(1993). Naming Our Destiny: Toward a Language of American Indian Liberation. This essay provides teachers and others with an awareness of the social and political implications of words used to designate indigenous peoples of North America. How a group is seen by others and how it sees itself in many ways define the conditions under which the group will live, and the options it can exercise to affect these conditions. The distinction between identifying American Indians as members of "peoples" that constitute "nations" in their own right, and casting them as members of groups that comprise something less–a community, a clan, a "minority group," or a "tribe"–incurs a decisive meaning. Words such as "nation" and "tribe" are not interchangeable in either political or legal contexts, all protestations of government officials and "responsible tribal leaders" notwithstanding. Evidence drawn from dictionaries, Native-language terminology, historical documents, treaties, federal legislation,… [PDF]
(1985). Global Unemployment: Challenge to Futurists. Creative actions toward preventing global unemployment seek to (1) uncover the painful realities of joblessness, (2) design better models for fruitful discourse and action, (3) climb the "commanding policy heights" of moral vision, (4) move from autocratic to democratic corporatism, (5) uncover the kind of information that may hold power holders more accountable, and (6) promote global dialogue on the hidden crisis of unemployment. Possible actions along these lines include confronting the "ostriches" who shun full employment commitments, hide un- and under-employment, and dodge the sources of bank crisis. Multidimensional models that build upon the best in different systems, practices, idealogies, and faiths and the development of a moral vision that weaves the highest human values together with the strands of specific micro- and macro-politics can provide a constructive approach to the unemployement challenge. Included in this morality is a commitment to…
(1997). Blocks to Their Future: A Report on the Barriers to Preschool Education for Homeless Children. Homelessness has a devastating impact on children. School provides stability and a sense of continuity during an otherwise chaotic time, as well as access to other comprehensive services, both inside and outside the school, such as meals, health care, counseling, and recreation. But despite their desperate need, homeless children face high, often insurmountable barriers in gaining entry to public school and preschool programs because they lack a permanent address. A study assessed the level of access and participation that homeless children have to preschool education, identifies barriers that prevent their participation, and develops policy recommendations to ensure compliance with existing law. The National Law Center surveyed state education officials and shelter service providers, and reviewed certain documents addressing the participation of homeless children in preschool programs. Major findings are: (1) barriers to enrollment and retention are transportation, transience, lack…
(2005). Imperial Contradictions: Is the Valley a Watershed, Region, or Cyborg?. Journal of Rural Studies, v21 n1 p19-38 Jan. Is California's Imperial Valley a watershed? If so, at what level and by what topographic logic? Is it a region? If so, at what level and by what geographic logic? Are its boundaries natural, political, or multivalent on different scales? In short, this essay looks at the special (re)production of environmental conditions within a cyborg world. Here, the Valley is comprised of (a) Colorado River water; (2) migratory waterfowl; (3) the accidentally manufactured, but intentionally seeded food chain of the Salton Sea (3) the San Andreas Fault, (4) Mexican field labor; (5) public universities extension services; (6) global markets and supply chains; (7) international biotechnology, chemical and seed conglomerates, and (8) state and federal regulation of water rights, regulations and markets. The Valley is a cyborg, a historical entity comprised interdependently of nature, technoscience and humanity. This, characterization, however, raises problems with conceptions of the massive losses… [Direct]
(2021). From Morning to "Mourning": A Meditation on Possibility in Black Education. Equity & Excellence in Education, v54 n1 p92-102. This article insists on a reframe of mourning, away from a period of sadness or weeping alone, to a vision of its merits for discovering and unlocking possibility in Black Education. For example, mourning might be understood as involuntarily surrendered time necessary to properly grieve, concede, and embrace Black people's subject position in the US sociopolitical context. Turning towards mourning, the dark moments that urge it and the dark(er) moments that it may produce, is argued as a launch pad to more fully understanding the depth and reach of Black people's "possibility." To make such an argument the author contemplates how mourning, and subsequent meditations on possibility, might have informed the activism of leaders in the Black radical tradition who urgently insisted that Black people's human dignity be recognized and properly acknowledged. The article concludes with discussion of the significance of possibility to advance equity and excellence in education…. [Direct]
