including basic education; urbanization; pupil-teacher ratio; standard of living; economic growth; service sector; food…
Descriptors: Developing Nations, Economic Development, Economic Factors, Factor Analysis
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