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Karareba, Gilbert; Baillie, Caroline – Education, Citizenship and Social Justice, 2019
We argue for the need for and provide an example of a new form of community-based engineering education in Rwanda. We draw on Bourdieu's theories of field and habitus to frame the arguments for an alternative to the current dominant engineering education model. The proposed community engineering education programme has three key facets including…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Critical Theory, Critical Thinking, Teaching Methods
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Nguyen, Hiep Duc; Mai, Le Thi; Anh Do, Duc – Educational Philosophy and Theory, 2020
Recent significant changes in technology such as Artificial Intelligence (AI) and big data analysis have a wide impact in many areas of human societies, not least in education. Advances in efficiency of new technologies, with impacts in renewable energy and transport affected by environmental concerns and climate change mitigation, demand a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Technological Advancement, Creativity, Thinking Skills
Shiohira, Kelly – UNESCO-UNEVOC International Centre for Technical and Vocational Education and Training, 2021
Artificial intelligence has produced new teaching and learning solutions that are now undergoing testing in different contexts. In addition to its impact on the education sector, AI is substantially altering labour markets, industrial services, agriculture processes, value chains and the organization of workplaces in particular. Technical and…
Descriptors: Artificial Intelligence, Teaching Methods, Skill Development, Vocational Education
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Dawo, Jane Irene A.; Wagah, Mical Ongachi – Educational Research and Reviews, 2011
The Kenyan society is experiencing a lot of conflicts, some with devastating effects such as deaths, starvation, disease and destruction. These normally arise out of difference between people. Secondary schools being part of the society have not been left out of this challenge as evidenced by mass media reports on strikes, demonstrations and…
Descriptors: Correctional Institutions, Courts, Conflict, Foreign Countries
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Avvisati, Francesco; Jacotin, Gwenaël; Vincent-Lancrin, Stéphan – Tuning Journal for Higher Education, 2013
As innovation increasingly fuels economic growth, higher education institutions and systems face the challenge of equipping students with the skills required by innovative economies. Using two international surveys of tertiary education graduates five years after their graduation, we show that the innovative, tertiary-educated workforce comprises…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Educational Innovation, Economic Development, College Graduates
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Chrystall, Steve – Policy Futures in Education, 2014
As the oil reserves in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) are forecast to become depleted over the next 50 to 150 years, the emirate of Abu Dhabi has set a vision to develop a knowledge economy in order to develop alternative sources of revenue in areas such as tourism, alternative energy and innovative business enterprises. Reformation of its…
Descriptors: Arabs, Western Civilization, Teaching Methods, Foreign Countries
Cully, John H. – Online Submission, 2007
In many developing countries it is apparent that there are multifarious impediments associated with, and acting upon, educational development and the complexity of diverse socio-cultural landscapes. Indeed, numerous perspectives tend to be overlooked or possibly not even taken under consideration when it comes to the transmission of salient…
Descriptors: Educational Development, Higher Education, Global Approach, International Organizations
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Shirer, Natalie Baker – Arts Education Policy Review, 2005
This article examines the "My True Voice Project," a mentorship-based program that uses principles of theater education to teach students effective oral communication skills. This project offers a unique model for how arts education can teach children vital thinking skills, strengthen traditional skills, and build community. As such, the…
Descriptors: Mentors, Program Descriptions, Oral Language, Teaching Methods
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Bhasin, Kamla; Ellis, Pat – Convergence: An International Journal of Adult Education, 1984
Bhasin argues for a clear and scientific analysis of the structure of poverty and exploitation that keeps Indian women illiterate, unequal, hungry, and ill. Ellis explores ways of linking women's issues with adult, nonformal, and literacy education to help women meet the challenges of development. (CT)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Economic Development, Family Role, Females
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Carmo, Mafalda, Ed. – Online Submission, 2017
This book contains a compilation of papers presented at the International Conference on Education and New Developments (END 2017), organized by the World Institute for Advanced Research and Science (W.I.A.R.S.). Education, in our contemporary world, is a right since we are born. Every experience has a formative effect on the constitution of the…
Descriptors: Educational Quality, Models, Vocational Education, Outcomes of Education
Ekanayake, S. B. – Prospects, 1990
Delineates the need to make rural education more relevant to rural students in developing nations, stressing limitations in traditional Western approaches. Advocates rural pedagogy that encourages lifelong learning and develops community resources. Provides a case study of a rural pedagogy program in Sri Lanka. (CH)
Descriptors: Community Resources, Cultural Differences, Developing Nations, Economic Development
Charner, Ivan; Rolzinski, Catherine – 1985
Postsecondary education's responses to economic change are discussed, based on 22 projects supported by the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE). After identifying common themes of the FIPSE "Education and Economy Alliance" projects, new directions for postsecondary education are considered, along with policy concerns.…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Change Strategies, Continuing Education, Cooperative Programs
Blankenburg, Richard – 1972
A proposal for Project Step-Up, an endeavor to facilitate upward economic mobility, was submitted, based on the results of a feasibility study. These results indicated that 10 employers of the San Diego Area were prepared to participate in a program to provide adult basic education skills to educationally disadvantaged employees. Participating…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Economic Development, Educational Facilities, Educationally Disadvantaged
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Mclaughlan, R. G.; Kirkpatrick, D. – European Journal of Engineering Education, 2004
Increasingly, professional university programmes seek to develop graduates' generic skills and capabilities and their capacity to transfer skills to new situations. Professionally-oriented study should demonstrate not only academic rigour, but also genuine relevance and value to the profession. In disciplines such as science and engineering this…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, Economic Development, Active Learning, Foreign Countries