(1999). The State of America's Children Yearbook, 1999. This report on the well-being of America's children highlights the critical need for renewed commitment to children by all sectors of society. The introduction describes health and educational outcomes for poor children and maintains that preparing all of the nation's children for the future and protecting them in the present is the greatest human rights and moral challenge facing the nation. The six chapters of the report focus on the following: (1) family income, including the pervasiveness of child poverty, the working poor, and legislative progress; (2) child health, including the problem of uninsured children and the Child Health Insurance Program; (3) child care, describing federal, state, and local initiatives, and presenting an action agenda; (4) education, including the Goals 2000 initiative, lagging international performance, reform efforts, and early and higher education; (5) children and families in crisis, including incidence estimates, the Adoption and Safe Families…

(1995). Saskatchewan Institute of Applied Science and Technology Education Equity Program. Annual Monitoring Report, July 1, 1994-June 30, 1995. Prepared in accordance with the Saskatchewan Human Rights Code (SHRC), this report details the status of educational equity as of 1994-95 at the four institutes of the Saskatchewan Institute of Applied Science and Technology (SIAST). Following an executive summary, part 2 outlines the organization of SIAST's Educational Equity Program (EEP), while part 3 lists the student groups designated as underrepresented in the SIAST student body: students of Aboriginal descent, disabled, visible minorities, and women. Part 4 provides data on the participation of these groups at the four SIAST campuses with respect to applications received, enrollment, graduation, withdrawal, and employment after graduation. Part 5 lists the percentages of these groups in the province as a whole, part 6 describes SIAST's long-term goals with respect to their participation, and part 7 describes trends in the groups' enrollment over the past 5 years. Part 8 describes SIAST's equity policy, detailing the roles and… [PDF]

(1993). The Struggle for Peace in Bosnia: Considering U.S. Options. Choices for the 21st Century. Alternatives for Public Debate and Policy Development. The conflict in Bosnia (Yugoslavia) has confronted U.S. leaders with fundamental questions about the use and capability of U.S. power abroad. This document brings the decision facing the United States into the classroom. The unit features a set of four divergent options for U.S. policy toward the Bosnian conflict, and a brief account of Yugoslavia's turbulent history. This unit was developed in response to the immediate crisis in Bosnia. It is meant to serve as the basis for a 1 to 2 day activity. Background reading offers a concise introduction to the events of the 20th century that have contributed to the current crisis in what was once Yugoslavia. The opening section of a report by the United Nations Commission on Human Rights on ethnic cleansing in Bosnia is included as a resource for students to draw upon. Four options for U.S. policy are suggested with variations on each and supporting and opposing arguments for each. The opinions are: (1) use force to stop the genocide; (2)…

Casella, Ronnie (2002). Globalization, Child Welfare Policy, and the Economics of Social Uplift. Educational Foundations, v16 n3 p5-24 Spr. Explores both the development of child welfare in the United States and the impact of international declarations of human and child rights from a global perspective, focusing on: child welfare and the visiting teacher profession in the United States; research on the well-being of children; child welfare policy in an international context; the economics of social uplift; and the future of globalization. (SM)…

Daniela Bartels; David Lines (2023). Opening up to the Unexpected: Reclaiming Emotion and Power in the Public Space of Music Education. Philosophy of Music Education Review, v31 n2 p155-169. Music education is a social act oriented around interactions between people in public spaces. These spaces provide opportunities for what Hannah Arendt calls natality, which we interpret as new and unexpected actions that arise in a shared space. Drawing from a range of ideas and experiences of Arendt, bell hooks, Joan Baez, Martha Nussbaum, and music education philosophers and practitioners, we argue that it is important for music educators to make room for this space by becoming more critically aware of their emotions. Opening up to the unexpected in human interactions can at times be difficult and elicit fear. It also calls for a civic love. Cultivating this kind of love includes recognizing that our emotions and matters of the heart are instruments of power that can support or hinder others from becoming actors in their own right. As agents within music education, we can strive to realize this by developing a critical pedagogic consciousness and reflecting on the unexpected and… [Direct]

