Blanchet-Cohen, Natasha; Cook, Philip; Hart, Stuart (2001). Creating a Culture of Human Rights, Democracy and Peace in the New Millennium. Proceedings of the International Conference on Children's Rights Education (2nd, Victoria, British Columbia, August 18-22, 2001). The 2nd International Conference on Children's Rights in Education hosted approximately 150 child-centered international policy makers, who discussed the implications and implementation of children's rights to guide educational policy, research, and practice. This report presents an annotated agenda of the conference proceedings and, based on the presentations and discussions, a number of recommendations that describe the elements and the context that need to be in place to make children's rights in education a reality. Opening presentations are annotated, dealing with the role of conferences in policy change, implications of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) for a 14-year-old, and the significance of general comments on the Convention's article 29, on the aims of education. Subsequent presentations then summarized pertaining to the following areas: (1) the CRC and the protection, education, and participation of children; (2) education and culture; (3)… [PDF]

Armstrong, Joyce; Clay, Marie M.; Davis, James E.; Davis, Millie; Edmonds, Mabel T.; Farstrup, Alan E.; Haley-James, Shirley; Hydrick, Janie; Myers, Miles; Neilsen, Lorri; Perry, Jesse; Russ, Wendy L.; Simmons, John S.; Small, Robert C., Jr.; Tarleton, Anne; Thelen, Judith N.; Van Horne, Geneva; Weiss, M. Jerry (2000). Common Ground: Speak with One Voice on Intellectual Freedom and the Defense of It. All students in public school classrooms have the right to materials and educational experiences that promote open inquiry, critical thinking, diversity in thought and expression, and respect for others. Denial or restriction of this right is an infringement of intellectual freedom. Because of their almost exactly similar positions against censorship, the International Reading Association and the National Council of Teachers of English have formed a joint task force on intellectual freedom. This position paper of these organizations aims to heighten sensitivity about censorship concerns and provide a resource for communities facing challenges to intellectual freedom. The paper first cites the First Amendment and Article 19 of the United Nations Declaration of Human Rights to reinforce its position. It then provides an action plan and strategies to adopt before a challenge arises and after a challenge has been made. It considers tactics both at the local level and at the… [PDF]

(1996). Indigenous Affairs = Asuntos Indigenas, 1996. Indigenous Affairs, n1-4. This document contains the four 1996 English-language issues of Indigenous Affairs and the four corresponding issues in Spanish. These newsletters provide a resource on the history, current conditions, and struggles for self-determination and human rights of indigenous peoples around the world. Articles on the United States and Canada (1) discuss efforts of the Blackfeet Indians to preserve their sacred lands, language (Pikuni), and culture; (2) describe North Slope Borough (Alaska) home rule government and its role in maintaining subsistence whaling for Alaska Natives and promoting school programs in Inupiat history, language, and culture; and (3) present the statement at the United Nations of the Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs concerning differences between Canadian and traditional First Nations' economic structures and resulting difficulties in extricating Aboriginal peoples from the welfare state. Other articles concern the indigenous peoples of countries in Central and South…

Mitchell, Linda, Comp.; Webber, Bev, Comp. (2001). Early Childhood Education for a Democratic Society. Conference Proceedings (Wellington, New Zealand, October 26, 2001). This conference proceedings compile papers presented at the New Zealand Council for Educational Research (NZCER) Conference on Early Childhood Education (ECE) for a Democratic Society. Following welcoming remarks, the academic papers included are: (1) "Why Quality Matters in Early Childhood Education: The Research Evidence" (Cathy Wylie); (2) "'If We Only Knew…Contextualising Maori Knowledge'" (Wally Penetito); (3) "Democratic Learning and Teaching Communities in Early Childhood: Can Assessment Play a Role?" (Margaret Carr, Bronwen Cowie, Robyn Gerrity, Carolyn Jones, Wendy Lee, and Lesley Pohio); and (4) "Back to the Future–Young Children Constructing and Reconstructing 'White' Australia" (Glenda MacNaughton). Following the academic papers are addresses by the Director of NZCER regarding the organization, the Minister of Education regarding the government role in early childhood education, and the Chief Commissioner of the Human Rights…

