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Dass, Nirmal – College Quarterly, 2008
The corporate approach to education is groundless (because a large portion of education in the past, and even still, has always been firmly grounded in the Humanities). So, why this continuous assault on the Humanities? Because educational institutions have bought into the myth that education and the corporate world are hand-in-glove. But by…
Descriptors: Democracy, Human Dignity, Democratic Values, Humanities
Dass, Nirmal – College Quarterly, 2007
People often reason that since disasters facing them are potentially global, then the proper solutions must come from global structures, such as governments and multinationals. But such reasoning is inadequate. The answers are not to be found in the hazy otherness of corporate and political structures, which people are all-too-quick to imbue with…
Descriptors: Ecology, Science and Society, Locus of Control, Well Being
Dass, Pradeep Maxwell – 1999
This paper focuses on pre-service teacher education and elaborates on the critical importance of three attributes to the development of professional science teachers: (1) science teachers must be reflective practitioners of their profession; (2) all instructional practice and decisions of science teachers must be backed by a research-based…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Preservice Teacher Education, Professional Development
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Dass, Pradeep M. – Clearing House, 2000
Argues that traditional methods of science instruction are being supplanted by a broader approach that enhances understanding of the nature of science and teaches students to critically analyze scientific information. Discusses six domains of science to be included in good science instruction. Discusses ways new teachers can put those domains into…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Instructional Effectiveness, Instructional Improvement, Science Education
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Dass, Pradeep Maxwell – Bulletin of Science, Technology & Society, 1999
Trans-disciplinary educational approaches hold the promise of helping students see real-life issues in an organic rather than a fragmented manner and be able to apply knowledge to address these issues in an organic manner. Presents reasons for organizing trans-disciplinary instruction around contemporary environmental issues. (Contains 14…
Descriptors: Conservation (Environment), Ecology, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education