Afrique du Sud ; Education ; Géographie ; Savoir géographique ; Système éducatif
Education ; Education system ; Geographical knowkedge ; Geography ; South Africa
An assessment of the strengths and weaknesses of the British education system and the place of geography is offered. It is suggested that post-apartheid South Africa has considerable opportunities for geographical education and concludes
that Geography can play a vital role in areas such as development and environmental education, as well as promoting an understanding of social and cultural patterns and processes, all of which are highly topical in the South African context. - (AJC)
The bete noir of geographic education : teacher training programs
Education ; Enseignement de la géographie ; Etats-Unis ; Formation professionnelle ; Programme scolaire
Education ; Educational programme ; Professional training ; Teaching of geography ; United States of America
In the USA, preservice teacher education differs among the states, lacks effective communication among groups responsible for curricula and teacher training, and has poor interaction between universities that train the teachers and the schools
Countryside ; Cultural studies ; Ecuador ; Education ; Primary education ; School facilities
Ecuadorian case study that sees education in terms of empowering people to take control of their lives and to work towards solving community problems. Gualsaquí is the hub of a network of 20 schools where the native langage of most of the 1 023
Education towards obtaining various forms of capital
Capital social ; Education ; Ressource humaine ; Tchèque république
Czech Republic ; Education ; Human capital ; Social capital
The article deals with evaluation of the process of education as an instrument enabling an individual to acquire certain competencies (a kind of capital). These when used in an active way, may help him/her to reach different personal benefits
, or even benefits for the whole society in a given territory. Possible relationships between education and different types of capital are shown. - (EN)
The aim of this contribution is to shed light on a wider context, mainly on the impact of curricular reforms, reform of the upper-secondary graduation examination (Maturita) as well as on the scope of research in Czech geographical education
. The final part of the contribution summarizes and evaluate the main factors influencing the current and future state of geography education with SWOT analysis. - (EN)
Allemagne ; Disparités régionales ; Economie ; Education ; Enseignement supérieur ; Planification ; Société ; Système éducatif
Economy ; Education ; Education system ; Germany ; Higher education ; Planning ; Regional disparities ; Society
Territorial educational planning process must take account of the interdependences of the education system with the economic and social order. This demand should be observed primarily at those educational establishments where the principle
of regionality (as in the case of the specialised higher education colleges) is particularly significant. - (L'A.).
The role of business education in the development of entrepreneurship in the Member States of the European Union.
Education ; Entreprise ; Environnement économique ; Esprit d'entreprise ; Europe ; Système scolaire ; Union européenne
Economic environment ; Education ; Entrepreneurship ; Europe ; European Union ; Firm ; School system
The paper aims at analysing the role of entrepreneurship in the educational strategy of European Union as well as the position of business education in the systems of national education in selected European states in relation to the level
of entrepreneurial development in these countries, measured by the indexes of the number of firms per person according to various size classes. An attempt will be made to determine to what degree the guidelines and objectives of business education in particular
Restructuring of Australian higher education : information technology in geography teaching and learning
Australie ; Education ; Enseignement de la géographie ; Enseignement supérieur ; Information ; Internet ; Système scolaire ; Technologie
Australia ; Education ; Higher education ; Information ; School system ; Teaching of geography ; Technology
Australian higher education has experienced substantial change since the early 1980s, with a transition to mass higher education. Evolving conceptions of learning pose new challenges for educators. The explosive emergence of the World Wide Web