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Sue Rodway-Dyer; Stewart Barr – International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2024
Purpose: The purpose of this research was to discover the impacts of taught environmental sustainability-focused geography postgraduate programmes on student attitudes, behaviours and practices in relation to environmental awareness within two research-intensive universities in the UK. Design/methodology/approach: A case study involved online…
Descriptors: Environmental Education, Sustainability, Conservation (Environment), Geography
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Devereux, Taryn; Glenn, Anna – Journal of International Students, 2022
The Global Classroom Model (GCM) is a project-based, cross-cultural, and virtual course conducted in partnership between institutions of higher education. Instructors at the University of Maryland (UMD) and the Liberia International Christian College (LICC) co-developed and co-instructed a novel and innovative "Global Agriculture"…
Descriptors: Transformative Learning, Global Approach, COVID-19, Pandemics
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den Heyer, Molly; Smith, Eric; Irving, Catherine – Journal of Transformative Education, 2021
The following article describes how one organization, the Coady International Institute, met multiple monitoring, evaluation, research, and learning objectives while still staying true to its roots in transformative adult education. The Learning from Stories of Change (LSC) methodology brought together stories-based techniques with aspects of the…
Descriptors: Correlation, Transformative Learning, Social Change, Adult Education
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Lev Ari, Lilach; Mula, Walid – Higher Education: The International Journal of Higher Education Research, 2017
The present study aims to examine the impact of encounter between two different ethnic groups, Jews and Arabs, of Israeli first-year graduate students who study in four colleges of education, on the development of their intercultural competence: (1) knowledge regarding the "other," (2) change in attitudes and behavior towards the other,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Graduate Students, Schools of Education, Cultural Awareness
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Garson, Kyra; Bourassa, Emma; Odgers, Todd – Intercultural Education, 2016
This paper describes faculty perceptions of the impacts of a professional development (PD) programme for faculty called Interculturalising the curriculum. Over 70 faculty members have participated since 2008. Participants in the study represented four cohorts from 2008, 2011, 2012, 2013, from a broad range of academic disciplines. We begin with a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Multicultural Education, Curriculum Development, Faculty Development
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Uyanik, Gökhan – International Electronic Journal of Environmental Education, 2016
The aim of the study is to determine effect of environmental education based on transformational learning theory on primary school teacher candidates' perceptions towards environmental problems and permanency of learning. Pretest-posttest quasi-experimental design have been used in this study. The study group consists of 66 teacher candidates who…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Environmental Education, Transformative Learning, Learning Theories
Miller, Janice Ampil – ProQuest LLC, 2013
This study explores the lived experiences of nurses who have transitioned to a nurse preceptor role and provides examples of how individuals learn in the workplace. Historically, nurses who agreed to become preceptors were chosen based on their availability and experience, not necessarily their teaching and learning abilities. Nursing research has…
Descriptors: Nurses, Role, Teaching Skills, Teacher Competencies
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Armstrong, Cosette M. Joyner; Hustvedt, Gwendolyn; LeHew, Melody L. A.; Anderson, Barbara G.; Connell, Kim Y. Hiller – International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2016
Purpose: The purpose of this project is to provide an account of the student experience at a higher education institution known for its holistic approach to sustainability education. Design/methodology/approach: A qualitative study was conducted at Green Mountain College (GMC), an environmental liberal arts school in Poultney, VT; 55 students…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Sustainability, Environmental Education, Holistic Approach