(2006). "Sex Respect": Abstinence Education and Other Deployments for Sexual "Freedom". Philosophical Studies in Education, v37 p147-158. Those who view the right to a religiously neutral, empirically-based public education as fundamental have been able to do little more than watch in terror as abstinence-only sex education, which excludes information on either safe sex or birth control, has come to prevail in United States (US) schools. Among causes for concern are abstinence programs' endorsements of inaccurate, incomplete, partial information with little to no regard for the realities of life, particularly of teenage life today, as known through medical or social science. In this article, the author will briefly discuss the historical context giving rise to present day pushes toward abstinence education before examining the main contents of the exemplar of federally funded abstinence education programs, Coleen Kelly Mast's "Sex Respect: The Option of True Sexual Freedom." The author evaluates similarities and differences in approach among Mast and her challengers, particularly examining Judith Levine's… [PDF]
(2006). Educating Educators in a Volatile Climate–The Challenge of Modernising Higher Business Schools in Serbia and Montenegro. European Journal of Education, v41 n1 p131-149 Mar. This study is set in the rapidly changing higher educational environment that has ensued in Serbia and Montenegro in the post Milosevic era. Its primary focus is a "Training Trainers" initiative, mounted by the GTZ (Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Technische Zusammenarbeit/Society for Technical Co-operation), designed to upgrade the teaching capacity of academic representatives from four Serbian Higher Business Schools (HBS) in modern business and management education as part of a broader European project to foster democratic citizenship and to spur the political rehabilitation of Serbia. As a consultant employed by the GTZ to deliver a module in Human Resource Management (HRM) I was able to gain first hand insights into problems and issues associated with the assimilation and teaching of new business ideas by local experts. The article draws upon hermeneutic insight in order to understand the potential for misinterpretation and misunderstanding in intercultural educational… [Direct]
(2005). Effective Schools Operating with Amazing (Dis)grace of Human Resources Strategy, Policy and Practice: A South African Case. International Journal of Leadership in Education, v8 n3 p223-236 Jul. The public profiling of schools as "effective schools", based on Grade 12 results, has resulted in a jingoistic race by many public schools to get their names on the "public notice board" of effectiveness recognition. Besides creating a skewed perception of school effectiveness, this public profiling of schools as effective organizations, conceptualised within an inadequate criterion (Grade 12 results), has not only stirred public controversy (when the national Minister of Education threatened to close down the least effective school), but has also been widely identified as a problem by researchers. The research conducted by Jansen (1998) discovered that besides contravening social justice legislation by beating facts into learners' minds (corporal punishment), most of these schools publicly branded as the most effective also subscribe to rigid authoritarian management and leadership practices, sometimes ignorant of legislation and policy imperatives. This paper… [Direct]
(1995). Bringing Learning to Life: The Learning Revolution, the Economy and the Individual. This book contains 13 chapters on issues related to the connections between learning and the economy. "Introduction" (David Bradshaw) provides an overview of the connection between work and learning. "Learning Does Pay" (Christopher Ball) explores this assertion about the value of human development. "Education and Training: An Historical Perspective" (Jon Ainger, Roy Harrison) concerns the search for radical solutions to improve education and training during the past 30 years. "Lifelong Learning: A Brave and Proper Vision" (Naomi Sargant) explores learning as a necessary entry-point to the information society. "Human Learning Potential" (Ken Richardson) looks at traditional views about human potential and how they have been modified by recent psychological research. "Learning Theory: Harnessing the Strength of a Neglected Resource" (David Bradshaw) argues that teachers should try to develop the right side of the brain….
(1991). [United Nations Resolutions. Resolution on Prison Education. Resolution on Basic Principles for the Treatment of Prisoners. Resolution on Criminal Justice Education.]. This document contains three United Nations resolutions that emphasize the role and practice of prison education. The three resolutions were adopted in 1990: (1) the Economic and Social Council Resolution 1990/20 on prison education; (2) the General Assembly Resolution 45/111 on basic principles for the treatment of prisoners; and (3) General Assembly Resolution 45/122 on criminal justice education. The first resolution affirms the right of everyone to education and recommends that member states promote prison education in the following ways: raising the educational level of prison personnel; focusing on resocialization, literacy, and vocational training; and developing policies that aim at developing the whole person. The second resolution sets out 11 principles for treatment of prisoners, including the following: respecting them as human beings, avoiding discrimination, respecting religious and cultural beliefs, and providing access to employment training and health services. The… [PDF]