Barnes, Catherine; Chakma, Suhas; Mohamed, Mohamed Hamud Sheikh; Monzon, Ana Silvia; Stockman, Lorne; Sunderland, Judith; Thulin, Kristina Hedlund (1997). War: The Impact on Minority and Indigenous Children. MRG International Report 97/2. In today's internal armed conflicts that pitch one group against another, minority and indigenous children are often seen as "legitimate targets" despite the wealth of international law to the contrary. This report focuses on three recent or current armed conflicts, drawing on interviews with children and others to piece together the effects these wars have had on the Jumma children of the Chittagong Hill Tracts of Bangladesh, the Maya children of Guatemala, and minority children of Somalia. Each case study provides the following: (1) background information on the conflict and intergroup relations; (2) details of violence and abuses against children (murder, torture, rape and other gender-based violence, forced recruitment as combatants, witnessing of human rights violations, loss of family and community, displacement as refugees, disruption of family and community life and infrastructure); (3) children's needs for education, health services, and rehabilitation support;…

Ben-Arieh, Asher; Boyer, Yifat (2005). Citizenship and Childhood: The State of Affairs in Israel. Childhood: A Global Journal of Child Research, v12 n1 p33-53 Feb. Citizenship is not merely a formal status. It is a source of human rights and entitles its owners to services, protection and benefits. Citizenship stipulates what obligations a citizen must fulfil and in what manner he or she is to behave. Citizenship is the prerequisite for belonging to a group (from a social and historical perspective) and as such bears a significant impact on identity formation. Therefore, citizenship is crucial for the well-being of human beings in general and for children in particular. Children's civil status (and their citizenship) determines their rights (including their social, political and civil rights). Furthermore, children's possibilities to develop and practise various civil skills, and therefore their activities as citizens, have a major impact on their well-being, as children of today and adult citizens of tomorrow. The article discusses the relations between citizenship – rights – and the well-being of children. Children's rights are examined,… [Direct]

(1988). Teachers' Views on World Issues: A Digest of the Policies of WCOTP. This document summarizes the policies of the World Confederation of Organisations of the Teaching Profession (WCOTP) in relation to a wide range of topics affecting education and the status of teachers. Topical areas are covered in four sections: education, teachers, women, and contemporary world issues. Section 1, "Education," looks at basic (compulsory) education, education and the world of work, equality of educational opportunities, early childhood education, education of indigenous peoples, technical and vocational education, educational financing, education of the disabled, school libraries, and education and development. Section 2, "Teachers," discusses teacher education; status of teachers; teachers and educational policy; teacher involvement in the development of textbooks and social programs; teachers and new social, scientific, and technological challenges; teachers' rights; trade union rights; teachers' working conditions; and international unity of…

Bai, Heesoon (2023). Coming to Our Senses: Zen and the Art of Ecoactivism. Environmental Education Research, v29 n6 p863-874. The inclusion of 'consciousness' in Michael Bonnett's paper signals to me that the "right place" for examination of the ongoing and deepening environmental disasters that humans face is human consciousness itself: the way we think, perceive, and feel, which flows into the way we relate to and act towards nature. Against the still prevailing way of thinking about environmental disaster and crisis, namely locating these problems "out there" in the environment, I, like Bonnett, and a growing number of others, point to the problematic 'metaphysics' of how we humans conceive and perceive nature. Our current 'environmental problems' are metaphysical. In support of Bonnett's paper, I examine the problematic metaphysics (namely, The Mechanical Universe), trace its psycho-neurobiological origin to the authoritarian structure that disempowers human beings to play out domination-submission programming, and suggest learning the way of mutual participation and collaboration… [Direct]

