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Hager, Emily – Harvard Educational Review, 2009
In this essay Emily Hager presents an example of conflict education through student journalism. War News Radio is a student-organized and student-produced program developed at Swarthmore College in which participants produce for a global audience nonpartisan weekly radio shows and podcasts focused on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Hager shares…
Descriptors: Conflict, Foreign Countries, Scholastic Journalism, War
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Harvard Educational Review, 2009
Jacques Bwira arrived in Uganda in 2000, having fled the violent conflict in his native country, the Democratic Republic of Congo. Though he had trained and worked as a teacher in Congo, he feared that speaking only French would prevent him from making a living in his new home. The police officer who interrogated Jacques on arrival in the capital…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Refugees, Interviews, Community Organizations
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Wigginton, Eliot – Harvard Educational Review, 1989
Describes Foxfire, a philosophy of education firmly grounded in principles of democratic, experiential education. Discusses how many who attempted to adopt the approach of the Foxfire books without its founding principles obtained traditional, teacher-oriented results. Describes Foxfire's educational practices and major aspects of the staff's work…
Descriptors: Educational Philosophy, Experiential Learning, High Schools, Inservice Teacher Education
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Magendzo, Salomon; Vaccaro, Liliana – Harvard Educational Review, 1990
Two articles ("Popular Education in Nongovernmental Organizations" by Magendzo and "Transference and Appropriation in Popular Education Interventions" by Vaccaro) provide a view of the Interdisciplinary Program for Research in Education's role as an organization sponsoring popular education programs and research in Chile and…
Descriptors: Community Education, Educational Research, Foreign Countries, Participatory Research
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Turnbull, Brenda J. – Harvard Educational Review, 1982
Analyzes the intentions and results of federal efforts to promote educational improvement over the past 25 years. Federal efforts are described in the following areas: block grant funding; requirements for local evaluation and planning; research, development, and evaluation; linkage; and targeted support for local improvement. (CT)
Descriptors: Block Grants, Educational Research, Federal Aid, Federal Programs
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Kaestle, Carl F.; Smith, Marshall S. – Harvard Educational Review, 1982
Discusses seven stereotypical views concerning the history of federal involvement in elementary and secondary education. Examines federal intervention after World War II; origination of federal programs; the National Defense Education Act; basic skills education; federal aid to precollegiate education; federal pressure for desegregation; and…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Desegregation Effects, Educational History, Elementary Secondary Education
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Fox, Elisabeth – Harvard Educational Review, 1985
The author traces the origins and development of the International Baccalaureate program as an outgrowth of continuing curriculum innovation in international schools. She describes its rapid expansion in North America, where many school systems are attracted by its challenging academic curriculum. Fox concludes by considering the prospects for…
Descriptors: Course Descriptions, Curriculum Design, Curriculum Development, Educational Innovation