NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Showing all 3 results Save | Export
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Stephens, Caroline Gilleran; Short, Angela; Linnane, Suzanne – Irish Educational Studies, 2023
H[subscript 2]O Heroes is an environmental education programme, which was piloted with primary school students aged 7-10 years in a rural community in Co. Cavan, Ireland. Environmental education is frequently aimed at children not just as an educational initiative but as a means of changing attitudes and behaviour. H[subscript 2]O Heroes brings…
Descriptors: Environmental Education, Outreach Programs, Intergenerational Programs, Elementary School Students
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Fitzpatrick, Anne; Halpenny, Ann Marie – European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 2023
This study investigated the concept, role and potential of intergenerational learning (IGL) as a pedagogical strategy in five Irish early childhood education (ECE) services, through exploring the perspectives on IGL of educators (5), children (70) and their parents (43). Informed by socio-cultural theories of learning and aligned to key principles…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Intergenerational Programs, Foreign Countries, Intentional Learning
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
PDF on ERIC Download full text
Derek Barter – Prism: Casting New Light on Learning, Theory & Practice, 2023
This article is a critique of the current formal education system as a construct for consumerism, where the value of learning is geared towards increasingly limited instrumentalist ends. It considers alternative ways of educating the population to prepare for a century of disruption and upheaval as we transition from an unsustainable fossil…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Lifelong Learning, Equal Education, Nondiscriminatory Education