Global Perspectives For Local Action

Author : National Research Council,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Board on Science Education,Mathematical Sciences Education Board,Continuing to Learn from TIMSS Committee,Committee on Science Education K-12
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 456 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 1999-02-01
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780309067805

Get Book

Global Perspectives for Local Action by National Research Council,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Board on Science Education,Mathematical Sciences Education Board,Continuing to Learn from TIMSS Committee,Committee on Science Education K-12 Pdf

The Third International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) is a rich source of information that can be used by a broad range of stakeholders to promote discussions and actions to improve K-12 mathematics and science teaching and learning. To support educators, administrators, parents, and others interested in education in using TIMSS materials, the National Research Council (NRC) has prepared a report, Global Perspectives for Local Action: Using TIMSS to Improve U.S. Mathematics and Science Education (see "Resources"). This report will help educators, administrators, parents and others interested in education to understand what can be learned from TIMSS findings, and it will encourage them to use the information to make improvements in mathematics and science education. Provided in the report are insights into mathematics and science achievement, curriculum, instruction, and school support systems, such as professional development, in the United States and around the world. To make TIMSS information more accessible and useful to educators and the public, the NRC prepared this professional development guide to accompany its report. This guide provides directions and support materials for leading workshops and planning sessions for teachers, educational administrators, higher education faculty, and the interested public.

Author : Lena Dominelli
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 302 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : Community development
ISBN : 1447341554

Get Book

Women and Community Action by Lena Dominelli Pdf

This third edition looks at how several decades of feminist social action have changed women's place in the world today and updates some of the perennial challenges facing women globally to engage with new issues, including digital exclusion, sustainable development and environmental justice.

Author : Dorothy N. Gamble,Marie Weil
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 498 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780231110037

Get Book

Community Practice Skills by Dorothy N. Gamble,Marie Weil Pdf

Dorothy N. Gamble and Marie Weil differentiate among a range of intervention methods to provide a comprehensive and effective guide to working with communities. Presenting eight distinct models grounded in current practice and targeted toward specific goals, Gamble and Weil take an unusually inclusive step, combining their own extensive experience with numerous case and practice examples from talented practitioners in international and domestic settings. The authors open with a discussion of the theories for community work and the values of social justice and human rights, concerns that have guided the work of activists from Jane Addams and Martin Luther King Jr. to Cesar Chavez, Wangari Maathai, and Vandana Shiva. They survey the concepts, knowledge, and perspectives influencing community practice and evaluation strategies. Descriptions of eight practice models follow, incorporating real-life case examples from many parts of the world and demonstrating multiple applications for each model as well as the primary roles, competencies, and skills used by the practitioner. Complexities and variations encourage readers to determine, through comparative analysis, which model at which time best fits the goals of a community group or organization, given the context, culture, social, economic, and environmental issues and opportunities for change. An accompanying workbook stressing empowerment strategies and skills development is also available from Columbia University Press.

Author : Elspeth Jones,Robert Coelen,Jos Beelen,Hans de Wit
Publisher : Springer
Page : 190 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2015-12-14
Category : Education
ISBN : 9789463003018

Get Book

Global and Local Internationalization by Elspeth Jones,Robert Coelen,Jos Beelen,Hans de Wit Pdf

"Offering a range of perspectives on internationalization in higher education from a globally dispersed group of authors, this book reflects the many facets of the theme. It reminds us that, while internationalization is strongly connected to the globalization of society, at the same time it is deeply embedded in local political, economic and social structures, systems and cultures. The increasing attention given to internationalization by institutions all around the world is leading to diversification and broadening of practice. This in turn deepens our understanding of what is needed to enhance the educational experiences of students, and how the outcomes of internationalization contribute to the skills needed in a globalized and multicultural society. Yet inevitably the impact is becoming more noticeable locally and the six sections of the book focus on these dimensions: • Internationalization in Local and Global Contexts • Local and Global Drivers for Change • Global and Local Dimensions of Curriculum Internationalization • The Outcomes of Local and Global International Education • Internationalization for Local and Global Employability • Regional and National Cases of Local and Global Internationalization How can we define more precise learning outcomes that underpin learning and teaching? How do we avoid the societal risks of internationalization and ensure that internationalization opportunities and benefits are shared equally? How do we prevent brain drain and commercialization? What are the values that underlie our actions? These are just some of the questions that will occupy our minds, locally and globally, in the years to come and which this book seeks to highlight."

