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Fukushima, Yasuhiro; Ishimura, Gakushi; Komasinski, Andrew James; Omoto, Reiko; Managi, Shunsuke – International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2017
Purpose: This paper aims to suggest the structure of a platform for education and capacity building for Future Earth, which is an intensive program open to the eight stakeholders and which utilizes existing research programs/facilities associated with Future Earth. An intention of this paper is to facilitate a policy brief for projects associated…
Descriptors: Capacity Building, Futures (of Society), Human Resources, Environmental Education
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Yuki, Takako; Mizuno, Keiko; Ogawa, Keiichi; Mihoko, Sakai – International Review of Education, 2013
Many girls are not sent to school in Yemen, despite basic education being free as well as compulsory for all children aged 6-15. Aiming to improve girls' enrollment by increasing parental and community involvement, the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) offered a technical cooperation project in June 2005 called Broadening Regional…
Descriptors: Females, Access to Education, Program Effectiveness, Foreign Countries
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Garelick, Barry – Education Next, 2006
In December of 2004, media outlets across the country were abuzz with news of the just-released results of the latest Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) tests. Once again despite highly publicized efforts to reform American math education over the past two decades, the United States did little better than average. Taken…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Grade 8, School Restructuring, Pilot Projects