Calleja, James, Ed. (1995). International Education and the University. This collection of 15 essays discusses the integration of international education into higher education, focusing on the role of the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and specific international education programs and activities at various institutions. Essays include: (1) "UNESCO's Approaches to Prompting International Education at the Level of Higher Education" (Dumitru Chitoran and Janusz Symonides); (2) "UNESCO Associated Universities Project" (Bernd Hamm); (3) "International Education: A Common Direction for Our Future" (James Calleja); (4) "An Institutional Framework for International Education" (Marlene Saliba); (5) "Peace Education: A World Perspective for the 1990s" (Ake Bjerstedt); (6) "Peace Studies in the United States at the University and College Levels" (Ian M. Harris); (7) "International Education and Higher Education in Brazil" (Brazilian National Commission…

Wahlstrom, Riitta (1991). Growth towards Peace and Environmental Responsibility. From Theory to Practical Implications. Publication Series B. Theory into Practice 67. This report presents the results and activity ideas created by a peace and international education project. The project implemented and evaluated activities suitable for primary school pupils over a three-year period. The goals, contents, and methods presented are those of peace and environmental education. The teaching suggestions, methods, and activity ideas are based on knowledge and research results in developmental and sociopsychological studies and on moral education. The report discusses the meaning, functions, and impact of peace and international education. Peace and environmental education are discussed from the following perspectives: integration, general pedagogical principles, implementation possibilities, and new learning theories and practices. The report tries to answer the question of how to create the values, attitudes, and skills that make people act for peace and global survival. The document discusses structural violence and education for positive peace, human… [PDF]

Diaz, Carlos, Ed. (1992). Multicultural Education for the 21st Century. NEA School Restructuring Series. This book presents a selection of readings that address multiculturalism and school restructuring as a reference for schools working to enrich their school-improvement agendas. The readings treat many areas within curriculum and student achievement. The 13 chapters are as follows: (1) "The Next Millennium: A Multicultural Imperative for Education" (C. F. Diaz); (2) "Multicultural Education: Nature, Challenges, and Opportunities" (J. A. Banks); (3) "Effective Teaching Practices for Multicultural Classrooms" (G. Gay); (4) "Institutional Climate: Developing an Effective Multicultural School Community" (V. O. Pang); (5) "Learning Styles: Implications for Teachers" (K. Swisher); (6) "Rethinking the Role of Gender and Achievement in Schooling" (J. Bernard-Powers); (7) "Evaluation Practices for the Multicultural Classroom" (R. J. Samuda and J. Lewis); (8) "We Speak in Many Tongues: Language Diversity and… [PDF]

Voight, Phillip (1993). Topicality Standards in CEDA Debate. One way to improve topicality debates in CEDA (Cross Examination Debate Association) debate would be to thoroughly study the field contextual meanings of propositional phrases prior to submitting them to a vote. Judges need to reward exemplary arguments and "punish" poor arguments by substantially lowering a team's speaker points for presenting such arguments. Well planned topicality arguments are as research-intensive as disadvantages or counterplans and require the same attention to organization and structure. While not a panacea, a reinvigoration of the importance of topicality argumentation could help restore the balance between impact-oriented arguments and case-specific refutational styles. Absent a plan statement, debate critics could evaluate topicality in the same fashion as "extra-topicality" arguments would be evaluated in a policy format. Topicality standard debates are generally not well presented. Confusion arises in two broad areas concerning… [PDF]

Rogers, Paul (1991). Education for Peace in the Classroom–Curriculum Development Strategies and Materials: A Case Study from Ireland. Peace Education Miniprints No. 24. This paper describes the curriculum development process involved in the production of a set of peace education materials developed by the churches in Ireland during the past 13 years. Peace education is concerned primarily with a positive approach to peacemaking and the development of people who internalize a positive vision of peace, have a real sense of justice, personal and social, and who are sensitized and helped to cope with the various social manifestations of violence and conflict in their own lives and the wider world. The document examines the educational rationale of this project in the context of the two educational systems operating in Ireland. The process by which the materials are produced fall under six headings: (1) teacher workshops; (2) writing phase; (3) piloting phase; (4) editing and rewriting; (5) dissemination; and (6) evaluation. The document outlines some of the issues facing the development of peace education in Ireland in the next decade. Some of these… [PDF]