Author : National Research Council,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Board on Science Education,Committee on Science Education K-12 and Mathematical Sciences Education Board
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 104 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 1999-10-26
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780309172899

Get Book

Global Perspectives for Local Action by National Research Council,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Board on Science Education,Committee on Science Education K-12 and Mathematical Sciences Education Board Pdf

The Third International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) raised the alarm about U.S. mathematics and science education. Most Americans are now aware that U.S. students lag behind their peers in other developed nations. In one state, the legislature reacted by lengthening the school year, assuming that more time on academic content would boost student performance. Some educators have fixed the blame on the mathematics and science curricula typically used in U.S. schools. Does the problem lie in the curricula, instruction, or the system of support available to teachers? This book presents the first comprehensive analysis of TIMSS studyâ€"a half-million students from 15,000 schools around the world. It presents detailed reports on three major aspects of education, including curriculum issues, teaching practices, and school support.

Author : New Local Government Network
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 100 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2009-06-12
Category : Local government
ISBN : 1903447798

Get Book

Local Experiences, Global Perspectives by New Local Government Network Pdf

Author : Pranee Liamputtong
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 457 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2022-08-10
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781009048569

Get Book

Public health by Pranee Liamputtong Pdf

Public Health: Local and Global Perspectives is a comprehensive introduction to public health in the Australian and international context.

Author : Helen Christiansen,S. Ramadevi
Publisher : State University of New York Press
Page : 261 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2012-02-01
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780791489864

Get Book

Reeducating the Educator by Helen Christiansen,S. Ramadevi Pdf

Reeducating the Educator focuses on community building within teacher education programs in Canada, Israel, Australia, and the United States. Maintaining that communities have to be built and sustained, the contributors discuss possible theoretical frameworks underlying community building and change and suggest that there is a need for teacher educators to go beyond localized experiences and reach out to one another in a global discussion. Because of the impact of local cultures and histories, key questions and issues vary from one country to another, and even from one faculty to another, but the resulting global conversation provides a greater understanding of the professional development of teachers and teacher educators.

Author : Jean-Marc Coicaud,Lynette E. Sieger
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 419 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2019-01-03
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781316510094

Get Book

Conversations on Justice from National, International, and Global Perspectives by Jean-Marc Coicaud,Lynette E. Sieger Pdf

Authors from a variety of fields including law, political science, international relations and economics discuss matters of justice at the national, international and global levels.

Author : Phillip J. Cooper,Claudia Maria Vargas
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Page : 441 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2004-04-05
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781461637677

Get Book

Implementing Sustainable Development by Phillip J. Cooper,Claudia Maria Vargas Pdf

Implementing Sustainable Development focuses on the challenge of turning international commitments and policy promises into action. Using examples and cases from around the U.S. and around the world, it examines the successful and failed efforts designed to address the social, environmental, and economic dimensions of sustainable development. Based on broad research that started before the Earth Summit, Implementing Sustainable Development offers a practical and useful approach to identifying and addressing policy implementation challenges.

Author : Helmut K. Anheier,Adele Simmons,David Winder
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2007-08-29
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780387342535

Get Book

Innovation in Strategic Philanthropy by Helmut K. Anheier,Adele Simmons,David Winder Pdf

This book is the result of case studies conducted as part of the International Network on Strategic Philanthropy, which focus on the role of philanthropy in the globalization process and in lesser developed economies. Throughout, they emphasize the lessons in innovation that can be taken from them, and together demonstrate that emerging philanthropic institutions can develop their own methods and offer criteria that the Western world might learn from.

