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Gomes Junior, José Carmino; Dalila Corbari, Sandra; Kniess, Cláudia Terezinha; Nogueira da Silva, Gérsica Moraes; Piontkewicz, Simone Caroline; de Souza Melo, Maiara; Silveira Carbone, Amanda; Mantovaneli, Oklinger, Jr.; Martins Sobral, Maria do Carmo; Philippi Junior, Arlindo; Fernandez, Felipe; de Aguiar Dutra, Ana Regina; Birch, Robert Samuel; Guerra, José Baltazar Salgueirinho Osório de Andrade; Sampaio, Carlos Alberto Cioce – International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2023
Purpose: This paper aim to propose a methodological mapping approach for the evaluation of dissertations and theses of graduate programs in the area of environmental sciences in Brazil in relation to the UN sustainable development goals (SDGs). Design/methodology/approach: The research is characterized as exploratory with qualitative/quantitative…
Descriptors: Sustainable Development, Environmental Education, Well Being, Correlation
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Hoult, Simon – International Journal of Development Education and Global Learning, 2020
In this article, the idea of the 'colonial signature' is advanced as a potentially pivotal response to triggers that deepen or act as barriers to intercultural learning. From a postcolonial positioning, empirical data is then examined to consider the responses to intercultural-learning triggers of 14 UK-based student teachers on a study visit to…
Descriptors: Foreign Policy, Intercultural Communication, Cultural Awareness, Student Teachers
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Von Dohlen, Heidi B.; Moore, Jan; Von Dohlen, Lisa J.; Thrift, Beth E. – Journal of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies, 2019
This study identified Masters of School Administration (MSA) students' knowledge and understanding of poverty and homelessness in schools and sought to increase leadership capacity to mitigate issues of homelessness and poverty in schools. This study provided targeted instruction, an opportunity for school leaders to engage in self-assessment and…
Descriptors: Poverty, Homeless People, Masters Programs, School Administration
Davis, Audrey R. – ProQuest LLC, 2017
The social work profession evolved from neighborly, volunteer-based efforts into a distinct profession. Throughout the evolvement of the profession, there has been a consistent focus on meeting the needs of the poor, oppressed, and impoverished individuals in a manner that demonstrates competency on behalf of the caregiver or practitioner. Present…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Social Work, Masters Programs, College Faculty
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Turner, Jacqueline S.; Juntune, Joyce – Journal of Advanced Academics, 2018
Current literature has identified a growing achievement gap experienced by students raised in poverty. However, some students from poverty can defeat the odds and succeed academically with advanced degrees. Nine graduate students self-identified as being raised in poverty participated in this study. The home-related experiences that led to their…
Descriptors: Family Environment, Student Attitudes, Graduate Students, Poverty
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Fusarelli, Bonnie C.; Fusarelli, Lance D.; Riddick, Fran – Journal of Research on Leadership Education, 2018
Superintendents leading school districts, particularly in hard-to-staff areas, face immense challenges in recruiting and retaining high-quality, well-trained teachers, principals, and district leaders. Many large urban areas as well as their rural counterparts have high concentrations of intergenerational poverty and unemployment. Rural areas are…
Descriptors: Poverty, Strategic Planning, Rural Areas, Superintendents
Kitchens, Sarah Oliver – ProQuest LLC, 2014
This study was conducted in order to examine the self-efficacy of pre-service school counselors and their attributions and attitudes towards poverty. The population for this study consisted of Master's level school counseling students from two southeastern schools. All data were obtained via self-report measures and were collected using an…
Descriptors: Counselor Training, Counselors, Self Efficacy, Student Attitudes
VanTassel-Baska, Joyce; Baska, Ariel – Prufrock Press Inc., 2019
This updated third edition of "Curriculum Planning and Instructional Design for Gifted Learners": (1) Is a guide to designing curriculum for the gifted at any level of learning and in any subject area; (2) Addresses the need to differentiate at all levels in the design process; (3) Shows how to customize curriculum for advanced learners;…
Descriptors: Instructional Design, Standards, Science Education, Gifted
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Jones, Hanneke – Journal of Education for Teaching: International Research and Pedagogy, 2016
This paper is based on my own practice as a teacher educator at a university in the north-east of England and focuses on the effectiveness of dialogue as a tool for teaching the topic of socio-economic disadvantage in initial teacher education (ITE). The research was triggered by questions which had emerged within my work, about the compatibility…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Poverty, Teacher Education Programs, Preservice Teachers
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Lee, Othelia Eun-Kyoung; Priester, Mary Ann – SAGE Open, 2016
This study describes the use of guided learning activities that exposed aspiring helping professionals to the challenges and discrimination experienced by individuals living in poverty. Pretest/posttest and qualitative analysis of participants' reactions to a Poverty Simulation and a Bridges Out of Poverty Workshop were analyzed to explore…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Poverty, Learning Activities, Simulation
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Wilkin, Leslie; Hillock, Susan – Feminist Teacher: A Journal of the Practices, Theories, and Scholarship of Feminist Teaching, 2014
Social work is uniquely situated among helping professions, as the clinical practice is an extension of ethical responsibility to pursue social justice. Whether in mental health, addictions, child protection, intimate partner violence services, youth and adult homelessness programs, or any number of social work services, the individuals, families,…
Descriptors: Social Work, Counselor Training, Trauma, Poverty
Rust, Frances; Bergey, NancyLee – Teacher Education Quarterly, 2014
In this article, the authors' intent is to focus in on one elementary teacher education program and, specifically, on the ways in which that program has grappled with and continues to grapple with the questions of whether and how teacher education works relative to the claim that this is a program committed to social justice and designed to…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Preservice Teacher Education, Teacher Education Programs, Educational Practices
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Merrill, Martha C. – European Education, 2012
Kyrgyzstan's relative openness to a diversity of ideas, combined with its poverty, has caused it to accept a plethora of international academic institutions and programs, often exported by the sender rather than imported at Kyrgyzstan's request. These institutions suggest a variety of visions of Kyrgyzstan's future and of the political and…
Descriptors: Masters Programs, Foreign Countries, Educational Quality, Poverty
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Smith, Daniella – School Library Media Research, 2011
The purpose of this study was to determine the factors that impacted the level of self-perceived transformational leadership potential in preservice school librarians who participated in a master's degree program in library and information studies focusing on leadership development. A mixed-method concurrent triangulation research design was…
Descriptors: Mentors, Poverty, Leadership Training, National Norms
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Freedman, Sarah Warshauer; Appleman, Deborah – Journal of Teacher Education, 2009
This study explores a constellation of factors that contribute to the retention of teachers in high-poverty, urban schools. It focuses on one cohort of the University of California at Berkeley's Multicultural Urban Secondary English Credential and MA Program, analyzing qualitative and quantitative data to track the careers of 26 novice teachers…
Descriptors: Teacher Education, Credentials, Urban Schools, Teacher Education Programs
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