Gitta, Cosmas, Ed. (2000). Development Policies and Performance–World Issues and World Conferences. Cooperation South, n2. In the business of development, breakthroughs require international communication to help spread potential benefits widely. Obstacles demand international commitment to marshal vision, resources, and effort sufficient to the challenge. This issue of "Cooperation South" contains a two part focus, conveying innovations in development policy and performance, while providing critical reviews of the big issues tackled during the 2000 global conferences. The "Development Policies and Performance" section contains six articles: (1) "Learning to Listen, Listening to Learn: Participatory Approach to Programme Development" (John F. E. Ohiorhenuan); (2) "Towards Balance in Aid Relationships: Donor Performance Monitoring in Low-Income Developing Countries" (Gerry Helleiner); (3) "Human Rights, Human Development and the Seven Freedoms" (J.Paul Martin); (4) "The African Growth and Opportunity Act of the U.S." (Julius Nyang'oro); (5)… [PDF]

(1996). Responsible Citizenship Practices. Life Skills. Teacher Edition. This guide contains the materials required to teach a six-unit course on responsible citizenship that was developed for secondary-level vocational education students in Oklahoma. The following are among the topics covered in the individual instructional units: getting to know your government (types of political systems, historical documents of the United States, powers of the federal government's three branches, reserved and shared powers of federal and state governments; local government (functions/concerns of country and city governments); making laws (rights guaranteed by the Bill of Rights, human rights, steps/stages in the legislative process, the system of checks and balances); enforcing laws (state and federal courts, law enforcement processes/personnel, financing of law enforcement); voting (voting requirements, importance of voting); and supporting your community (community involvement, interacting with public officials, community organizations, benefits of community work)….

Sklar, Holly (1995). Jobs, Income, and Work: Ruinous Trends, Urgent Alternatives. This book examines recent trends in the areas of jobs, income, and work. Among the trends discussed are the following: upward redistribution of wealth; persistent impoverishment; less disposable income; lower wages and higher education; union-free labor and increasing numbers of "disposable" workers; competition for global corporations and free trading on cheap labor; rising U.S. unemployment; deceptive methods of measuring unemployment and underemployment; "technological unemployment"; attempts to hide bad economics behind scapegoats, blame women for illegitimate economics, and reduce welfare instead of poverty; unreversed discrimination; the locking up of "surplus" labor; the cycle of unequal opportunity; disinvestment and misinvestment; and unfair and unsustainable development. The need to include economic rights among human rights is emphasized. The following are among the policy elements said to be keys to a viable future: all-age social security;… [PDF]

Dadzie, Stella, Comp.; Turner, Cheryl, Ed. (1999). Making a Difference. A Resource Pack for People Who Want To Become More Active Citizens. This document, which is a resource pack for individuals in the United Kingdom who want to become more active citizens, consists of information for group leaders and five learning modules. The section for group leaders contains the following: basic tips on leading a group; strategies for overcoming barriers to learning; glossary; and overview of the modules, activities, and learning objectives. Most modules contain the following components: module aim; list of activities and learning outcomes; tips for group leaders; ideas and information; and activities. Topics covered in the modules include the following: (1) setting an agenda (ground rules, aims, stepping stones and barriers, identifying learning needs, active citizens, identifying learning styles); (2) citizenship (volunteering, global citizenship, human rights, the U.K. Bill of Rights); (3) democracy (democracy in action, how laws are made, information and communications technology, lobbying, parent power); (4) campaign groups…

(1976). Education for Citizenship: A Bicentennial Survey. Citizenship/Social Studies Report. A survey of student attitudes and knowledge vis a vis the American political system is presented. Student performance in the areas of social behavior, political attitudes, political knowledge, and political education is described for 13- and 17-year-olds for seven variables–geographical region, sex, race, parental education, size and type of community, educational preparation, and political interest. The first chapter presents an overview of survey results. Findings indicate that 13- and 17-year-olds express similar social and political attitudes, have a high degree of respect for human rights, and favor political participation. The second chapter defines the variables and describes the conventions used to report the data. Social attitudinal trends, including opposition to discrimination, support for equal-housing opportunities and racial trust, are described in chapter three. An assessment of political attitudes is included in chapter four. Knowledge of criminal rights, court… [PDF]

