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Kugler, Eileen Gale, Ed. – Rowman & Littlefield Education, 2012
Diverse schools offer enriched academic and social environments, as students and families of different backgrounds and experiences provide a vibrant mosaic of insights, perspectives, and skills. To take advantage of the unique opportunities that diversity brings, schools must value and effectively connect with students and families of all…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Cultural Pluralism, Student Diversity, Educational Strategies
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Chapman, Graham P. – Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 2007
Within Britain, geography as a discipline has been criticized recently for failing either to add to or teach knowledge about the world at large. Instead it has concentrated first at university and then in schools on spatial social science, with examples drawn overwhelmingly from the white Western world. The recent history of geography is reviewed…
Descriptors: Area Studies, Intellectual Disciplines, Human Geography, Social Sciences
Tusquets, J. – Comp Educ, 1969
Descriptors: Athletics, Comparative Education, Cultural Images, Games
Hicks, David W. – 1986
The nuclear debate is one of critical importance and should be explored as part of the school curriculum. The psychology of denying the issue of nuclear arms and the psychological effects of the arms race on children is examined in this paper. A number of topics that might be included in discussion of nuclear issues are the arms race, politics,…
Descriptors: Disarmament, International Relations, Nuclear Energy, Nuclear Weapons
International Understanding at School, 1982
Countries throughout the world have initiated Associated Schools Projects, intended to promote international understanding and peace at the elementary and secondary school levels. Activities of these projects are described by country. (RM)
Descriptors: Comparative Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Global Approach
Ford Foundation, New York, NY. – 1976
This series of papers was commissioned to improve understanding and appreciation of common issues of concern in international studies confronting both North American and Western European scholars. Six countries were surveyed, each by a native scholar in the field of international studies: United Kingdom, France, Federal Republic of Germany, The…
Descriptors: Comparative Education, Cross Cultural Studies, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
Barrett, Joan B.; And Others – 1990
The countries of the European Community represent a commitment to European economic and political unity as part of a trend toward the globalization of the world's economic life. Economic, social, and political challenges are bound up in economic competitiveness. Countries are examining human resource issues in order to compete for the world…
Descriptors: Developed Nations, Economic Development, Employed Women, Employment Patterns
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Raitt, David I., Ed.; Jeapes, Ben, Ed. – 1996
This proceedings volume contains 68 papers. Subjects addressed include: access to information; the future of information managers/librarians; intelligent agents; changing roles of library users; disintermediation; Internet review sites; World Wide Web (WWW) search engines; Java; online searching; future of online education; integrated information…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Computer Software, Cooperation, Current Events