NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Assessments and Surveys
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Showing all 6 results Save | Export
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Miller, Paul; Kirkman, Gillian; Timmins, Susan; Banerjee, Rukmini; Panicker, Anne; Nelson, Kenisha; Jones, Adele; Ochen, Eric – Power and Education, 2022
Background: Increasingly researchers are recognising the importance of including the perspectives of children and young people in research and in the development of interventions and innovations, in order to understand children's lives on their own terms. Purpose: This article reflects on the potential risks posed to children and young people in…
Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, Gender Issues, Violence, Children
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Handa, Vicente C.; Tippins, Deborah J. – International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 2013
In this paper, we build on growing conversations centered around indigenous knowledge and its parity with various ways of knowing nature including traditional ecological knowledge, indigenous ways of living in nature, a Japanese way of knowing "seigo-shizen," and Eurocentric sciences. We situate our discussion in Philippine postcolonial…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Science Teachers, Indigenous Knowledge, Preservice Teacher Education
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
PDF on ERIC Download full text
Araujo, Juan J., Ed.; Babino, Alexandra, Ed.; Cossa, Nedra, Ed.; Johnson, Robin D., Ed. – Association of Literacy Educators and Researchers, 2018
For their 61st annual conference, the Association of Literacy Educators and Researchers (ALER) met in St. Petersburg, Florida. This year's conference theme was "Engaging All Readers through Explorations of Literacy, Language, and Culture," which was also used as the title for this year's "Yearbook." This "Yearbook"…
Descriptors: Literacy Education, Teaching Methods, Creative Teaching, Economics
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Miller, Gill – Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 2013
This paper discusses a fieldwork exercise in development geography undertaken by students in the UK. Based on community engagement in partnership with refugee and black minority communities in Liverpool, it explores how such fieldwork can deepen understanding of development geography, contribute to global citizenship and nurture personal skills.…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Community Involvement, Partnerships in Education, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Cosgrove, Denis; Daniels, Stephen – Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 1989
Describes the concluding activity of a cultural geography course in which students went on a field trip to Venice (Italy) during spring vacation. Emphasizes the representation in relations between land and life, using the metaphor of theatre to conceptualize these relations. (GG)
Descriptors: Comparative Education, Cultural Influences, Field Experience Programs, Foreign Countries
Wyse, Dominic, Ed.; Andrews, Richard, Ed.; Hoffman, James, Ed. – Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2010
Edited by three authorities in the field, this "Handbook" presents contributions from experts across the world who report the cutting-edge of international research. It is ground-breaking in its holistic, evidence-informed account that aims to synthesize key messages for policy and practice in English, language and literacy teaching. A…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Reading Comprehension, Writing (Composition), Spelling