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Sharon Rich; John McLaughlin – Education Canada, 2009
Education provides the basic knowledge and skill sets that enable individuals to gain employment. In today's world of increasing globalization, there is a need for skilled workers who can move quickly and easily across national borders. Globalization is real and important. It drives economic change, but its influence goes far beyond economics. As…
Descriptors: Global Approach, Problem Solving, Educational Policy, Foreign Countries
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Tarc, Aparna Mishra – Curriculum Inquiry, 2011
Supporting learners' public engagement with traumatic histories of mass human violence can develop and sustain reparative relations across and between strained social collectives. In this article I theorize the intrapersonal and inter-political dynamics of psychical and social reparation through a classroom case of reparative learning. I analyze…
Descriptors: Novels, Learner Engagement, Trauma, Violence
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Bennett, Paul W. – History and Social Science Teacher, 1988
Describes the author's experiences in writing a senior-level Canadian social studies textbook. Examines the many challenges which textbook writers face and discusses the problems involved in writing for a diverse audience. (GEA)
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, High Schools, Problem Based Learning, Social Studies