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Jane Townsend; Mike Brown – set: Research Information for Teachers, 2023
This article outlines the development of a leadership programme for senior students involved in co-leading a Year 9 cross-curricula "Festival of Learning" known as Hui Taurima. The focus is on the Maori student leaders' perspectives of a place-responsive approach to developing leadership that drew on the expertise of school staff, mana…
Descriptors: Ethnic Groups, Pacific Islanders, Student Leadership, Grade 8
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Skinner, Robert – Journal of Peace Education, 2020
Critical peace education literature has focused attention on how programmes that promise to teach peace contribute to and contest existing power relations. However, using social theory to work out the relationship between peace education programmes and their context is only beginning. This paper uses a document review and interviews with experts…
Descriptors: Barriers, Peace, Teaching Methods, Power Structure
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Xie, Dong; Kong, Ning; Skaggs, Sydney; Yang, Anbo – Journal of Career Development, 2019
Contextual factors have received increased attention in understanding the challenges and difficulties in translating career education and career guidance services from Western societies to non-Western societies, many of which are undertaking a shift from a socialist and collectivistic system to a more individualistic one. In this article, using…
Descriptors: Career Education, Social Change, Foreign Countries, Cultural Context
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Martin, Rosemary – Journal of Dance Education, 2013
This study reflects on teaching and learning contemporary dance in Amman, Jordan, focusing on the experiences of three contemporary dance students. Through the three case studies, various issues regarding teaching and learning contemporary dance in a Jordanian context are raised, revealing that contemporary dance can be perceived as a taboo and…
Descriptors: Dance Education, Cultural Context, Foreign Countries, Reflection
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Rubenstein, Harriet L.; And Others – Academic Medicine, 1992
The Medical College of Pennsylvania has introduced a four-hour interdisciplinary class for sophomore students in the role of folk and popular healing systems in patient care. Student and faculty responded enthusiastically, and the program will be expanded. (MSE)
Descriptors: Beliefs, Classroom Techniques, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Context