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International Field Experiences Promote Professional Development for Sustainability Leaders
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Hull, R. Bruce; Kimmel, Courtney; Robertson, David P.; Mortimer, Michael – International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2016
Purpose: This paper aims to describe, explain and evaluate a graduate education program that provides international project experiences and builds competencies related to collaborative problem-solving, cultural capacity to work globally and sustainable development. Design/methodology/approach: Qualitative analysis of survey data from 28 students…
Descriptors: Sustainability, Program Descriptions, Teaching Methods, Foreign Countries
Diagrams in Mathematics: To Draw or Not to Draw?
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Mudaly, Vimolan – Perspectives in Education, 2012
This paper describes the use of diagrams as self-explanatory tools. It considers the use of diagrams, in general, and more specifically, examines research that is currently being undertaken in the broad field of visualisation. The research participants referred to in this article were Advanced Certificate of Education students and the paper…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Visual Aids, Freehand Drawing, Mathematics Activities
Introducing Problem-Based Learning (PBL) into a Foundation Programme to Develop Self-Directed Learning Skills
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Malan, Sharon B.; Ndlovu, Mdutshekelwa; Engelbrecht, Petra – South African Journal of Education, 2014
This article reports on the qualitative aspects of a study that examined whether introducing a "Problem-based Learning" ("PBL") approach in a one-year foundation programme can create conditions for learners to develop and sustain self-directed learning skills. This interpretive constructivist case study was located in…
Descriptors: Problem Based Learning, Lifelong Learning, Teaching Methods, Qualitative Research
Computers and African Languages in Education: An ICT Tool for the Promotion of Multilingualism at a South African University. Conversations
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Dalvit, Lorenzo; Murray, Sarah; Mini, Buyiswa; Terzoli, Alfredo; Zhao, Xiaogeng – Perspectives in Education, 2005
This article describes a web-based application designed to provide meaningful access to the study of Computer Science to speakers of an African language who have limited experience of using English for academic purposes. Our research is focused upon students of Computer Skills in the Extended Studies Programme at Rhodes University who have studied…
Descriptors: English for Academic Purposes, Multilingualism, Computer Science, African Languages
Barriers to Conducting a Community Mobilization Intervention among Youth in a Rural South African Community
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Whitehead, Kevin A.; Kriel, Anita J.; Richter, Linda M. – Journal of Community Psychology, 2005
In the face of extreme poverty and inequality in South Africa, community mobilization interventions represent an important way in which people can be empowered to improve their life. Successfully conducting community mobilization interventions in rural South African communities requires anticipating and addressing a number of potential barriers in…
Descriptors: Intervention, Well Being, Foreign Countries, Barriers
Psychology in the Schools in International Perspective, Vol. 2.
Catterall, Calvin D., Ed. – 1977
The document is second in a series which examines actual and potential contributions of psychology toward solving problems of the world's schools. Written by school psychologists from 15 countries, this volume describes ways in which psychology is applied in the author's country, traces the background of school psychological services, reviews the…
Descriptors: Child Rearing, Communication (Thought Transfer), Comparative Education, Developed Nations