(1991). Co-Operation for Reinforcing the Development of Education in Europe (CORDEE). Final Report of the Regional Consultation Meeting (Paris, February 12-15, 1991). This report discusses a meeting to examine proposals for a new European program in the field of education. The assistant director for education stressed the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization's (UNESCO) concern that its attempt at developing cooperation in the field of education in Europe may build up yet another new bureaucracy and result in a duplication of effort or diversion of funds from efforts on behalf of developing countries. When discussing the agenda, the participants fully supported the initiative taken by UNESCO for the development of educational cooperation in Europe, and set out the methodological principles that should govern those new activities. They emphasized the need to pay greatest attention to: (1) the current priority needs of Central and Eastern European states within the framework of their reform process; and (2) establish direct and multiple contacts between educational communities that have been kept apart from each other…

Limage, Leslie (1990). Illiteracy in Industrialized Countries: Realities and Myths. Literacy Lessons. When considering illiteracy in industrialized countries, one should consider the following: (1) schools historically were not set up to transmit literacy skills, as evidenced by the fact that the geography and chronology of literacy are much less linked to the establishment of formal schooling than to the history of social development; (2) schools are not well equipped to teach basic skills because only children whose families provide the support and tuition they do not obtain in school can hope to progress at a normal rate, and remedial education is the kind of instruction most frequently hit by cuts in spending; (3) illiteracy does not cause poverty but illiteracy is highest among school leavers, minority groups, the long-term unemployed, and severely disadvantaged populations; (4) many illiterate people are not inarticulate or helpless, particularly those who ask for help in learning to read; (5) firm statistics on the extent of illiteracy are hard to come by and…

Servaes, Jan (1988). Communication, Development, and New Social Movements: A European Perspective. At the present time the social sciences implicitly or explicitly start from a normative vision which has a dialectical objective: a reasoning that is at once theoretical and practical, or that is both a political and a scientific discourse. A focus on Jurgen Habermas' theory of communicative action provides possibilities of shifting the frontier to interactive planning that explicitly takes up the problem of the relationship between authority and society. The theories and concepts of other European thinkers like Althusser, Gramsci, Lukacs, Weber, and Foucault, are also important for an understanding of the Western European intellectual climate. Habermas's theory envisions a number of new, collective decision-making forms. It must be seen as a directive for a new political praxis, a criterion against which the organization of both the political and the social life can be tested and judged. However, the political relevance of this third paradigm (emerging from criticism of the… [PDF]

Clark, Todd, Ed. (1984). South Africa/Time Running Out. Bill of Rights in Action, v18 n1 Apr. Based on the book, "South Africa: Time Running Out," a report of the Study Commission on U.S. Policy Toward Southern Africa, this 10-20 day unit of study is designed to help high school students learn about the history, geography, and present situation in South Africa and its relationship to the United States. The first of four sections provides basic background information, including an opening article describing a 1983 controversy over the proposed visit of a South African school inspector to an American high school; an article built around a student trip to South Africa; a section on American interests, policy objectives, and recommended actions toward South Africa; and an activity on South African history and geography. The second section focuses on Apartheid and the dynamics of South African life. This section contains eight short articles dealing with the current situation in South Africa, each beginning with factual information and ending with interviews with South… [PDF]

Benegar, John; Johnson, Jacquelyn (1981). Global Issues in the Intermediate Classroom, Grades 5-8. This publication contains teacher developed activities for teaching about global issues in grades 5-8. The self-contained activities are organized into three major parts. Part I, \Global Awareness,\ introduces students to the concept of global education. Students are made aware of the nature of the world and the part they play in it as inhabitants of the planet. For example, the activity, \Global Connections,\ involves students in interacting with one another to discover how their class is connected to the rest of the world. Using a bingo game format, students look for classmates who fit appropriate squares on their game sheets. Each square represents a certain kind of \global connection.\ Through the activities in Part II, \Global Interdependence,\ students learn that they are connected to other people and countries in countless ways and that these links exist across cultures as well as time and distance. In the \Peanut Butter Crunch\ activity, students examine the effects of the… [PDF]

