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Direct linkFerguson, Therese; Chevannes, Pauletta – Childhood Education, 2018
The Small Island Developing State of Jamaica, in the Caribbean region, is facing significant environmental, economic, and social challenges. Violence has become a serious challenge for Jamaica and several other countries in the region; the level of violence against and among children is particularly disturbing. Perhaps even more troubling is the…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Conflict Resolution, Violence, Public Health
Sriprakash, Arathi; Maithreyi, R.; Kumar, Akash; Sinha, Pallawi; Prabha, Ketaki – Comparative Education, 2020
Global education agendas frequently draw on the construct of 'school readiness', indexing the developmental trajectories of children to the expectations of school systems. Through in-depth ethnographic research in a village in Bihar, India, this paper examines how normative discourses of 'school readiness' govern family strategies for early…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, School Readiness, Rural Areas, Early Childhood Education
Lin, Jing – Rowman & Littlefield Education, 2006
Author Jing Lin contends that there is a great need for educators to reconceptualize education in the 21st century. Here, she discusses the danger of global wars, environmental breakdown, moral vacuum and nihilism in society, and the problems in current debates on school reform. This book calls for a school that facilitates the formation of a…
Descriptors: Role of Education, School Restructuring, Consciousness Raising, Humanism
Power, Colin – Educational Research for Policy and Practice, 2006
Building a strategic direction for education ultimately rests on the extent, to which we resolve the key issue addressed by UNESCO's International Commission on Education for the 21st Century (the Delors Report): what kind of education is needed to create the kind of world, we want to emerge in the future? Certainly, globalisation brings with it…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Educational Objectives, Educational Philosophy, Educational Planning
Peer reviewedBonstingl, John Jay – Social Studies Review, 1997
Maintains that the competitive and quality-focused global 21st-century economy is developing very quickly. Discusses some of the attributes of this economy, and outlines some of the qualities young people will need to prosper. These include leadership, partnership, focus on systems, process orientation, and continuous improvement. (MJP)
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Economic Factors, Education Work Relationship, Educational Resources
National Council for the Social Studies, Washington, DC. – 1991
This task force report is designed to focus attention on the young adolescent learner and provide direction for developing appropriate and meaningful social studies instruction for the middle school. Schools at the middle level characteristically focus on the unique developmental needs of young adolescents. A number of these needs are listed, in…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Adolescents, Citizenship Education, Controversial Issues (Course Content)
