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Boix Mansilla, Veronica; Jackson, Anthony W. – ASCD, 2022
Preparing students to participate fully in today's and tomorrow's world demands that we nurture their global competence, and this book shows teachers how to do just that. In a world rife with rapid change, environmental vulnerabilities, and racial inequities, this second edition of "Educating for Global Competence" poses an urgent…
Descriptors: Global Approach, Cultural Awareness, Consciousness Raising, Elementary Secondary Education
Icoz, Omer Faruk – Online Submission, 2015
Teachers' views about environmental education (EE) have been regarded as one of the most important concerns in education for sustainability. In secondary school chemistry curriculum, there are several subjects about EE embedded in the chemistry subjects in Turkey. This study explores three chemistry teachers' views about to what extent the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Environmental Education, Sustainability, Secondary School Science
Wyness, Lynne; Jones, Paul; Klapper, Rita – Education & Training, 2015
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to consider the understanding and presence of sustainability within entrepreneurship education. The extant literature on sustainability within the entrepreneurship discipline remains extremely limited. Previously, sustainability within an entrepreneurship context has related to economic viability as opposed to…
Descriptors: Sustainability, Entrepreneurship, College Faculty, Teacher Attitudes
Chaaban, Youmen; Ellili-Cherif, Maha – Education and Information Technologies, 2017
The purpose of this study was to examine the impact of teachers' individual characteristics and perceptions of environmental factors on the extent of technology integration into EFL (English as a Foreign Language) classrooms. To this end, a national survey examining EFL teachers' perceptions was conducted at Qatari Independent Schools. A total of…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Technology Integration, Teaching Methods, Foreign Countries
Waitoller, Federico R. – Teachers College Press, 2020
Through powerful narratives of parents of Black and Latinx students with disabilities, this book provides a unique look at the relationship between disability, race, urban space, and market-driven educational policies. Offering significant insights into complex forms of educational exclusion, the text illustrates the actual challenges and…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Students with Disabilities, African American Students, Hispanic American Students
New Jersey State Dept. of Environmental Protection, Trenton. Office of Communication and Public Education. – 1990
This report reflects the work of the Commission on Environmental Education created and authorized to study environmental education in the state of New Jersey. The commission identified the knowledge, attitudes, values, behaviors and skills that should be communicated, developed, and/or nurtured among the state's citizenry. A list of…
Descriptors: Citizen Role, Citizenship Responsibility, Community Responsibility, Environmental Education
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Caron, Judi Anne – Journal of Environmental Education, 1989
Reported are the results of a survey of 603 southern, urban Blacks regarding their attitudes concerning environmental issues. These results were compared with earlier studies of Whites and it was found that Blacks exhibited a similar level of concern. (Author/CW)
Descriptors: Affective Measures, Attitude Measures, Black Community, Conservation (Environment)
Howe, Robert W. – 1989
Many school staff and their client communities are concerned about pupil achievement, skills, and attitudes related to the environment. To respond to these concerns, staff need to determine how they can improve their environmental education programs by modifying the content and skills emphasized in the curriculum, and supplementing instructional…
Descriptors: Conservation Education, Educational Improvement, Educational Trends, Elementary School Science
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Roth, Robert E.; Perez, Julio – Journal of Environmental Education, 1989
Reported is an assessment of secondary school pupils regarding their attitudes about and knowledge of environmental issues. It was found that gender was a significant variable and that poverty and deforestation were ranked as the most critical environmental problems. (CW)
Descriptors: Affective Measures, Attitude Measures, Conservation (Environment), Environmental Education
Hurry, Lynn Boyd – 1982
This study identifies worldwide trends in environmental education (EE), and in light of these trends, suggests ways of improving EE training of primary school teachers. The study begins with a discussion of EE definitions, providing a South African definition and including a list of guiding principles for effective EE at schools/universities. The…
Descriptors: Educational Trends, Elementary Education, Environmental Education, Foreign Countries
Coyle, Kevin – National Environmental Education & Training Foundation, 2005
In 1944, noted conservationist Aldo Leopold wrote: "Acts of conservation without the requisite desires and skill are futile. To create these desires and skills, and the community motive, is the task of education." Almost sixty years later, in January 2003, the National Science Foundation released a report of its Advisory Committee for…
Descriptors: Community Leaders, Environmental Research, Environmental Education, Conservation (Environment)
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Disinger, John F. – Journal of Environmental Education, 1990
Defined is the concept of sustainable development. The historical development of the term in environmental education is described. The role of education, science and social studies, and impediments to instruction on this topic are discussed. (CW)
Descriptors: Community Attitudes, Conservation (Environment), Development, Environmental Education
Astin, Alexander W. – 1993
This book presents the extensive results of a study of how students are affected by their college experiences. Chapter 1 discusses the question of how to assess the impact of the college experience and outlines the overall design of the study. Chapter 2 describes each of the 135 college environmental measures and 57 "student involvement" measures…
Descriptors: Career Development, Cognitive Development, College Environment, College Students
Schuetz, Pam – New Directions for Community Colleges, 2008
This article presents a study that uses iterative searches of literature, guided by data from campus observations, interviews, and surveys, to locate and test a theory that can be used to strengthen institutional leverage over student engagement and outcomes. A review of literature was conducted to frame a preliminary theoretical framework for…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Models, Urban Areas, School Holding Power
Salmon, Aliénor – UNESCO Bangkok, 2016
The schooling experience is perhaps the most influential of endeavours in terms of shaping the course of student lives. Schools that can promote happiness, referred to in this report as 'happy schools', are key to ensuring better well-being, health, and achievement as well as success in future life and work. Education systems must value the unique…
Descriptors: Well Being, Educational Environment, Multiple Intelligences, Student Diversity