Gill, Clark C. (1980). The Educational System of Costa Rica. Education Around the World. This booklet reviews Costa Rica's educational system, with emphasis on finance, philosophy, administration, and teacher education. The basic educational system consists of a preschool level of at least one year; a general basic education level of nine years (divided into three cycles of three years duration each–the first two cycles represent elementary education and the third cycle completes a student's general education); a more advanced level of two or three years duration, offering options such as health, fine arts, media, sciences and letters, business, industry, and agriculture; and the final level of higher education, which includes preparation of varying duration for professional careers. Funds to administer the educational system are provided by the General National Budget Law. In 1976, the education budget, excluding supplementary budgets for higher educational institutions, represented over 29% of the national budget. Costa Rica's educational philosophy reflects the… [PDF]

Butts, R. Freeman (1980). The Revival of Civic Learning: A Rationale for Citizenship Education in American Schools. The ideal of good citizenship is examined in light of current social and political unrest brought about, at least in part, by the agitation of special interest groups. Emphasis is placed on the role of citizenship education in the schools. The monograph is intended particularly for educators who want to improve citizenship education programs. The document is presented in five chapters. Chapter one identifies the major citizenship education challenge of the 1980s as the conflict between privatism in politics (due to a deterioration of national trust in the political system) and pluralism in education (resulting from attitudes that glorified doing one's own thing and from the belief that authority for education should rest primarily with the diverse pluralistic communities in American society). Chapter two contrasts ideas of citizenship in modern democratic societies and in Greco-Roman republics. Chapter three presents an historical perspective on citizenship education in the United… [PDF]

(1978). Women in Development. The NFE Exchange. Issue No. 13, 1978/3. The NFE Exchange, n13. Presenting an international perspective on non-formal education development efforts for women, this booklet contains (1) an article on women in development, (2) highlights of nonformal education projects for women, and (3) a bibliography of documents and journals on world-side issues related to women in development. The article is an overview of what some aspects of development have meant to women and the varying perceptions of what is needed to assist women and why. Focus is on those issues and features of planning which appear to be shared by programs on all continents and in all sectors. Major topics are the following: the integration of women in development (recognition of their role in society and their potential contribution to national development); planning considerations (research needs, priorities for types of programs, learner-centered approaches, and accessibility); and persistent dilemas (equity and segregation, traditional vs. nontraditional roles, and cultural…

(1998). CNN Newsroom Classroom Guides. May 1-29, 1998. CNN Newsroom is a daily 15-minute commercial-free news program specifically produced for classroom use and provided free to participating schools. These guides are designed to accompany the program broadcasts for May 1-29, 1998. Top stories include: effects of a labor strike on Denmark's economy (May 1); the new currency of the European Union, the "euro" (May 4); attempts at Middle East peace agreements in London (May 5); a new proposal by the United States aimed at jumpstarting the Mideast peace process (May 6); an explosion in space (May 7); an international merger, creating the world's fifth largest automaker (May 8); Sinn Fein approves the Northern Ireland peace agreement (May 11); the international community reacts to nuclear testing by India (May 12); attention on the"Seinfeld" finale (May 13); President Clinton calls for tough sanctions against India for its nuclear testing (May 14); violence over the economic and political situation in Indonesia (May 15);…

Fuss, Toni; Kirkwood-Tucker (2004). Germany's Opposition to the Iraq War and Its Effect on U.S.-German Relations. Social Education, v68 n4 p285 May-Jun. In a famous comment in January 2003, Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld referred to a difference between Old Europe and New Europe. By "Old Europe," he meant mainly the traditional European leaders, France and Germany, which adopted a stance critical of U.S. policy on Iraq. He saw the "New Europe" as consisting of former Iron Curtain countries, now part of the free world, whose leaders supported the U.S. on Iraq. The emergence of the "New Europe" has been a development of great historical significance. It has marked the transformation of Europe from being the world's epicenter of war and destruction in the first half of the twentieth century into a model of international cooperation in the second–something that would have seemed beyond the wildest imagination of anyone viewing the debris of World War II in 1945. Germany is a country that has been at the heart of the move toward European unity. Its policies since World War II have reflected a…