Cahn, Claude; Chirico, David (1999). A Special Remedy: Roma and Schools for the Mentally Handicapped in the Czech Republic. Country Reports Series. This report examines the over-representation of Romani children in special schools for the mentally handicapped in the Czech Republic, reviewing the history of Roma in the Czech Republic, detailing problems in educating Romani children (who are segregated from non-Romani children), and discussing the inferior quality of remedial education. The report highlights abuses that occur when enrolling Romani children in special schools; how racial abuse in the regular school system traumatizes Romani children; and the impossibility of transferring to regular schools from remedial schools once students are enrolled. The report looks at other aspects affecting the human rights of Roma in the Czech Republic as they pertain to education, particularly the effect of the 1992 Act on Citizenship on the educational rights of Roma, the failure of the government to provide education for Roma, and the link between discrimination and abuse in the education system and the ability of Roma to claim other… [PDF]

Stavenhagen, Rodolfo (1994). Double Jeopardy: The Children of Ethnic Minorities. Innocenti Occasional Papers. Child Rights Series, Number 10. This paper examines the state of current research on ethnic minorities and their children and discusses areas in which further study is needed so that effective policy guidelines may be developed within the framework of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child. A number of examples of ethnic minority situations are presented to illustrate the particular problems faced by families, children, and youth of ethnic minorities and indigenous and tribal peoples. It is commonly held that the solutions to the problems of these groups lie in their ability and willingness to adapt rather than in actions by the dominant societies. After a description of the ways ethnic minorities are usually categorized (territorial minorities, ethnic and cultural minorities, immigrants and refugees, and indigenous and tribal peoples), the paper surveys theoretical approaches to the study of ethnicity and examines the issue of cultural values in relation to the Convention on the Rights of the…

(1998). Keeping the Promise: Reflections on a Global Workshop on Children with Disabilities in Developing Countries. This paper summarizes the \Global Workshop on Children with Disabilities in Developing Countries\ held in Washington, D.C. in February 1997. The conference focused on children with disabilities in developing countries which encouraged networking, linkages, and partnerships. The conference was attended by representatives of more than 30 nations, people with disabilities, advocacy groups, nongovernmental organizations, governments, universities, and donor organizations. The two days of pre-workshop meetings, site visits, and presentations for participants from developing countries are briefly described. The workshop itself is summarized in the context of its four recurring themes: (1) family involvement for children with disabilities; (2) coordination of education and health programs; (3) public awareness and information sharing; and (4) protection and rights of children with disabilities. These themes are also addressed in summaries of the workshop's working groups, which focused on… [PDF]

Aroni, Angeliki (2013). Teaching "Human Rights" through Olympic Education in the Intercultural Lyceum of Athens: A Case Study. Intercultural Education, v24 n5 p489-492. Working in an Intercultural School is one of the most inspiring, motivating challenges an educator can be given in any given society, but that was especially true for Greece at the beginning of the last decade, since it was only in 1996 that the term Intercultural Education was introduced. Partly due to chance, and partly due to personal and professional curiosity, the author sought to find ways to implement in the most effective way the project "Olympic Education," which preceded the Athens 2004 Olympics in one of the four Intercultural senior high schools (Lyceums) in Elliniko, Athens. There is one activity that even today, after more than 10 years, stands out in the author's mind, mainly because of the difficulty faced due to the aggressive reactions of some of the students while implementing it. This particular activity was called "Creating a common world." The educational objectives of the activity were for students to gain knowledge about different cultures… [Direct]

de Hevia, Maria Dolores (2021). How the Human Mind Grounds Numerical Quantities on Space. Child Development Perspectives, v15 n1 p44-50 Mar. The propensity to use a spatial framework to organize other pieces of information is a widespread phenomenon that permeates humans' representation of diverse concepts, including numerical quantities. Developmental studies on numerical cognition have revealed that humans possess a system for abstract quantity representation that is functional at birth and connects to a spatial representation system. Human infants, children, and adults link increases and decreases in numerical quantity to corresponding increases and decreases of spatial extent, as well as to lateralized right/left spatial positions, respectively. In this article, I discuss the origins of number-space mappings, their presence throughout development, and their functional properties. I also argue that number-space mappings reflect inborn biases, possibly shared across other species, that support both efficient magnitude processing and serial learning…. [Direct]

