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Warden, Claire – Childhood Education, 2019
Recognizing the valuable role nature plays in human development as well as humans' responsibility toward the earth is critically important when considering how to transform education for the betterment of the individual and society. In this article, the author views nature as a force or phenomenon of the metaphysical world. As such, she suggests…
Descriptors: Environmental Education, Individual Development, Educational Change, Environment
Benavot, Aaron; Naidoo, Jordan – Childhood Education, 2018
Diverse actors and organizations representing governments, civil society, international agencies, and the private sector participated in consensus-building and negotiation activities toward shaping SDG 4 and outlining the priority targets and indicators for which all education stakeholders would have collective responsibility to meet. As the…
Descriptors: Agenda Setting, Governance, International Organizations, Partnerships in Education
Parry, Louka – Childhood Education, 2018
In order to bring the benefits of new education approaches, strategies, and tools to classrooms around the world, we need champions of innovation to blaze the path and serve as role models of creativity and exploration. Teachers are uniquely positioned to serve in this critical role.
Descriptors: Instructional Innovation, Teaching Methods, Creativity, Role Models
Fischetti, John C. – Childhood Education, 2013
In this brief article, the author argues that if society defines schools as testing centers instead of learning centers where young people go to watch adults work, then teacher education programs are replaceable. Online technologies allow for the transmittal of information without the need for traditional classroom settings. However, if schools…
Descriptors: Teacher Education, Information Technology, Problem Solving, Global Approach
Wisneski, Debora – Childhood Education, 2012
Participating in the Save Our School march was an inspiring event, the reverberating impact from which will be long-lasting. The march, which was endorsed by the Executive Board of Association for Childhood Education International (ACEI), was an effort to call awareness to the struggles that public education faces in the United States. The guiding…
Descriptors: Public Education, Global Approach, Educational Principles, Public Opinion
Crawford, Patricia A.; Roberts, Sherron Killingsworth; Hickman, Rosemary – Childhood Education, 2008
Opportunities for professional development can benefit the practice of teaching, the learning of students, and the culture of schooling. Thus, considerable attention has been given to effective professional development programs and many reform agendas have made such initiatives a priority (No Child Left Behind, 2002; National Board for…
Descriptors: Teacher Education Programs, Federal Legislation, Educational Change, Educational Opportunities
Sowa, Patience A.; De La Vega, Esperanza – Childhood Education, 2008
Education has been one of the highest priorities in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) since it became a country in 1971 under the leadership of the late Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan. In 1962, when oil production started in Abu Dhabi, the country had just 20 schools for less than 4,000 students, most of them boys. The discovery of oil became the…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Foreign Workers, Arabs, Graduates
Odland, Jerry – Childhood Education, 2007
The No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act is currently being reviewed in Congress for reauthorization. NCLB, among the most significant U.S. education initiatives, reauthorized the 1965 Elementary and Secondary Education Act and is founded on four primary objectives: (1) increasing accountability for states, school districts, and schools; (2) giving…
Descriptors: Public Schools, Sanctions, Academic Achievement, Elementary Secondary Education
Odland, Jerry – Childhood Education, 2007
Much debate continues about whether the 2001 No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) has actually improved the academic achievement level of poorly performing students or only created yet another layer of government oversight to an already heavily burdened public school system. Drafted in 2001 and signed into law in January 2002, NCLB provided the…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Academic Achievement, Educational Quality, Educational Change
Pedro, Joan; Conrad, Dennis – Childhood Education, 2006
This article shares interpretations of an important piece of professional development in teacher education in Trinidad and Tobago, an initiative that came about because of the unique relationship between the Association of Special Education of Trinidad and Tobago (TASETT), the Teachers Union of Trinidad and Tobago (TUTTA), and the University of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Change, Cultural Context, Teacher Educators
Vidali, Eva L.; Adams, Leah D. – Childhood Education, 2006
Globalization has been associated with rapid and significant changes in national and international politics and a growing complexity in economic and sociocultural realms. Inevitably, the new realities create pressures in social and economic structures that, in turn, shape changes at national levels. The field of education is drawn into these…
Descriptors: Global Approach, Educational Policy, Foreign Countries, Educational Needs
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Magga, Ole-Henrik – Childhood Education, 2005
In this article, the author discusses educational experiences of indigenous children. The author points out that while there are those who have the luxury of access to formal schooling, many do not. In the Second Session of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, many indigenous representatives discussed common education issues including poor…
Descriptors: Indigenous Populations, Educationally Disadvantaged, Access to Education, Educational Change
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Quisenberry, Nancy L. – Childhood Education, 1987
Examines recent criticisms of teacher preparation and considers changes in teacher education over the past 10 years. Provides suggestions concerning future directions for teacher education programs. (PCB)
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Educational Change, Educational Needs, Elementary Education
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Barbour, Nita H. – Childhood Education, 1988
Maintains that more education--five years of education for teacher certification--will not guarantee a classroom teacher the kind of responsibility, control, and power over children's learning that an expert in the field should have. (BB)
Descriptors: Decision Making, Educational Change, Educational Improvement, Elementary Education
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Wortham, Sue C. – Childhood Education, 1985
Traces development of the Association for Childhood Education International from its founding in 1892 to the present, emphasizing historical events, social trends, and educational philosophies which have influenced its organizational endeavors. Examines current social problems and their influences on the educational and administrative direction of…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Educational Change, Educational History, Educational Philosophy