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The Impact of a Geographic Technologies Professional Development Institute on Middle Eastern and North African Teachers
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Benimmas, Aicha; Kerski, Joseph; Solis, Patricia – International Research in Geographical and Environmental Education, 2011
Basic education in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) seems to be characterized by lecture methods of instruction, a lack of interdisciplinary approaches and a disconnection with local community problems. During 2008, a "My Community, Our Earth" (MyCOE) workshop was organized in the MENA region and involved teachers of geography,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary Secondary Education, Basic Skills, Workshops
Students Modelling Environmental Issues.
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Kurtz dos Santos, Arion de Castro; And Others – Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 1997
Describes a Brazilian project that aimed to improve the standard of science education in primary public schools through computer assisted learning. A neural network to analyze models is presented that was used with students 11 to 18 years old for topics on local environmental problems. (Author/LRW)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Developing Nations, Educational Improvement, Elementary Secondary Education
Building School-Community Relationships in Northern Communities: A Sourcebook of Policy Alternatives and Recommendations.
Ingram, E. J.; McIntosh, R. G. – 1983
The 3-part companion volume to the final report of the Education North Evaluation Project serves as a policy development resource book for anyone who must address questions of school-community relations. Part I focuses on the educational issues of concern to policy makers and their advisors in very remote, interracial, poor northern communities.…
Descriptors: American Indian Education, Canada Natives, Community Characteristics, Community Involvement
Tri-County Educational Improvement Project. Final Narrative Report.
Sage Inst. of Canada, Inc., Edmonton (Alberta). – 1986
Sage Institute of Canada, Inc. measured the priorities for improving education that are held by professional staff, the boards, and the public in the Alberta counties of Newell, Vulcan, and Warner. Over 1,800 people participated in identifying issues, conditions, and suggestions for improvement. They then assisted in validating the information and…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Board of Education Role, Community Attitudes, Delivery Systems
The Education North Evaluation Project. Final Report.
Ingram, E. J.; McIntosh, R. G. – 1983
The Education North Evaluation Project monitored operation of the Education North Project (a 1978-82 project aimed at encouraging parents, teachers, and other community members in small, isolated northern Alberta communities to work together in improving the quality of education for school-aged children), assessed project outcomes, and developed…
Descriptors: American Indian Education, Canada Natives, Case Studies, Community Involvement
Education North Evaluation Project. The Second Annual Report.
Ingram, E. J.; McIntosh, R. G. – 1981
The report and evaluation of Education North (a project designed to encourage parents, community members, and teachers in small, isolated, primarily Native and Metis communities in northern Alberta to work together to meet community educational needs) is comprised of three parts. Part One presents an update of Education North activities and…
Descriptors: American Indian Education, Canada Natives, Community Education, Community Organizations