(1997). Toward a Coherent Antifoundational Practice. Although several recent articles have addressed postmodernism in ethical terms, it is not difficult to see the perils facing anyone who wants to talk about ethics, since it is hard to justify certain practices over others. An individual cannot appeal to human needs or capacities, since these are said to be variously constructed by various discourse communities; a person cannot speak of ethical knowledge, because such talk is infected with objectivist rationality, said to be deadly in its own right. To the extent that an individual does any of these things while simultaneously promoting a postmodern epistemology, he or she is engaging in self-refutation and incoherence. Postmodernism is a notoriously imprecise term which emphasizes the situatedness of all knowledge claims and rejects the notion that theories match or fit reality in more or less accurate ways. For many postmodernists, truth does not exist, or if it does, limited human beings could never know it all. Postmodernism… [PDF]
(1969). The Mexican-American and the United States. The historical study of the plight of Mexican Americans is divided into 3 sections. Part I relates the beginnings of Mexico, from Spanish injustices to the Indians to how the Indians felt about Black men. Various historical facts are briefly presented. Part II treats Mexico's efforts to become a republic, various aspects of the wars between Mexicans and United States settlers, and the Cart Wars. This section also includes phases of French effort to rule Mexico and facts about the Mexican Revolution. Emphasis is placed on Part III which presents the efforts of the Mexican American to be heard. This is accomplished through the formation of organizations and the emergence of leaders. Labor arguments, prejudice encountered by Mexican American soldiers during World War II, and the cycle of poverty are discussed. The G. I. Forum and Community Services Organization are examples cited of efforts to maintain some human dignity. The epilogue briefly discusses civil rights. Throughout the…
(2020). Teaching Sexuality across Time, Space and Political Contexts. Journal of Geography in Higher Education, v44 n2 p188-202. Reflecting on a previous article, I evaluate changes encountered around teaching sexuality over the past 22 years in different geo-political settings. This article examines the ways in which my teaching practices, as an academic committed to equality, have developed in relation to different academic and political contexts. This personal pathway through learning and teaching work linked to sexuality has been, and still is, embedded within social, and feminist geography modules based on a political focus on social justice and injustice. I worked in two UK universities during the time when the Civil Partnership Act 2004 was enacted but left the UK prior to the Equality Act of 2010 and the Marriage (same sex couples) Act of 2013. I now teach in Singapore where Penal Code 377A still exists. This British colonial code criminalizes sex between consenting adult men in private or in public. This paper discusses my commitment to integrate sexuality into the curriculum and analyses the ways in… [Direct]
(1994). Measuring the General Education Outcomes: Practical Strategies. Prepared in an effort to more clearly define and measure general education outcomes at Columbus State Community College, in Ohio, this handbook describes outcomes and associated student behaviors and provides suggestions for assessing the outcomes. Following introductory materials, a list is provided of the college's six general education outcomes, with subtopics provided for each. Next, student behaviors and sample assessment techniques are provided for each outcome subtopic. The following outcomes are presented: (1) think critically, including identifying personal assumptions, examining issues by challenging assumptions, obtaining information from a variety of sources, analyzing information, evaluating issues from a variety of perspectives, drawing inferences, comparing and contrasting information, synthesizing and integrating information, and drawing conclusions; (2) solve problems, which includes recognizing, defining, and analyzing problems; considering alternative solutions;… [PDF]
(1967). NEW CAREERS, ONE SOLUTION TO POVERTY. DESPITE THE CURRENT ADVANCE IN TECHNOLOGY AND THE RECENT POPULATION GROWTH, MEANINGFUL EMPLOYMENT IS STILL AVAILABLE, EVEN FOR MINIMALLY SKILLED PERSONS. A FREE, FLUID, AND \PEOPLE-ORIENTED\ SOCIETY SHOULD PROVIDE AS MANY CAREER OPPORTUNITIES AS THERE ARE PEOPLE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THEM. THUS IN THE HUMAN SERVICES, WHICH INCLUDE TEACHING AND HEALTH, EDUCATION, WELFARE, AND RECREATION ORGANIZATIONS, PROFESSIONAL DUTIES MIGHT BE HIERACHICALLY DIVIDED TO PROVIDE MANY UNDEREMPLOYED OR UNEMPLOYED MINIMALLY SKILLED PERSONS WITH AN ENTRY POSITION LEADING TO FURTHER EDUCATION AND A PERMANENT UPWARDLY MOBILE CAREER. IN THIS WAY, RATHER THAN DEMAND THAT EMPLOYEES HAVE PROFESSIONAL CREDENTIALS, WHICH GUARANTEE NOTHING AND ACTUALLY BAR MANY POTENTIALLY ABLE PERSONS FROM A CAREER–DISADVANTAGED NEGROES IN PARTICULAR–EMPLOYERS WOULD CONSIDER THE VALUE OF THE LEARNING EXPERIENCES WHICH WORKERS HAVE HAD ON THE JOB. AND, IF MINIMALLY SKILLED PERSONS WERE EMPLOYED IN THE SCHOOLS AS TEACHER AIDES…