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Kim, Eun-Ji Amy – Prospects, 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic was a reminder of the importance of increasing connectivity amidst the accelerated rate of changes and disruptive events of our era. The need and the rationale for global citizenship education (GCED) were ever more emphasized by many educational organizations, including UNESCO. This article reviews the GCED discourses…
Descriptors: Global Approach, Citizenship Education, Local Issues, Curriculum
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Jamie Daigle; Ashley Hall – Industry and Higher Education, 2025
At times, universities are charged with helping stimulate the local economy. This study considered how the supply chain management programs at a regional university could be modified in order to provide a positive impact on the economic development of the region. Through a mixed methods action research approach that incorporated a neural network,…
Descriptors: Economic Development, Supply and Demand, Information Management, Universities
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Audouin, Sarah; Raharison, Tahina; Rabesoa, Joanna; Noharinjanahary, Edson Samuel; Ranaivoson, Rado; Triomphe, Bernard – Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension, 2023
Purpose: To investigate the emergence and specificities of local-led innovation platforms (IPs) in Madagascar and contrast them with neighbouring research-led IPs. Design/methodology/approach: We developed a multi-disciplinary framework combining insights from the literature on IP, innovation support services, and innovative networks. Using an…
Descriptors: Innovation, Agricultural Education, Foreign Countries, Comparative Analysis
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Pratoomchat, Praopan; Mahjabeen, Rubana – Scholarship and Practice of Undergraduate Research, 2023
This research aims to build economic research skills and stimulate students' interest in the local economy through data-based undergraduate research in entry-level economics courses. The authors developed two assignments and one student survey assessing students' learning outcomes and implemented them in two introductory-level classes from fall…
Descriptors: Research Skills, Undergraduate Students, Economics, Local Issues
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Yin, Yue Melody; Mu, Guanglun Michael – Journal of Education for Teaching: International Research and Pedagogy, 2022
This paper analyses the forms of, and the reasons for developing extracurricular activities by fellow participants in an alternative teacher preparation programme in China. We frame the paper through Bourdieu's sociology. Our interviews with 16 fellows reveal that fellows manoeuvre their capital portfolio to develop both academic and non-academic…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Extracurricular Activities, Nontraditional Education, Teacher Education Programs
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Leah M. Bueso; Erica R. Hodgin; Joseph Kahne; Abby Kiesa – Democracy & Education, 2024
Voting instruction typically provided to students is focused on educating for informed voting, but we believe it is essential that schools educate for informed and equitable voting. Indeed, in a well-functioning democratic society, participants need to be prepared to engage in critical, but civil, discourse with and about people who look and think…
Descriptors: Voting, Instruction, Teaching Methods, Citizenship Education
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Meg Milligan; Kanessa Doss; Bhekuyise Zungu – Perspectives in Education, 2024
School violence is a global concern (UNESCO, 2022) with prolific consequences due to its lifelong psychological impact. Violence will continue to afflict human populations due to its underlying psychology, but this can be tempered by culture and other environmental factors. Violence is part of human nature and has an evolutionary basis rooted in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, School Violence, Delinquency Prevention, Social Psychology
Kathleen Bolter, Contributor; Tim Bartik, Contributor; Brad Hershbein, Contributor; Michelle Miller-Adams, Contributor; Lee Adams, Contributor; Brian Asquith, Contributor; Alfonso Hernandez, Contributor; Kyle Huisman, Contributor; Iryna V. Lendel, Contributor; Gabrielle Pepin, Contributor; Bridget Timmeney, Contributor; Beth Truesdale, Contributor; Yulya Truskinovsky, Contributor – W. E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research, 2024
The Policies for Place initiative at the Upjohn Institute brings together experts from around the country to study community-based strategies to create good jobs--and how to help people get and keep those good jobs. This initiative represents a unique approach to helping people in distressed places: (1) focus on good jobs because research shows…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Place Based Education, Job Development, Employment Opportunities
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Dennis Matt Stevenson; Stewart Waters – Social Studies and the Young Learner, 2025
The film "Moana" creates a universe that is at once imaginative and familiar in that it is a fanciful depiction of real-world issues related to the environment. This sets the stage for an engaging series of activities with important content implications integrating environmental issues into elementary social studies. "Moana" is…
Descriptors: Activism, Elementary School Students, Films, Fantasy
Ellerbee, Daren A.; Kirby, John; Kuttner, Paul; Schwartzentruber, Lorna; Valis, Ashley; Dostilio, Lina – Metropolitan Universities, 2023
The degree to which Universities could nimbly and effectively respond to the impacts of the COVID-19 crisis on their local communities depended upon the structure and orientation of their community engagement infrastructure. Institutions that support a hyperlocal form of place-based engagement were uniquely positioned to harness their extensive…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Place Based Education, Universities
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Wendy Griswold; Meera Patel; Edith Gnanadass – Adult Learning, 2024
Environmental injustice is often an intersection of economic, social, and environmental disparities. Addressing the inequities borne by communities overburdened with such disparities requires local learning opportunities. Exploring how and what participants learn during community education projects can help inform and improve practice, which was…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Volunteers, Adults, Pollution
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Lemisko, Lynn Ellen; Porter, Gemma; Clausen, Kurt – Alberta Journal of Educational Research, 2021
Teacher education in Canada is a contested discipline with long standing national and international debates about what teachers need to know and be able to do. But teacher education programmes are also influenced by the social, political, and economic context in which the programmes developed, so it is reasonable to suppose that debates about…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational History, Teacher Education Programs, Local Issues
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Thomas Pircher; Magdalena Nertinger; Luisa Goss; Thomas Hilger; Jeninah Karungi-Tumutegyereize; Lydiah Waswa; Andrea Knierim – Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension, 2024
Purpose: We studied innovation processes in agriculture and nutrition to discuss a scaling approach that encompasses the technical, institutional, and behavioral dimensions of change. Approach: To understand dynamics across these dimensions, we analyzed farmers' innovation processes through two analytical lenses: farmer-centered and structural.…
Descriptors: Sustainability, Agriculture, Nutrition, Agricultural Occupations
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Eli Smeplass; Johannes K. Schmees – Journal of Vocational Education and Training, 2025
This paper examines the evolution of Norwegian higher education with a particular focus on the role and transformation of colleges. Historically, these colleges have been instrumental in providing geographically accessible, higher (vocational) education tailored to local and regional needs, significantly contributing to Norway's workforce and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Role, Regional Characteristics, Access to Education
Chen, Jennifer J. – ECNU Review of Education, 2022
This commentary centers on one of the insightful articles in this Special Issue: "Curriculum Hybridization and Cultural Glocalization: A Scoping Review of International Research on Early Childhood Curriculum in China and Singapore" [EJ1342945], authored by Yang and Li (2022). The commented article provides insights and directions…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Early Childhood Education, Curriculum, Global Approach
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