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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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Loader, Rebecca; Hughes, Joanne; Petroska-Beshka, Violeta; Tomovska Misoska, Ana – Journal on Education in Emergencies, 2018
Transferring education policy from one country to another, or between supranational bodies and national administrations, is common practice, and the potential benefits for educational quality and standards are evident. Despite these advantages, the dominant approaches to policy transfer have been criticized for, among other things, neglecting…
Descriptors: Social Integration, Cross Cultural Studies, Ethnic Groups, Religious Factors
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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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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