Schuetz, Peter (1996). Political Culture in the School and Classroom: Preparation for Democratic Citizenship. Recognizing that civic education is the school subject specifically dedicated to preparing students for democractic citizenship and that the school and classroom often have a less than democratic and value-loaded "political culture," this paper emphasizes the fundamental goals of civic education and then arrives at the ingredients of political culture in the school and classroom that are favorable to preparing students for democratic citizenship. The three fundamental goals of civic education are: (1) helping students become self-confident, well informed citizens who are able to think rationally and who are committed to the values of human dignity and human rights; (2) fostering a willingness and capacity to participate in political affairs on local, national, and international levels; and (3) developing a strong recognition of the need to balance individualism and self-interest with human interdependence and social as well as environmental responsibility. To effectively… [PDF]

Abigail Hackett; David Ben Shannon (2024). Opaque Reciprocity: Or Theorising Glissant's 'Right to Opacity' as a Communication and Language Praxis in Early Childhood Education. Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education, v45 n1 p118-130. In this article, the authors argue for what √âdouard Glissant terms the 'right to opacity' in teaching and assessing communication and language skills in early childhood education (ECE). We draw from Glissant's writing on Relation, and his interrelated concepts of 'opacity' and 'transparency', to consider two vignettes from sensory ethnographic research conducted in ECE settings: a special education classroom and a nursery. We contest the international emphasis on efficiency, clarity, and rationality in ECE communication and language provision as one informed by colonial and ableist logics of 'transparency'. Instead, we argue for an attention to moments of what we call 'opaque reciprocity': of (1) non-dyadic, non-developmentalist, more-than-human exchange, within which (2) authorship becomes distributed inter-subjectively, thereby (3) de-emphasising efficient, clear, and rational notions of meaning-making…. [Direct]

Busey, Thomas A.; James, Karin H.; Motz, Benjamin A. (2012). The Lateralizer: A Tool for Students to Explore the Divided Brain. Advances in Physiology Education, v36 n3 p220-225 Sep. Despite a profusion of popular misinformation about the left brain and right brain, there are functional differences between the left and right cerebral hemispheres in humans. Evidence from split-brain patients, individuals with unilateral brain damage, and neuroimaging studies suggest that each hemisphere may be specialized for certain cognitive processes. One way to easily explore these hemispheric asymmetries is with the divided visual field technique, where visual stimuli are presented on either the left or right side of the visual field and task performance is compared between these two conditions; any behavioral differences between the left and right visual fields may be interpreted as evidence for functional asymmetries between the left and right cerebral hemispheres. We developed a simple software package that implements the divided visual field technique, called the Lateralizer, and introduced this experimental approach as a problem-based learning module in a lower-division… [Direct]

(1974). Social Studies Objectives, Second Assessment. National Assessment of Educational Progress. Major social studies objectives delineated in this booklet provide a framework for the measurement of student achievement in the social studies. The booklet is arranged in four chapters. The first chapter describes the development of social studies objectives; the other chapters respectively list the social studies objectives for the specific age groups: 9-year-olds, 13-year-olds, and 17-year-olds and adults. In each of the later chapters major objectives are stated, followed by specific age-related subobjectives. Six major objectives emphasize the need for students to develop (1) a knowledge base for understanding the relationships between human beings and their social and physical environment; (2) an understanding of the origins and interrelationships of beliefs, values, and behavior patterns; (3) the competencies to acquire, organize, and evaluate information for purposes of solving problems and clarifying issues; (4) the human relation skills necessary to communicate and work…

(1998). Education in Multi-Ethnic Societies of Central and Eastern Europe. A Skills Exchange Workshop (Bulgaria, November 7-10, 1997). Workshop Report. To address problems in public education for majority and minority ethnic groups in Central and Eastern Europe, Minority Rights Group International and the Inter Ethnic Initiative for Human Rights Foundation organized a skills exchange workshop in Sofia, Bulgaria in November 1997. Representatives from Bulgaria, Hungary, Poland, Romania, and Slovkia came together to address ways of making the education system responsive to the differing needs of minority and majority communities. This workshop report summarizes the key discussions and illustrates examples of good practice. An introductory section gives background information to the workshop and an overview of the discussions. The report's central section summarizes discussions and participants' views on the varied dimensions of multiculturalism in educational policy, concerns about imposing standard solutions to diverse situations, essential elements of successful educational policy and implementation, the legislative framework of…