Kaneko, Yoshihiro; Motohashi, Yutaka; Suzuki, Keiko (2006). Factors Associated with the Reproductive Health Risk Behavior of High School Students in the Republic of the Marshall Islands. Journal of School Health, v76 n4 p138-144 Apr. This study revealed factors associated with reproductive health risk behavior among high school students in the Republic of the Marshall Islands. The survey was conducted among high school students from grades 9 through 12 at 2 schools in Majuro, the capital of the Marshall Islands. The questions asked inquired about knowledge, attitude, and behavior related to reproductive health, experience of sexual acts and pregnancy. Multiple logistic regression analysis was performed to assess the association between risk behavior and knowledge, attitude, and other factors. Data obtained from 433 students were used in the analysis. Factors significantly associated with reproductive health risk behavior among both the boys and the girls were a negative attitude toward condom use (odds ratio of the risk group to the low-risk group: boys, 19.54; girls 4.10), not considering receiving public health information and services as a human right (8.10, 3.96), and not knowing where to go for consultation… [Direct]

Pang, Alfred Kah Meng (2021). Whose Child Is This?: Uncovering a Lasallian Anthropology of Relational Belonging and Its Implications for Educating toward the Human Flourishing of Children in Faith. Journal of Religious Education, v69 n1 p91-106 Mar. In contemporary theological research on childhood, there is considerable interest on the social agency of children. This interest is situated within a global concern for the dignity of children as complex human beings, propelled by the articulation of their participatory rights in the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC). This turn to children and childhood in contemporary theology, I argue, points us to the need for an anthropology of relational belonging that holds out a space for children as agents. I mine the Lasallian tradition to critically retrieve such a communal anthropology that situates the agency of children as learners in a relation of vulnerable belonging to others as God's children and siblings-in-Christ. An implication that arises from this is the importance for religious educators to consider more intentionally the communal dimension of their work in creating a more just world with and for children, promoting their human flourishing…. [Direct]

Collins, Janet (2006). Including the Silent Minority. Research Article. Perspectives in Education, v24 n1 p87-98 Mar. It is now recognised that inclusive schools must recognise and respond to the needs of learners regardless of any difficulties they may have. Similarly, the South African Constitution (1996) requires education to be "transformed and democratised in accordance with the values of human dignity, equity, human rights and freedom, non-racism and non-sexism". Notions of transformative learning partly derive from critical social theory which was developed by thinkers and philosophers who were influenced by Marxist theory. Educational research which draws on this theory focuses on a discussion of the empowerment of students and the transformations which pupils and schools can undergo to become sites of "democratic and liberating learning". This article draws on research carried out in the UK to explore issues related to social inclusion and educational participation in the classroom. Premised on a socio-cultural view of learning which emphasises that communication between… [Direct]

Kyle, William C. (2006). The Road from Rio to Johannesburg: Where Are the Footpaths to/from Science Education?. International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, v4 n1 p1-18 Mar. When the United Nations General Assembly authorized holding the World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD) in Johannesburg, it was hardly a secret–or even a point in dispute–that progress in implementing sustainable development had been disappointing since the 1992 Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro. With poverty deepening and environmental degradation worsening, what was necessary, the General Assembly said, was not a new philosophical or political debate, but rather a summit of actions and results (United Nations, 2002). We can question the WSSD accomplishments and whether the subsequent actions and results will contribute in meaningful ways to sustainable development. However, I think it is more important for science educators to ask: What are the implications of WSSD for science education? Why is science education not more intrinsically linked to the goals of human rights, democracy, and social justice? What are the ways in which science education ought to be connected to… [Direct]

Lachman, Seymour P., Ed. (1978). Conference on Public Policy and Education: The Making of Policy. Case Study: The Impact of Office of Civil Rights Rulings on Local Policy Making in Education. May 23, 1978. Proceedings. The conference was convened to provide a forum for educators, human rights representatives, and government officials to discuss decision-making processes of local education authorities. The focus of the conference was on the increasing influence on educational policy formation of federal and state court decisions, regulatory agencies, professional associations and unions, publishing houses, and schools of education. Much of the discussion centered on the impact of rulings from the Office of Civil Rights (OCR) on policy making in education in New York City. The keynote speech presented by Michael Usdan, Commissioner for Higher Education for Connecticut, stressed changing relationships between federal, state, and local governments in education, accretion of federal power, fragmented political structures, urban educational problems, and educational finance. Other speakers discussed the constitutional framework of educational policy formation, Supreme Court involvement in education,…

