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Yeji Kim – International Studies in Sociology of Education, 2024
Framed by critical global citizenship education (GCE), the study focused on secondary school teachers' practices of GCE and explored the position of GCE in conflict-affected South Korea. The findings demonstrate the nexus of constraint and possibility of GCE in South Korea, highlighting how the country's history of division and ongoing,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Citizenship Education, Global Approach, Teaching Methods
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Leib, Jonathan; Smothers-Marcello, Jody – Journal of Geography, 2016
Two trends have remade the field of political geography over the past quarter-century. First, a revision of taken-for-granted concepts that amounted to "spatial determinism." Second, pioneering many new and emerging concepts such as political ecology. Both trends are important contributions to the evolving section of the AP Human…
Descriptors: Geography Instruction, Human Geography, Advanced Placement Programs, Politics
Mann, Matthew – Geography Teacher, 2018
As students study the political organization of space in the Advanced Placement (AP) Human Geography classroom, they must understand forces behind the creation of modern nation states, challenges to the stability of modern states, and political developments such as supranationalism and devolution (Human Geography Course Description). In this two…
Descriptors: Ethnic Groups, Geographic Distribution, Human Geography, Classroom Techniques
Montgomery County Public Schools, 2012
In November 1996, the voters of Montgomery County (Maryland) approved by referendum an amendment to the County Charter that changed the County Council's review and approval cycle of the six-year Capital Improvements Program (CIP) from an annual to biennial cycle. The referendum specified that in odd-numbered fiscal years (on years) the County…
Descriptors: Counties, Superintendents, Budgets, Enrollment Trends
Montgomery County Public Schools, 2010
In November 1996, the voters of Montgomery County (Maryland) approved by referendum an amendment to the County Charter that changed the County Council's review and approval cycle of the six-year Capital Improvements Program (CIP) from an annual to biennial cycle. The referendum specified that in odd-numbered fiscal years (on-years) the County…
Descriptors: Superintendents, Budgets, Enrollment Trends, Educational Facilities Planning
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Price, Marie D.; Cooper, Catherine W. – Journal of Geography, 2007
Latin America is a popularly accepted world region. A systematic review of geographic interpretations of Latin America reveals that the origin of the term goes back to the mid-nineteenth century and that the region's boundaries have shifted over time. This article argues that four basic principles operate in the formation of world regions such as…
Descriptors: High School Students, Introductory Courses, Advanced Placement, World Geography
Bigelow, Bill – Rethinking Schools, Ltd, 2006
"The Line Between Us" explores the history of U.S-Mexican relations and the roots of Mexican immigration, all in the context of the global economy. And it shows how teachers can help students understand the immigrant experience and the drama of border life. "But The Line Between Us" is about more than Mexican immigration and…
Descriptors: Video Technology, Teacher Role, Global Approach, Criticism
Montgomery County Public Schools, 2009
In November 1996, the voters of Montgomery County approved by referendum an amendment to the County Charter that changed the County Council's review and approval cycle of the six-year Capital Improvements Program (CIP) from an annual to biennial cycle. The referendum specified that in odd-numbered fiscal years (on-years) the County Council would…
Descriptors: Counties, Superintendents, Budgets, Enrollment Trends
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Doerr, Neriko Musha – Anthropology & Education Quarterly, 2004
In this article, I offer a new interpretation of non-Maori parents' claim that a Maori/English bilingual school unit in Aotearoa/New Zealand is separatist. I show that while some use such a claim to defend monoculturalism and white hegemony, others use it to come to terms with Aotearoa/New Zealand's postcolonial nationhood, globalization, and a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Bilingualism, Bilingual Schools, Labeling (of Persons)
Montgomery County Public Schools, 2007
In November 1996, the voters of Montgomery County (Maryland) approved by referendum an amendment to the County Charter that changed the County Council's review and approval cycle of the six-year Capital Improvements Program (CIP) from an annual to biennial cycle. The referendum specified that in odd-numbered fiscal years (on years) the County…
Descriptors: Counties, Superintendents, Budgets, Enrollment Trends
Montgomery County Public Schools, 2006
In November 1996, the voters of Montgomery County (Maryland) approved by referendum an amendment to the County Charter that changed the County Council's review and approval cycle of the six-year Capital Improvements Program (CIP) from an annual to biennial cycle. The referendum specified that in odd-numbered fiscal years (on years) the County…
Descriptors: Counties, Superintendents, Budgets, Enrollment Trends