NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Showing all 4 results Save | Export
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Lindenbach, Jeannette M.; Jessup-Falcioni, Heather – Educational Gerontology, 2016
This environmental scan aimed to discover research interests and educational needs of faculty, graduate, and undergraduate students to inspire research, education, and practice in the development of a center on aging and well-being for older adults. The scan consisted of a search of university faculty and researchers regarding research on aging; a…
Descriptors: Well Being, Aging (Individuals), Educational Needs, College Students
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Oduor, Jane A. N. – Multilingual Education, 2015
This article proposes multilingualism in education, where indigenous languages are used alongside English as the media of instruction in schools to eventually promote their use in Kenya. It begins by stating Kenya's language policy in education. It then states the responses given by some primary and secondary school teachers who were interviewed…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Multilingualism, Educational Practices, Educational Strategies
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Miller, Paul; Craven, Barrie; Tooley, James – Research Papers in Education, 2014
The 2010 Academies Act was significant in introducing Free Schools to the English education system. Opening up funding to new, non-profit entrants on the basis of demand, the policy has aroused support and controversy on political, philosophical and practical educational grounds with implications for social justice in terms of equity and freedom.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Free Schools, Social Justice, School Choice
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
PDF on ERIC Download full text
Cordeiro, Eugenia de P. B.; Policarpo, José, Jr.; Mota, Ana Paula F. da S.; Wanderley, André L. – International Education Studies, 2014
The article is based on the idea of human formation in its broadest sense, which includes the formation of the senses, corporeality, habits and practices, emotional life, the cultivation of relationships and of reflection on the existential meaning of the singular human life. It is assumed that the postulate is accepted that education is a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Curriculum Evaluation, Program Proposals, Technology Education