Cassara, Beverly B. (1994). Women, Literacy, and Development: Challenges for the 21st Century. A Report on the World Assembly of the International Council for Adult Education (5th, Cairo, Egypt, September 15-23, 1994). The World Assembly addressed the theme of women, literacy, and development from the perspectives of international leaders, countries, and the host country. Critical issues related to education, social and political status, and the environment, poverty, and population were treated in plenary sessions; afternoon workshops were held on such topics as the following: production of literacy materials, adult education and literacy research, preparations for the World Summit on Social Development and Fourth World Conference on Women, education for human rights, women's rights and democracy in the Arab region, literacy and empowerment, women and violence, literacy and the media, gender planning in literacy and adult education, and international cooperation. The six-point final declaration of the assembly related to these issues: recognition of diversity within literacy; obstacles women and girls face in access to education; need for a unified, comprehensive strategy for education for all;… [PDF]

Lebeta, Vincent T.; Napier, Diane Brook; Napier, John D. (2001). South African Educational Transformation and Sustainable Development: Insights into Educational Reform from Remote Area Schools in QwaQwa. This paper reports on the second phase of multiple-year research in the Phuthaditjhaba schools of QwaQwa, South Africa, which is studying implementation issues related to educational transformation. Investigated was the extent to which educational reforms in these schools address language rights as human rights, reduce backlogs, and promote democratic schooling; whether educational transformation enhances social harmony; and whether sustainable development is assisted by educational reform. In phase one in two contrasting schools, key issues emerged related to language/instructional medium, school ethos, administrator ideology, school-community relations, and marked differences in penetration of democratic reforms. The current phase extends the study to include other primary schools in Phuthaditjhaba. Findings include developments at the phase one schools, and insights into democratized education in the larger set of schools such as in language/instructional medium issues, teacher… [PDF]

(1997). Current Issues: Critical Policy Choices Facing the Nation and the World. 1998 Edition [and] Teacher's Guide. This student text and teacher's guide feature current events and policy issues that are in discussion today. The books offer background on important domestic and foreign policy issues and present arguments from both sides of key issues. The books are divided into three sections. Section 1, \The Federal Government,\ contains: (1) \The Clinton Administration\; (2) \The 105th Congress\; and (3) \The Supreme Court.\ Section 2, \Domestic Policy Issues,\ includes: (1) \The Budget Deficit\; (2) \Constitutional Rights\; (3) \Crime and Drugs\; (4) \The Economy\; (5) \Education\; (6) \Environment\; (7) \Health Care\; (8) \Immigration\; (9) \Poverty\; and (10) \Women and Minorities.\ Section 3, \Foreign Policy Issues,\ contains: (1) \Defense\; (2) \Democracy and Human Rights\; (3)\International Trade\; (4) \Weapons Proliferation\; (5) \World Poverty and Foreign Aid\; (6) \East Asia\; (7) \Europe\; (8) \Latin America\; (9) \The Middle East\; and (10) \Russia.\ A 60-item list of books and…

