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Silseth, Kenneth – International Journal of Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning, 2012
The purpose of this article is to gain knowledge about how interactions in a gaming context become constituted as effective resources for a student's learning trajectory. In addition, this detailed study of a learning trajectory documents how a computer game becomes a learning resource for working on a specific topic in school. The article reports…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Resources, Teaching Methods, Conflict
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Somdahl-Sands, Katrinka; Belbas, Brad – Learning, Media and Technology, 2012
As educators interested in pedagogical uses of technology, we utilize the internet to improve students' knowledge and awareness of the world beyond our own national borders. Web-based technologies offer us resources for our courses and can play an important role in promoting a more active style of learning from our students. Yet when teaching…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Internet, Web Sites, Electronic Publishing
Van Dyke, Blair – 1996
This study proposed to gather, in a systematic fashion, ideas from Palestinian educational leaders about the nature of a culturally Palestinian educational system. The semi-structured interviews focused on the questions: (1) What changes have occurred in Palestinian education since the 1993 peace accord?; (2) What are the central Palestinian…
Descriptors: Arabs, Educational Administration, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education
Kuehner, Trudy J. – Foreign Policy Research Institute, 2005
Understanding the current conflicts and political changes in the Middle East us important for American educators if American students are to understand the dynamics of the region. To discuss these issues, FPRI held its 12th History Institute for Teachers on October 16-17, 2004. Forty teachers from 15 states attended the weekend program at the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Foreign Policy, International Relations, Peace
United Nations Relief and Works Agency, New York, NY. – 1973
A special issue of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) newsletter relates the ideals of human rights as carried out for the Palestine refugees. An overview of the publication and its contents is followed by a copy of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Three articles--The Right to Education, An Adequate Standard of Living,…
Descriptors: Civil Liberties, Human Relations, International Organizations, Junior High School Students
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Spencer, Bruce – Convergence, 2006
Is there really a connection between "adult education" and "peace" today: or are many of today's adult educators so busy they are not interested in the big issues of the day? Or is it perhaps that concerns about "world peace" appear to be too remote to be influenced by adult education initiatives? The purpose of this…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Peace, Adult Educators, Social Action
Williams, David L., Ed.; Munstermann, Ulrich, Ed.; Gamble, Helen E. W., Ed. – 2002
These Action Papers of seven committees of The Hague International Model United Nations (THIMUN) Youth Assembly represent the efforts of young people, who have been given the opportunity to voice their personal opinions on issues permanently on the international agenda. The Committee on Education and Employment analyzes improving quality of…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Cultural Differences, Disarmament, Economic Development