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Alexandra Schindel; Monica L. Miles; Kate Haq – Current Issues in Comparative Education, 2023
In this essay, we argue for racializing approaches to teaching climate change to better understand and address climate injustices. We draw upon the example of the Buffalo Blizzard of 2022 which caused a disproportionate number of deaths in the Black community. Extreme weather events such as the blizzard highlight the ways in which climate…
Descriptors: Climate, Environmental Education, Social Justice, Consciousness Raising
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Foley, William J., Jr. – Current Issues in Comparative Education, 2021
Human Rights Education exists as an implementing entity of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Scholars such as Andre Keet and others have criticized the dissemination of universal rights through education because it covets Western ideology over local ethical and epistemological constructs. Using Tibbitts' revised typologies of Human Rights…
Descriptors: Civil Rights, Educational Change, Critical Theory, Teaching Methods
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Badami, Hasnain R.; Fatima, Rubab – Current Issues in Comparative Education, 2020
This paper traces the implementation of a pedagogical framework in a low-cost private school in Karachi designed to put students' engagement with the world at the center of the learning process. The need for such a framework arose as a response to the realization that education system in Pakistan is lagging behind in preparing children of a…
Descriptors: Experiential Learning, Teaching Methods, Foreign Countries, Learner Engagement
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Gallagher, Matthew; Bauer, Carrie – Current Issues in Comparative Education, 2020
Higher education (HE) for refugees and displaced persons has often been considered a luxury. However, the humanitarian and educational sectors have recently committed to offering HE to this population. This is a welcome development, as research demonstrates that HE is intrinsically connected to development at the individual, community, and…
Descriptors: Refugees, Teaching Methods, Technological Literacy, Individual Development
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Law, Lisa; Hafiz, Muhammad; Kwong, Theresa; Wong, Eva – Current Issues in Comparative Education, 2019
With advances in telecommunication technologies, many institutions are deploying various online learning platforms for curriculum designers to create opportunities for international contact and intercultural exchange for their students with less physical and time constraints. Thus, students' learning contents can be enriched with the integration…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Intercultural Communication, Cultural Awareness, Online Courses
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Adjapong, Edmund S.; Emdin, Christopher; Levy, Ian – Current Issues in Comparative Education, 2018
This paper explores, educators' use of technology to supplement traditional professional development that they may receive in their schools or institutions. Many educators in the 21st century use various forms of technology as part of their daily teaching practices and as part of their personal lives. This paper sets out to explore the impact of a…
Descriptors: Social Media, Faculty Development, Teaching Methods, Computer Simulation
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Froman, Nica – Current Issues in Comparative Education, 2015
In 2003, the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme (IBDP)--a program implemented in thousands of schools globally--introduced a human rights course (Makivirta, 2003). This curriculum is the first of its kind to hold potential widespread influence on human rights education in the formal education sector. In this study, I analyze the…
Descriptors: Civil Rights, Teaching Methods, Advocacy, Advanced Placement Programs
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Cortina, Regina; Makar, Carmina; Mount-Cors, Mary Faith – Current Issues in Comparative Education, 2015
As a social movement, dual language challenges and co-exists alongside traditional English-only classrooms in the US. Using Manuel Pastor's social movements framework, we demonstrate how dual language provides teaching methods and languages of instruction that allow varying student populations to excel in learning the official curriculum. In this…
Descriptors: Social Change, Hispanic American Students, Bilingual Education Programs, School Districts
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Abolfazli, Maryam; Alemi, Maryam – Current Issues in Comparative Education, 2013
Established in 2011, the Online School of Civic Education (the Online School) is intended to give Iranian teachers and educators the opportunity to reflect, experiment, and create classroom experiences aimed at teaching their students how to think, rather than what to think. The Online School was developed to provide teachers and educators inside…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Change, Citizen Participation, Citizenship Education
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Keskitalo, Pigga; Uusiautti, Satu; Maatta, Kaarina – Current Issues in Comparative Education, 2012
This article discusses smallness from the point of view of the Sami, an indigenous people of the Arctic, and describes today's Sami education in Finland, the factors that have affected its formation and the challenges in strengthening it. The purpose of the article is to provide ideas to develop Sami education and encourage discovering methods…
Descriptors: Indigenous Populations, Foreign Countries, Minority Groups, Educational Development