Hyslop-Margison, Emery J. (2001). Liberalizing Career Education: An Aristotelean Approach to Occupational Study. A proposed expanded conception of liberal education embraces occupational study by adopting Aristotle's idea of intellectual virtue. Liberal study in Aristotelean thought recognizes the significance of both theoretical and work-related knowledge. Contemporary career preparedness programs undermine the cognitive component of intellectual virtue, erode liberal educational ideals, and threaten student agency in these five ways: (1) most omit potentially important areas of relevant content on labor union history or organizing human rights, cultural and environmental impact, and other criticisms of present global economic practices; (2) most portray existing social, economic, and labor market conditions in an ahistorical context and lack any implication that students have a legitimate democratic right to critique material circumstances affecting their lives and transform the conditions; (3) objectives consistent with developing attitudinal changes among students are improperly classified… [PDF]

(1983). Refugees and Migrants: Problems and Program Responses. A Look at the Causes and Consequences of Today's Major International Population Flows, and at the Ford Foundation's New Programs to Address the Problems of Refugees and Migrants in the United States and Elsewhere in the World. A Working Paper. The paper reflects the Ford Foundation's emphasis since 1980 on long-term problems of refugees and migrants across national borders, and the desire of the Foundation staff to strengthen the long-term capacity of key institutions and communities to cope with population flows. Focus is first on the consequences of migrant flows for sending and receiving countries, for individuals involved, and for agencies called on to provide short- and long-term solutions; and second on current and future grant activity within the Foundation's International Affairs, Human Rights and Social Justice, and Urban Poverty programs. The paper shifts between broad international concerns, those of developing countries, and those of the United States. The growing Hispanization of the United States and pending immigration legislation are noted. Educational concerns mentioned include rights of refugee/migrant children to public education; tendency of recent refugee groups to have decreased levels of education;…

(1999). Burma: The Struggle for Democracy and Freedom. A Resource Guide for Teachers. This resource guide for teachers contains readings, investigative sources, and first-hand accounts of the actions of the present military regime in Burma, a regime which retained power even after it lost the 1990 national elections, and which sponsors repression of pro-democracy forces in the country. The first section, an introduction, includes articles pertaining to the background of the conflict in Burma between the National League of Democracy (NLD) and the Burmese government, as well as a historical overview of Burma. The guide is divided into the following sections: (1) "Aung San Suu Kyi (Biography, Speeches, and Writings)"; (2) "8-8-88"; (3) "Human Rights Violations"; (4) "Child Abuse"; (5) "Harsh Prison Conditions"; (6) "Women's Rights Violations"; (7) "Education in Burma"; (8) "Environmental Destruction"; (9) "Drugs in Burma"; (10) "Refugees from Burma"; (11) "Personal…

(1979). Corrections in Montana: A Consultation on Corrections in Montana. The findings and recommendations of a two-day conference on the civil and human rights of inmates of Montana's correctional institutions are contained in this report. The views of private citizens and experts from local, state, and federal organizations are presented in edited form under seven subject headings: existing prison reform legislation, the role of state government in corrections, corrections philosophy, the history of corrections in Montana, the role of women in corrections, the juvenile offender, and alternatives to traditional concepts of corrections. Key issues were the special needs of female, American Indian, and juvenile offenders and the need for a viable corrections philosophy as a foundation for positive change in Montana's corrections program. Recommendations based on the conference findings include a study to explore alternatives to incarceration, creation of an inmate advocate position, a center to coordinate services to women offenders, and legislation to… [PDF]

Snyman, Ina (1986). Social Work Research: International Actualities and Trends. Occasional Paper No. 22. This report is based on data and insights obtained during a study tour of the United States and Canada. The purpose of the tour was to combine attending three conferences on social work and social welfare held in Montreal, Canada in the summer of 1984 with visiting various institutions in Canada and the United States. In the first section of this paper, "Aspects of the Crisis," a general review refers in the first instance to the vast differences between countries, including those normally labelled as being equally deprived. The most important aspects of the crisis are subsequently dealt with under the headings: arms race (particularly the nuclear arms race), health, education, housing, food, human rights, poverty and employment, and social security. From these crisis aspects participants in the working paper formulated the following forum topics and prepared brief introductions that were included in the paper. These are: sociocultural shifts, economic choices,…

