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Fekete, Marianna – Acta Educationis Generalis, 2020
Introduction: In the context of national and global events of the last few years (wave of refugees in 2015, terrorist attacks, climate change, strengthening of far-right and radical parties, fake news and manipulation, etc.), the ability of making an independent opinion, making resolutions based on facts and knowledge, being able to see through…
Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, Global Approach, Nationalism, Information Literacy
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Beck, Christian W. – International Electronic Journal of Elementary Education, 2010
Data from a Norwegian survey show correlation between a student's socially related problems at school and the parent's social motivation for home education. I argue that more time spent at school by a student could result in more socially related problems at school, which can explain an increase in social motivation for home education.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Home Schooling, School Schedules, Parent Attitudes
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Resnik, Julia – Critical Studies in Education, 2011
Similar to many other countries, an educational reform anchored in a managerial discourse was proposed in Israel in 2004 by the Dovrat Committee, encouraged by the "inter-state education gap" social problem that economist Dan Ben-David formulated on the basis of international examinations, such as PISA and TIMMS. Through a neo-Weberian…
Descriptors: Social Problems, Educational Change, Foreign Countries, Public Policy