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Frank, Pascal – International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2021
Purpose: Despite advances in Environmental and Sustainability Education (ESE) scholarship and practice, ESE has not yet contributed to mitigate the sustainability-related problems it is meant to remedy. As part of an explanation, some scholars have argued that current ESE scholarship and practice overemphasizes intellectual and neglects…
Descriptors: Sustainable Development, Environmental Education, Consumer Economics, Scholarship
Bala, Carrie Olson – ProQuest LLC, 2022
The purpose of this study was to better understand the influence of educators' attention to identity construction as tenth grade Emergent Bilinguals and native English-speaking students develop mathematical, social, and epistemological empowerment in a mathematics classroom. I incorporated a framework detailing critical consciousness as a mediator…
Descriptors: High School Students, Grade 10, Values Clarification, Value Judgment
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Shin, Joo Yeon; Steger, Michael F. – Journal of College Student Development, 2016
We examined whether American college students who perceive their college environment as supportive for their meaning searching report higher levels of meaning in life. We also examined whether students' perception of college environmental support for meaning searching moderates the relation between the presence of and search for meaning. Students'…
Descriptors: College Students, College Environment, Student Attitudes, Goal Orientation
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Bundick, Matthew J. – New Directions for Youth Development, 2011
The benefits of understanding and pursuing one's purposes in life are well documented. However, few studies have addressed potential interventions for enhancing purpose. This article presents the results of an empirical investigation testing whether reflecting on and discussing one's core values, life goals, and purposes in life has benefits for…
Descriptors: Self Concept, Quality of Life, Goal Orientation, Life Satisfaction
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Neville, Mary Grace – Journal of Management Education, 2008
Experiential learning theory, conversational learning, and seminar practices combine to shape an educational experience that is grounded in principles of appreciative inquiry. The seminar, taught to undergraduate business majors, seeks to encourage students to explore their underlying assumptions about business in society. Because postindustrial…
Descriptors: Learning Theories, Seminars, Experiential Learning, Global Approach