Assagioli, Roberto (1987). The Education of Gifted and Highly Gifted Children. Gifted Education International, v5 n1 p52-56. Ten principles of an educational program for gifted children are outlined and include employment of active methods and expressive techniques, differentiation of curriculum, physical education, education of the imagination and feelings, education of the will, and education in right human relations. (DB)…

Gates, Gary J.; Smith, David M. (2001). Gay and Lesbian Families in the United States: Same-Sex Unmarried Partner Households. A Preliminary Analysis of 2000 United States Census Data. This report presents information from the 2000 United States Census on gay and lesbian families. It notes that the 2000 numbers for same-sex unmarried partner households are a dramatic increase from 1990, but the total number still represents an undercount of the actual number of gay or lesbian coupled households in the country. The Human Rights Campaign estimates that the 2000 U.S. Census count of gay and lesbian families could be undercounted by as much as 62 percent. The 2000 Census reported 601,209 total gay and lesbian families (as opposed to 145,130 in 1990), with California, New York, Texas, and Florida leading the country in total number of same-sex unmarried partner households. Gay and lesbian families live in 99.3 percent of all counties in the United States, compared to 52 percent of all counties in 1990. Many gay and lesbian families live outside major metropolitan areas. Census 2000 reports 88,606 or 15 percent of gay and lesbian families are living outside of… [PDF]

(1983). World Concerns and the United Nations: Model Teaching Units for Primary, Secondary and Teacher Educators Based on the Work of Participants in the UN Fellowship Programme for Educators (1975-1981) and the UNESCO Associated Schools Project. This sourcebook is designed to provide prototype materials on world issues suitable for adaptation to national and regional needs. Materials can also be adapted for many curriculum subjects at levels ranging from kindergarten to grade 12. A total of 26 units are organized into five sections. Following a foreword, introduction, and guidelines, a section on "Education and the New World" contains four activities for teacher education focusing on the following themes: the impact of world change on education and limited views of the world. The second section, "We the Peoples" contains five activities for grades K-3, focusing on commonalities of the world's people, diversity, equality, and community. The third section, "Developing Our Community" consists of five intermediate grade activities emphasizing community and group identity and respect. "The Great World Changes," section four, focuses on global awareness, civic responsibility, and rights of…

Terlin, Rose (1974). A Working Woman's Guide to Her Job Rights. Because of the growing number of women in the work force and the many recent changes in legislation affecting women's rights related to jobs and jobseeking, a need was felt for a publication which presents general information about Federal legislation which affects women when they are seeking a job, while they are on the job, and when they retire. Much of the information in the leaflet is also applicable to other minorities and to workers in general. It presents a brief description of the relevant laws and executive orders in three areas: (1) job seeking as it relates to employment services, apprenticeships, protection against sex and age discrimination; (2) on-the-job provisions relating to pay and promotion opportunities, garnishment, maternity leave, tax deductions for child care and household help, occupational health and safety protection, compensation for injuries, unemployment insurance and unions; and (3) the retirement issues relating to social security benefits and private… [PDF]

Boyd, Sally, Ed.; Huss, Leena, Ed. (2001). Managing Multilingualism in a European Nation-State: Challenges for Sweden. Current Issues in Language and Society. This collection of papers presents a range of views about the three-layered language situation in Sweden, a situation not unlike that in many other countries worldwide. The papers include the following: "Introduction" (Sally Boyd and Leena Huss); "Swedish, English, and the European Union" (Bjorn Melander), which summarizes studies that focus on the question of the English language's influence on Swedish, primarily as a result of Sweden's membership in the European Union; "The Protection and Rejection of Minority and Majority Languages in the Swedish School System" (Jarmo Lainio), which presents a minority language perspective about the situation in Swedish schools concerning the national language, minority languages (particularly Finnish), and English; "Swedish Tomorrow: A Product of the Linguistic Dominance of English?" (Britt-Louise Gunnarsson), which discusses the role of English in Sweden, primarily in the written medium; and "The…

