Purpose: This paper aims to present the case of a semester-long study-abroad education class in Italy. This course explored place-based methods that classroom teachers (K-12) might use to connect students' outdoor surroundings to extend the lessons they learn in school about environmental sustainability. The experience of the university instructor…

In February 2020, the Ministry of Education asked the New Zealand Council for Educational Research (NZCER) to examine the curriculum-levelling construct that sits at the heart of The New Zealand Curriculum (Ministry of Education, 2007). A key goal of the research was to investigate, whether-- and if so, how--the construct helps (or hinders)…

Governments recognize that workers in the twenty-first century need to keep pace with increasingly technical employment environments in order to remain competitive in the global market. The Australian government has developed a set of policies to address impending shortfalls in high-level technicians and paraprofessionals across many professions.…

International statistics can be an excellent tool to heighten global awareness and encourage political engagement domestically. In this activity, students locate comparative data for areas in which the United States is outperformed by another country, research the reasons behind differences, find organizations that work to improve the status quo…

Describes college level geography instruction in Tanzania. Based on the principle that educational systems exist to serve society, the geography course at the University of Dar es Salaam produces two types of career-oriented graduates--resource assessors and secondary school geography teachers. (RM)

A course to make college level geography students (London School of Economics) aware of the nature of film and television and to indicate the importance of these media to the geographer is described. The course emphasizes activities and involvement so that students can develop judgments about how film and television shape reality. (KC)

Described is a college-level course that uses novels to add a human dimension to Canadian history. Discussed are the novels used to teach about the themes of Canada and World War I, the immigrant experience, and prairie regionalism. (RM)

Attitudinal and behavorial goals of political and ideological education in the German Democratic Republic remained stable over the period in which, unsurprisingly, both content of courses and methods underwent radical change; conditions in the first decade differed greatly from those prevailing later. (BRR)

The new arts education program at the University of Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada, which stresses aesthetic education is described. Music, dance, drama, and the visual and literary arts are all included in the undergraduate program. (RM)

A numeracy course to help art students at the University of Sheffield (England) develop a more positive attitude toward numbers and deal with numerical work of the type they might find in employment, e.g., interpreting quantitative information, is described and evaluated. There were improvements in all areas tested. (RM)

In this learning activity, which is used in an 11th-grade ancient history course in Canada, students are asked to assume that they are archaeologists of the far-distant future. They are given a box of artifacts that they must analyze to determine what the future society is like. (RM)

Since 1975 all Belgian students in state schools must take a religion course (Roman Catholic, Protestant, Jewish, or Islamic) or a moral education class. Teachers of moral education get a specific training according to the grade level they teach. Their very popular courses involve students in researching various topics. (RM)

Explores the comparative 'history of history teaching' in England and Wales in the twentieth century, focusing on the final reports of the National Curriculum History Working Group in England and the National Curriculum History Committee for Wales. Provides a historical explanation of how the Wales history curriculum emerged. (CMK)

Two mass media projects that are being integrated into the national French education system are described. The "Socio-Cultural Education" program is intended to help future farmers understand and cope with social situations involving communication. The "Introduction to Communication and the Media" project helps students deal…

An art teacher who went to Bella Bella, a remote island in British Columbia, to teach an arts methods course for the University of British Columbia's Native Indian Teacher Education Program describes her experiences and the course she taught. (RM)