(1998). Current Issues: Critical Policy Choices Facing the Nation and the World. 1999 Edition [and] Teacher's Guide. This student text and teacher's guide feature current events and policy issues that are in discussion today. The books offer background on important domestic and foreign policy issues and present arguments from both sides of key issues. The books are divided into three sections. Section 1, \The Federal Government,\ contains: (1) \The Clinton Administration\; (2) \Congress\; and (3) \The Supreme Court.\ Section 2, \Domestic Policy Issues,\ includes: (1) \The Federal Budget\; (2) \Constitutional Rights\; (3) \Crime and Drugs\; (4) \The Economy\; (5) \Education\; (6) \Health Care and Aging\; (7) \Immigration\; (8) \The Media\; (9) \Poverty\; and (10) \Women and Minorities.\ Section 3, \Foreign Policy Issues,\ contains: (1) \Defense\; (2) \Democracy and Human Rights\; (3) \The Global Environment\; (4) \International Trade\; (5) \Weapons Proliferation\; (6) \World Poverty and Foreign Aid\; (7) \East Asia\; (8) \Europe and Russia\; (9) \Latin America\; and (10) \The Middle East.\ A…

(1999). Current Issues: Critical Policy Choices Facing the Nation and the World. 2000 Edition [and] Teacher's Guide. This student text and teacher's guide feature current events and policy issues that are in discussion today. The books offer background on important domestic and foreign policy issues and present arguments from both sides of key issues. The books are divided into three sections. Section 1, \The Federal Government,\ contains: (1) \The Clinton Administration\; (2) \The 106th Congress\; and (3) \The Supreme Court.\ Section 2, \Domestic Policy Issues,\ includes: (1) \The Federal Budget\; (2) \Constitutional Rights\; (3) \Crime and Drugs\; (4) \The Economy\; (5) \Education\; (6) \Health Care and Aging\; (7) \Immigration\; (8) \The Media\; (9) \Poverty\; and (10) \Women and Minorities.\ Section 3, \Foreign Policy Issues,\ contains: (1) \Defense\; (2) \Democracy and Human Rights\; (3)\The Global Environment\; (4) \International Trade\; (5) \Weapons Proliferation\; (6) \World Poverty and Foreign Aid\; (7) \East Asia\; (8) \Europe and Russia\; (9) \Latin America\; and (10) \The Middle East.\…

Perez, Richie (1985). The Status of Puerto Ricans in the United States. In the 1950s, Puerto Ricans in the United States began to consolidate to gain more political power, and over the next three decades, many organizations were formed for this purpose. The National Congress for Puerto Rican Rights (NCPRR) was created in the early 1980s to become a mass-membership, activist, civil and human rights organization. Through grassroots coalition-building with blacks and other groups, the NCPRR addresses problems relating to the economic, educational, social, and political status of Puerto Ricans. The governmental and industrial sectors which historically have been the primary source of jobs for Puerto Ricans are declining. Only 40% of all Puerto Ricans over 16 are now working, and Latinos as a group are highly subject to underemployment, family poverty, low educational attainment and a high dropout rate. About one-third live in physically inadequate or overcrowded housing conditions, and their health status is also low. The Puerto Rican community has been…

Avgoulea, Maria; Bouras, Christos; Paraskevas, Michael; Stathakopoulos, George (2002). Policies for Content Filtering in Educational Networks: The Case of Greece. An increasing number of nations connect their schools on the Internet as an acknowledgment to its extreme importance in the education area. This study points to the perils that arise from its use when the users are minors, evaluates the technologies that are currently available to address filtering issues, and outlines a proposed solution for the Greek School Network. The paper suggests that is an unarguable fact that Internet offers a vast mass of information, only some of which is suitable for schools. Every country should establish its own policies to deal with this issue, without raising public concern regarding human rights and individuals' freedoms. This paper groups together potential dangers the Internet can pose and some possible solutions to those dangers. It is suggested that the best solution is the one that combines the right guidance of the students from the educational authority, the informing of parents and the training of educators, together with the technical… [PDF]

