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Ferenc Arató; Barbara Anita Bodnár – Intercultural Education, 2024
The aim of this study is to analyse the 'Teaching Students to be Peacemakers' programme, which is frequently cited in the Peace Education discourse, within the context of Peace Education. Based on a systematic literature review conducted using the PRISMA method, the study focuses on this programme that emerged as significant from the review…
Descriptors: Peace, Teaching Methods, Cooperative Learning, Program Descriptions
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Stagell, Ulrica; Almers, Ellen; Askerlund, Per; Apelqvist, Magnus – International Electronic Journal of Environmental Education, 2014
Based on the consideration that learning about different action alternatives and strategies are essential parts of ESD, this quantitative study focuses Eco-School teachers' and instructors' views on including different sustainability-promoting actions in teaching practices. Direct actions, and actions that take place in the private sphere were…
Descriptors: Sustainability, Environmental Education, Statistical Analysis, Nongovernmental Organizations
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Penuel, William R.; Riel, Margaret; Krause, Ann E.; Frank, Kenneth A. – Teachers College Record, 2009
Background/Context: Researchers have proposed a number of lenses for analyzing teacher professional communities in recent years. These lenses have been useful in describing key dynamics of professional communities; however, none provides a compelling approach to how to integrate data from the school as a whole with case study data on individual…
Descriptors: Social Structure, Social Networks, Social Capital, Teaching Methods
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Dekaney, Elisa Macedo – International Education, 2008
Little is known about the benefits of short-term international programs that concentrate specifically on the subject matter found in the fields of art and music. This article investigates a short-term international program that focuses on the culture, music, and art of Brazil. Findings show that students studying abroad enhance their world view…
Descriptors: Music, World Views, International Programs, Social Structure
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Ivinson, Gabrielle; Duveen, Gerard – British Journal of Sociology of Education, 2005
The study drew on Bernstein's theory and Moscovici's theory of Social Representations to investigate how children in classrooms with different types of structuration developed social representation of the curriculum. Comparable case studies were carried out in schools chosen to reflect three types of pedagogy according to Bernstein's typology.…
Descriptors: Classification, Classroom Environment, Case Studies, Comparative Analysis
Dogbe, Korsi; Kellum, Ruthann – 1987
Critical thinking skills must be emphasized in schools if excellence in education is to be realized. The lesson plans in this learning module were designed with this issue in mind. The lessons focus on the concept of family as a universal institution. But family structures may vary due to specific cultural history, rapid technological advancement,…
Descriptors: Change, Comparative Analysis, Critical Thinking, Cross Cultural Studies