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Urrea, Claudia; Bender, Walter – Mind, Brain, and Education, 2012
Almost two million children in more than 40 countries around the world have received a One Laptop per Child (OLPC) XO netbook computer. These netbooks represent the commitment of politicians, community leaders, and educators to implement disruptive, large-scale education reform initiatives that will advance their countries into the 21st century…
Descriptors: Laptop Computers, Educational Change, Program Descriptions, Developing Nations
Cultural and Intercultural Aspects of Education: A New Responsibility for Teachers. Contribution of Education to Cultural Development.
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Puri, Premlata – 1992
It is possible to measure the impact of culture on education in the ways in which students react to real life situations. Only through years of education is it possible to begin to perceive how creativity and aesthetic values affect the emotional development of the youth as a whole. Modern educational concepts need to be taught using traditional…
Descriptors: Aesthetic Education, Creativity, Cultural Awareness, Curriculum Enrichment
Relevance of Art in the Training of Creative Architects in Nigeria.
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Akogo, Benedict C. – Journal of Educational Technology Systems, 1989
Description of education for architects in Nigeria focuses on the impact of art education in the development of creative architects. Highlights include guidelines for current architectural education; admission requirements for schools of architecture; syllabi for architecture schools; and recommendations for training the architect for the future.…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Architects, Architectural Education, Architecture
The Role of Education in the Cultural and Artistic Development of the Individual: Developing Artistic and Creative Skills.
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Barbosa, Ana Mae Tavares Bastos – 1992
Education should be the most efficient way of arousing the individual's cultural consciousness. A concept of "interculturality" now exists, signifying the importance of the interaction between different cultures. There must no longer be a distinction between the "high class" culture of the erudite and the "low class" culture of the lower social…
Descriptors: Aesthetic Education, Art Appreciation, Art Education, Creativity
Work Plan of APEID for the Third Programming Cycle, 1982-1986. Regional Consultation Meeting (7th, Bangkok, Thailand, June 1-10, 1981).
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United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, Bangkok (Thailand). Regional Office for Education in Asia and the Pacific. – 1981
The Seventh Regional Consultation Meeting on the Asian Programme of Educational Innovation for Development (APEID) proposed this detailed Work Plan for the project's third cycle (1982-1986). Each of the eight programme areas is defined and then addressed in the following categories: development objectives; immediate objectives; and lists of…
Descriptors: Career Education, Creativity, Developing Nations, Educational Development
The Story of a Seminar in Applied Communication. The Dag Hammarskjold Seminar on "Communication--An Essential Component in Development Work" (Uppsala, Sweden, August 27-September 9, 1972).
Fuglesang, Andreas, Ed. – 1973
The objective of the two week long 1972 Dag Hammarskjold Seminar was to break away from traditional and theoretical concepts of information work in order to gain a practical insight into communication, especially as it applies to social and economic development. Fifty participants and lecturers from developed and developing countries in Europe and…
Descriptors: Administration, Communication Problems, Communication Skills, Communication (Thought Transfer)