Vinding, Diana, Ed. (1998). Indigenous Women: The Right to a Voice. IWGIA Document No. 88. This document contains 29 articles on the problems of indigenous women in a rapidly changing world, their unequal access to knowledge and resources, and their efforts to take an active role in solving those problems. The articles are arranged into nine chapters: Keeping Traditions Alive; Changing Gender Roles; The Struggle for Self-Determination and Human Rights; The Challenge of Modern Changes; Confronting the \New World Order\; Getting Organised and Participating; Networking and Building Solidarity; Epilogue; and The 1995 Beijing Declaration of Indigenous Women. Individual articles are: \The Arhuacan Woman: Our Life Is Our Art\ (Leonor Zalabata); \Maori Women and Natural Resource Management: Towards a Sustainable Future\ (Elizabeth McKinley); \Healthy Communities, Healthy Women: Society and Gender in the Andes\ (Wara Alderete); \Changes in Women's Status in Micronesia: An Anthropological Approach\ (Beatriz Moral); \Finding the Balance: Between Ethnicity and Gender among Inuit in…

Ruiz, Manuel, Jr. (1974). Mexican American Legal Heritage in the Southwest. Second Edition, 1974. By 1920, 72 years after the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo brought hostilities between Mexico and the United States to an end, Mexican American exclusion from virtually every area of participation in the mainstream of American life had become institutionalized. With two cultures in conflict and new political power at stake, a series of legal actions had taken place which to this day affect the Mexican American. Thus, the legal history of the Southwest has enormous significance today. Presenting insights into the past, this book briefly discusses the extent to which the laws of the prior sovereign, Mexico, became or were incorporated into the laws of the Southwestern states. Topics covered are: the context and arrangement of California Codes, Mexican civil and municipal laws, Mexican county jurisdiction, water rights laws, community property laws, the cow-town marshal as a Mexican institution, Texas constitutions, education in Texas, Texas Common Law adoption, Mexican legal influence on…

Gray, Andrew (1987). The Amerindians of South America. Revised. This report provides an overview of the threats facing indigenous peoples in South America today and their efforts to resist invasion, colonization, and extermination. The first two sections outline the history of South America with regard to indigenous peoples; and the predominant features of Andean and lowland communities, religion, settlement, production, and trade. A section on international economic and political factors discusses the effects on indigenous peoples of: multinational banks and their development projects; multinational corporations involved in mining, oil production, agriculture, and cattle ranching; cocaine production; and Catholic and fundamentalist Protestant missionaries. For each South American country, a survey provides information on area, population, indigenous nations, governmental organization, legislation affecting indigenous peoples, and the major problems facing them. Final sections discuss the nature of Amerindian resistance, the structure of…

(1985). Immigration Emergency Legislation. Hearing before the Subcommittee on Immigration and Refugee Policy of the Committee on the Judiciary on S. 1724 and S. 1983. United States Senate, Ninety-Eighth Congress, First Session (Miami, Florida). This document reports the proceedings of a hearing on two pieces of Federal immigration emergency legislation: (1) a bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act respecting powers and procedures in immigration emergencies and for other purposes (the "Immigration Emergency Act"), and (2) a bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide special authorities and procedures for the control of immigration emergencies (the Immigration Emergency Procedures Act of 1983). The legislation was proposed in response to the influx of aliens to South Florida because of the Mariel boatlift in 1980. Testimony and material for the record was presented by local groups and organizations, Federal, State, and county representatives, and representatives of organizations concerned with citizen and non-citizen rights. The thrust of the testimony concerns the difficulties of dealing with a large alien influx and the need for federal assistance. Specific topics include the impact… [PDF]

Fiske, Edward B. (1997). Adult Education in a Polarizing World. Education for All: Status and Trends. Although the forces that are globalizing the economy, democratizing political life, and ushering in a knowledge society promise to improve humanity, they are also exacerbating the marginalization of individuals and the polarization of entire nations. Many individuals in developing nations are at risk of systematic exclusion from meaningful participation in economic, social, political, cultural, and other forms of human activity in their communities. Access to basic education must be deemed a basic human right and the means to empowerment, which is the key to establishing and reinforcing democracy. Adult basic education and educated parents are keys to raising educated children; however, the limitations of formal schooling as a way of achieving universal education should also be acknowledged. The costs of effective literacy and basic education programs for adults and young people compare favorably with the costs of primary education. Widespread basic education is a prerequisite for… [PDF]