Thompson, Jane (2005). Acting to End Poverty. Adults Learning, v16 n7 p15-17 Mar. In this article, the author talks about a gathering that was marching through the dusty Brazilian streets of Porto Alegre. 200,000 noisy representatives of civil society from the global South, together with dedicated supporters from more privileged countries like UK, travelled across continents to insist that "another kind of world is possible". For five days of self-managed discussions and workshops, energetic public meetings and marches, inspired cultural action and spirited internationalism, the chance to be part of the 2005 World Social Forum made its vision of another reality seem less like a dream. The World Social Forum in Brazil was the occasion to launch the Global Call to Action Against Poverty. The Global Call to Action Against Poverty represents a worldwide alliance, committed to making world leaders keep their promises, and to making a breakthrough against poverty in 2005. It is not a formal institution but a coming together of hundreds of organisations from… [Direct]

Antonio P. Gutierrez de Blume; John A. Weaver; Peggy Shannon-Baker; Sabrina Ross (2024). Public Education as a Contested Site of Struggle. Educational Foundations, v37 p2-20. Public education reflects the ideas that various stakeholders hold about relationships between schooling and society and the forms of knowledge that are deemed most socially valuable (Kliebard, 2004; Spring, 2016). Public education can be used to support human flourishing and the cultivation of skills needed for civic participation in democratic society (Freire, 2001; Giroux, 2012, 2016; Watkins, 2012);it can also be used to advance economic and political ideologies that do not enhance the human condition (Spring, 2016). As a valuable tool for gaining public consensus (Giroux, 2012; Watkins, 2001), public education is a contested site within which stakeholders struggle over questions of worthwhile knowledge (Kleibard, 2004; Shubert, 1986). The term 'culture wars' is often used as a descriptive metaphor for chronicling historical and contemporary struggles over national culture that are waged by competing social groups in the United States (Alfonseca, 2023; Hartman, 2015). Within the… [Direct]

Jones, Ken (2019). The Sun Sets on Old England: Contradictions in Conservative Educational Policy. Changing English: Studies in Culture and Education, v26 n3 p321-331. The article describes the increasing discrepancy between the curriculum policies of the Conservative government and the policy directions argued for by business organisations and other advocates of a human capital perspective in education. It traces some of the origins of the current Conservative preference for cultural rather than economic goals in this area of policy, and suggests a new understanding of the relationship between neoconservative and neoliberal thinking on the educational right. It argues that a return to ideas and practices developed in the late twentieth century offers a basis for curriculum policy more productive than either human capital theory or Conservative traditionalism…. [Direct]

Mafalda Carmo Ed. (2024). Education and New Developments 2024 — Volume 1. Online Submission This book contains the full text of papers and posters presented at the International Conference on Education and New Developments (END 2024), organized by the World Institute for Advanced Research and Science (WIARS). Education, in our contemporary world, is a right since we are born. Every experience has a formative effect on the constitution of the human being, in the way one thinks, feels and acts. One of the most important contributions resides in what and how we learn through the improvement of educational processes, both in formal and informal settings. The International Conference seeks to provide some answers and explore the processes, actions, challenges and outcomes of learning, teaching and human development. The goal is to offer a worldwide connection between teachers, students, researchers and lecturers, from a wide range of academic fields, interested in exploring and giving their contribution in educational issues. We take pride in having been able to connect and… [PDF]

Mafalda Carmo Ed. (2024). Education and New Developments 2024 — Volume 2. Online Submission This book contains the full text of papers and posters presented at the International Conference on Education and New Developments (END 2024), organized by the World Institute for Advanced Research and Science (WIARS). Education, in our contemporary world, is a right since we are born. Every experience has a formative effect on the constitution of the human being, in the way one thinks, feels and acts. One of the most important contributions resides in what and how we learn through the improvement of educational processes, both in formal and informal settings. The International Conference seeks to provide some answers and explore the processes, actions, challenges and outcomes of learning, teaching and human development. The goal is to offer a worldwide connection between teachers, students, researchers and lecturers, from a wide range of academic fields, interested in exploring and giving their contribution in educational issues. We take pride in having been able to connect and… [PDF]

