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Iyer, Ranjani Balaji – Educational Research and Reviews, 2015
Education is under pressure to respond to the changing modern world. Education system worldwide aims to develop students into well-rounded citizens and help them become creative problem-solvers. Several theories have been proposed in the research literature which emphasizes the importance of social and cultural context to creativity. Eastern and…
Descriptors: Holistic Approach, Individual Development, Global Approach, Global Education
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Brodsky, Anne E.; Portnoy, Galina A.; Scheibler, Jill E.; Welsh, Elena A.; Talwar, Gitika; Carrillo, Amy – Journal of Community Psychology, 2012
This article examines the meaning, operation, and outcomes of education and related formation of feminist identity development within an Afghan women's humanitarian and political organization. Qualitative data, including 110 interviews, archival review, and participant observations, were collected using a feminist, community, strengths-based…
Descriptors: Feminism, Self Concept, Outcomes of Education, Global Approach
Boucouvalas, Marcie, Ed.; Avoseh, Mejai, Ed. – Commission for International Adult Education, 2015
The Commission on International Adult Education (CIAE) of the American Association for Adult and Continuing Education (AAACE) provides a forum for the discussion of international issues related to adult education in general, as well as adult education in various countries around the globe. The following purposes summarize the work of the…
Descriptors: International Education, Adult Education, Conferences (Gatherings), Foreign Students
Kimball, Solon T. – 1974
An anthropological perspective on the educative process is presented in the four parts of this book. Part 1, "An Anthropological Overview," suggests some of the many viewpoints from which anthropology says something about education. For instance, methodologically, anthropologists look at the whole context of a learning situation rather…
Descriptors: Anthropology, Children, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Context