Hartoonian, H. Michael; Stock, Hilary (1992). A Guide to Curriculum Planning in Global Studies. This guide is designed to assist educators develop curricula to embrace global perspectives. The guide is organized into five sections. The first section provides an overview of global studies, and seeks to answer such questions as "Why study global studies?" and "What does global studies include?" The second section identifys themes and topics of global studies within the existing social studies curriculum and among the social science disciplines. The third section provides a number of sample teaching units for all grade levels. Examples of these units include: "All the World's a Stage" (Grades K-2); "All that Garbage" (Grades 7 and 8); and "Human Rights–Given? or Created?" (Grades 9-12). The fourth section examines the role of global studies at the elementary and secondary levels and how it may be integrated with the natural sciences, the humanities, and foreign language instruction. The fifth section contains eight appendices…. [PDF]

Fowers, Blaine J. (2022). Social Science as an Inherently Moral Endeavor. Journal of Moral Education, v51 n1 p35-46. The purpose of this paper is to argue that social science is an inherently moral enterprise. There are four reasons to see science as a moral endeavor based on the neo-Aristotelian recognition that morality is centered on human goods (e.g., justice and knowledge), not just right action. First, science is guided by epistemic values (e.g., accuracy, transparency) and underwritten by pro-science traits (e.g., honesty, patience). Second, the outcomes of applied science (e.g., disease cures, pedagogy improvements) are valued by scientists and others. Third, attempting to eliminate values from science is counterproductive because it leads to smuggling in moral commitments that are very difficult to critically evaluate, particularly in the social sciences. Finally, the goal of science is knowledge, which is a vital human good. Therefore, science is a thoroughly moral enterprise because human goods are moral aims. I conclude with three implications of this argument for science education…. [Direct]

Winter, Henny; And Others (1996). Integrating Global Cultures in EFL Materials. The multicultural context of English-as-a-Foreign-Language (EFL) instruction in Indonesia is discussed from two perspectives. The first is that of EFL instruction in junior high school, a broad and rapidly growing population due to the new 9-year compulsory education requirements. The second perspective described is that of the population needing EFL study for employment purposes and career advancement, a narrower but dynamic group important for human resource development. It is argued that in this context, in which 560 languages are spoken by 340 ethnic groups and English is not the lingua franca, global cultures, not just American or British, must be represented in EFL instructional materials in order to give them relevance to these EFL populations. The kinds of contexts in which Indonesians are exposed to English language are examined, at home, in schools, and in daily life outside the home. Materials developed for use at a prestigious language institute are then discussed and… [PDF]

Lerro, Marc (1992). HIV & AIDS Prevention Guide for Parents. This guide is intended to help parents of adolescents and adults with mental retardation to teach their sons and daughters about HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus) and AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome). An official resolution on AIDS adopted by The Arc, an organization for citizens with mental retardation, begins the guide. This resolution supports continued and increased research, support, and education and does not support mandatory blood testing solely on the basis of mental retardation. Next, basic information about HIV/AIDS for parents is summarized. Specific information that parents should teach their offspring is then outlined. General guidelines for such instruction are offered and include teaching yourself what you need to know, learning about local resources, and repeating and reinforcing the messages. Each of the five guidelines are explained in some detail, and additional resources, such as the SAFE (Stopping Aids through Functional Education) curriculum, are…

(1979). An Integrated Approach to Global Education. This document suggests how social studies classroom teachers on the high school level can use a concept approach to structure global studies programs. Global studies is interpreted to include a focus on the individual's search for meaning in various cultures as well as the more traditional study of world cultures. A major objective of the approach is to motivate students by introducing them to global studies through concepts which are already part of their understanding and then by developing and expanding these concepts across space and through time. Emphasis throughout the document is on universal concerns such as housing and employment, on positive actions people have taken to cope with their world and improve the quality of their lives, and on perspectives contributed by various intellectual disciplines toward understanding the human condition. Specific concepts around which the global studies concept approach is organized include heritage and change (social organization,…