Author : Nancy Lipkin Stein
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 265 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2017-01-06
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781443862691

Get Book

Images and Human Rights by Nancy Lipkin Stein Pdf

This book explores issues of creation, distribution, and control of images through official and unofficial sources, asking what impact that has had on human rights and what the ethical implications are. The volume includes research from healthcare advocates, human rights scholars and activists, photographers, and visual anthropologists who see a need for more careful contextual interpretation of images in global and local settings. It represents diverse forms of scholarship and the ever-changing field of research methodologies, and it examines how human rights issues take advantage of visual methodologies and how the visual works to communicate these issues with the public. As such, this collection will be useful for researchers studying in the fields of visual culture and human rights.

Author : Candice Howarth,Matthew Lane,Amanda Slevin
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 155 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2021-10-04
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783030797393

Get Book

Addressing the Climate Crisis by Candice Howarth,Matthew Lane,Amanda Slevin Pdf

This open access book brings together a collection of cutting-edge insights into how action can and is already being taken against climate change at multiple levels of our societies, amidst growing calls for transformative and inclusive climate action. In an era of increasing recognition regarding climate and ecological breakdown, this book offers hope, inspiration and analyses for multi-level climate action, spanning varied communities, places, spaces, agents and disciplines, demonstrating how the energy and dynamism of local scales are a powerful resource in turning the tide. Interconnected yet conceptually distinct, the book’s three sections span multiple levels of analysis, interrogating diverse perspectives and practices inherent to the vivid tapestry of climate action emerging locally, nationally and internationally. Delivered in collaboration with the UK’s ‘Place-Based Climate Action Network’, chapters are drawn from a wide range of authors with varying backgrounds spread across academia, policy and practice.

Author : Prof Dr Peter Herrle,Dr Astrid Ley,Ms Josefine Fokdal
Publisher : Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
Page : 221 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2015-10-28
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781472450517

Get Book

From Local Action to Global Networks: Housing the Urban Poor by Prof Dr Peter Herrle,Dr Astrid Ley,Ms Josefine Fokdal Pdf

Over the past two decades it has become widely recognized that housing issues have to be placed in a broader framework recognizing that civil society in the form of Community Based Organizations (CBOs) and their allies are increasingly networking and emerging as strong players that cannot easily be overlooked.This book brings together different perspectives on multi-scalar approaches within the housing field and on grassroots’ engagement with formal agencies including local government, higher levels of government and international agencies. By moving away from romanticizing local self-initiatives, it focuses on understanding the emerging potential once local initiatives are interlinked and scaled-up to transnational networks.

Author : Ludomir R. Lozny,Thomas H. McGovern
Publisher : Springer
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2019-06-21
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9783030158002

Get Book

Global Perspectives on Long Term Community Resource Management by Ludomir R. Lozny,Thomas H. McGovern Pdf

Communal-level resource management successes and failures comprise complex interactions that involve local, regional, and (increasingly) global scale political, economic, and environmental changes, shown to have recurring patterns and trajectories. The human past provides examples of long-term millennial and century-scale successes followed by undesired transitions (“collapse”), and rapid failure of collaborative management cooperation on the decadal scale. Management of scarce resources and common properties presents a critical challenge for planners attempting to avoid the "tragedy of the commons" in this century. Here, anthropologists, human ecologists, archaeologists, and environmental scientists discuss strategies for social well-being in the context of diminishing resources and increasing competition. The contributors in this volume revisit “tragedy of the commons” (also referred to as “drama” or “comedy” of the commons) and examine new data and theories to mitigate pressures and devise models for sustainable communal welfare and development. They present twelve archaeological, historic, and ethnographic cases of user-managed resources to demonstrate that very basic community-level participatory governance can be a successful strategy to manage short-term risk and benefits. The book connects past-present-future by presenting geographically and chronologically spaced out examples of communal-level governance strategies, and overviews of the current cutting-edge research. The lesson we learn from studying past responses to various ecological stresses is that we must not wait for a disaster to happen to react, but must react to mitigate conditions for emerging disasters.