(2001). National Disability Policy: A Progress Report, November 1999-November 2000. This report describes the nation's progress in advancing public policies to increase the inclusion, empowerment, and independence of people with disabilities of all ages consistent with the vision of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990. The report covers the period of November 1999 through November 2000. It reviews federal policy activities by major issue areas, noting progress where it has occurred and making further recommendations for the President and the 107th Congress. Progress is evaluated in the following areas: (1) disability research; (2) civil rights; (3) education; (4) health care; (5) long-term services and supports; (6) youth; (7) employment; (8) welfare reform; (9) housing; (10) transportation; (11) technology and telecommunications; and (12) international issues. The report concludes that while Americans with disabilities have witnessed an incremental expansion of self-sufficiency and inclusion, far too much of their time is spent defending bedrock civil and… [PDF]

Mehlinger, Howard D.; And Others (1980). Global Studies for American Schools. The book provides a rationale for teaching global studies, offers six model lessons, suggests how teachers can assess their own global studies programs, and cites additional resources for global studies. It is presented in four chapters. Chapter I states the rationale as the need to develop a global perspective in order to understand and function effectively in the world today. Schools have the primary responsibility for this development. Chapter II offers six lessons, which are designed for junior high school students but can be adapted for elementary or secondary students. Topics cover the relationship between human society and the natural environment, communication, benefits and problems of industrialization, energy, differing cultural lifestyles, and human rights. Each lesson requires one to two or more class periods and includes an introduction, objectives, suggested procedures, and student materials. Techniques include reading, discussion, role play, research, simulation,… [PDF]

Peters, Michael A. (2003). Derrida, Pedagogy and the Calculation of the Subject. Educational Philosophy and Theory, v35 n3 p313-332 Jul. Luc Ferry and Alain Renaut argue that \the philosophy of 68\ eliminates and leaves no room for a positive rehabilitation of human agency necessary for a workable notion of democracy. In their Preface to the English Translation of \La pensee 68,\ Ferry and Renaut (1990a, p. xvi), refer to the philosophy of the sixties as a \Nietzschean-Heideggerian\ antihumanism which is structurally incapable of taking up the promises of the democratic project inherent in modernity. Their criticisms are specifically aimed at Derrida and are intended as a path back to a form of humanism, liberalism and individualism (the doctrine of human rights) which they think can sustain a notion of political agency required for democracy. Derrida provides resources for understanding and responding to these criticisms. He denies a simple-minded nihilism as it applies to the subject, to notions of political agency and to the Idea of democracy and he argues that the anti-Nietzschean polemical attack on the critique… [Direct]

(1999). Technical and Vocational Education and Training: A Vision for the Twenty-First Century. Recommendations to the Director-General of UNESCO. The participants in the Second International Congress on Technical and Vocational Education (TVE), which was devoted to the theme of lifelong learning and training as a bridge to the future, formulated 48 recommendations to the Director-General of the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). The recommendations pertained to six broad themes: changing demands of the 21st Century and challenges to TVE; improving systems providing education and training throughout life; innovating the education and training process; TVE for all; changing roles of government and other stakeholders in TVE; and enhancing international cooperation in TVE. The recommendations call for the following: (1) ensuring that TVE be designed to provide skills for all and remain an accessible basic human right; (2) reforming TVE systems to achieve flexibility, innovation, and productivity; (3) forming a new partnership between education and the world of work and fostering…

(1977). Vestiges of Segregation Remain in Jefferson County Schools. This report notes that the Jefferson County, Kentucky, school system has failed to implement the 1975 Court-ordered desegregation plan. Data supplied by the Board of Education and data taken from previous state Human Rights Commission reports demonstrate that Jefferson County schools continue to manifest racial imbalance among students, faculty and staff. In the 1976-77 academic year, 16 schools within the system had black student enrollments outside the 12 to 40 percent limits established in the county's desegregation plan. With regard to faculty, there was a concentration of black teachers in two districts in the predominantly black west end of Louisville. The percentage in these districts exceeded the system-wide percentage for all school levels. Other districts had percentages equal to or below the average at the middle and secondary levels. The elementary schools were found to be least out of balance in teacher-student ratio. Only 29 of the system's 101 elementary schools,…