Kapoor, Sushma (2000). Domestic Violence against Women and Girls. Innocenti Digest 6. Women and children are often in great danger in the place where they should be safest within their families. For many, home is where they face a regime of terror and violence at the hands of somebody close to them somebody they should be able to trust. Domestic violence is a health, legal, economic, educational, developmental and, above all, a human rights issue. This digest looks specifically at domestic violence, and the term "domestic" includes violence by an intimate partner and by other family members, wherever this violence takes place and in whatever form. The digest builds on the research carried out by the UNICEF Innocenti Research Centre for an earlier digest on "Children and Violence." It looks at the magnitude and universality of domestic violence, and its impact on the rights of women and children. Noting that women worldwide continue to suffer violence with estimates varying from 20% to 50% from country to country, the digest contends that this toll…

(1987). Recent Activities against Citizens and Residents of Asian Descent. Clearinghouse Publication No. 88. This report describes some recent examples of racially motivated conduct directed against Asian Americans, and identifies factors that contribute to them. The report reviews the following sources of information: (1) literature on the topic; (2) hearings by local human rights agencies; (3) data from the Bureau of the Census, the Office of Refugee Resettlement, and the Immigration and Naturalization Service; (4) state laws on racially motivated crimes; and (5) field investigations in eight states and the District of Columbia. Chapter 1 is an overview of early, discriminatory legislation and other activities directed against Asian immigrants and Americans of Asian ancestry in the United States. The chapter also examines more recent legislation liberalizing the immigration laws. Chapter 2 describes the geographic distribution of persons of Asian descent and their socioeconomic status relative to that of Whites. Chapter 3 discusses factors that contribute to racially motivated activities… [PDF]

Dunham, Yarrow; Yang, Fan; Yang, Xin (2023). Beyond Our Tribe: Developing a Normative Sense of Group-Transcendent Fairness. Developmental Psychology, v59 n7 p1203-1217 Jul. Human beings naturally prefer and support ingroup members more than outgroup members, but to what extent do we "morally value" equal treatment to ingroups and outgroups? Across four preregistered studies, we examined the development of "group-transcendent fairness," that is, the moral endorsement of allocating resources equally to ingroup members and outgroup members. We found that when allocating common resources to ingroup and outgroup members, American adults (N = 549) thought it was morally right to allocate equally instead of giving more to their family, political, or minimal ingroup members, across high and low stakes (Study 1). This normative sense of group-transcendent fairness develops gradually: 4- to 6-year-olds tended to endorse ingroup favoritism, whereas by age 8 or 9 children endorsed intergroup fairness (Studies 2-3, N = 214). Adults from China (N = 200)–a culture that values ingroup loyalty–also endorsed intergroup fairness as morally right,… [Direct] [Direct]

Carter, Kelli P.; Prevost, Luanna B. (2023). Formative Assessment and Student Understanding of Structure-Function. Advances in Physiology Education, v47 n3 p615-624. The structure and function relationship is a core concept identified by physiology faculty. Prior research has shown this may be a difficult concept for students to understand. Formative written assessments, such as short answer essay questions, allow students to demonstrate their thinking by encouraging students to use their diverse ideas to construct their responses. Varying the context of a question, such as the inclusion of a scenario, may be used to provide insight into the different stages of students' emerging biological expertise. Short answer questions based on the core concept structure[left right arrow]function were administered to students in a junior level General Physiology course and a sophomore level Human Anatomy and Physiology course at a large southeastern public university. Questions were based on the integumentary, muscular, digestive, and cardiovascular systems. Student responses were scored with a conceptual rubric developed for each question prompt as well as… [Direct]

Herrington, David E.; Hughes, Teresa A.; Kritsonis, Mary Alice; Kritsonis, William Allan (2006). A National Perspective for Cultivating Working Relationships between Educational Researchers and Institutional Review Board Members. Online Submission, Lamar University Electronic Journal of Student Research v3 Spr. The purpose of this article is to set forth some fundamental guidelines for educators to develop a working relationship with Institutional Review Board members. The authors identify ways to prevent a strained environment from developing so that positive relationships can be established among key players whose role is to ensure that educational research proceeds in a manner that respects the rights of human subjects…. [PDF]