(1980). Teaching Global Perspectives. Today's Education: Social Studies Edition, v69 n2 p37-41 Apr-May. Suggests curriculum changes in the social studies to prepare students for responsible and effective participation in a global age. Teachers should emphasize that the United States plays a large role in world affairs, introduce new issues in world politics, and address the issues of world peace and human rights. (Author/KC)…
(1997). Children's Center for Global Understanding: A Model of International Education for Fifth Graders and Elementary Teacher Education Students. Southern Social Studies Journal, v23 n1 p3-10 Fall. Describes the work of the Children's Center for Global Understanding in Duluth, Minnesota. The purpose of the center is to provide upper elementary pupils, teachers, teacher education students, and university professors with resources, curriculum, and support. The center emphasizes environmental issues, human rights, justice, and the understanding of world cultures. (MJP)…
(2002). Moral Reasoning and Homosexuality: The Acceptability of Arguments about Lesbian and Gay Issues. Journal of Moral Education, v31 n4 p455-67 Dec. Explores preferences for different types of moral arguments when thinking about moral dilemmas concerning lesbian and gay issues. Presents data collected from student questionnaires (n=545) at British universities. Shows that respondents do not apply moral reasoning consistently and do not favor human rights reasoning when thinking about homosexual issues. (CAJ)…
(2000). Net Survey–"Religious Freedom" in Modern China: Exploring WWW Resources. History Computer Review, v16 n2 p93-105 Fall. Provides a survey of various Internet sites that focus on the religious practices in modern China (People's Republic of China) listing such sites as: (1) the China Daily Web site; (2) the U.S. Department of State online documents; and (3) the Web site for Human Rights in China. (CMK)…
(1990). Reagan's Foreign Policy: An Assessment (I) Introduction. Perspectives on Political Science, v19 n1 p39-42 Win. Examines the relationship between former U.S. President Ronald Reagan's foreign policy and those of his predecessors. Focuses on the differences between Reagan's policies and those of former U.S. President Jimmy Carter. Analyzes Reagan's policies of containment, human rights, and arms control. Discusses criticisms launched against Reagan's policies. (RW)…
(1993). Creating a Professional Standard of Moral Conduct for Canadian Teachers: A Work in Progress. Canadian Journal of Education, v18 n4 p429-45 Fall. The role of the local community in setting moral standards for the public schools and professional standards for Canadian teachers is studied by reviewing some court cases. It is suggested that public school teachers may best protect their human rights by asserting professional status through collective bargaining and peer review. (SLD)…
(1992). Teaching Tools. Teaching Tolerance, v1 n2 p28-31,34-35 Fall. Reviews teaching materials for use in multicultural education. Materials described include posters, novels, picture books, toys, games, and curriculum packages. Topics include religious diversity, values, children's stories, bilingual literature, human rights, Native Americans, women's studies, multicultural art, immigrant students, gender equity, Asian Americans, African Americans, antibias education, and citizenship. (JB)…
(1993). Subject/Author Index 1968-1992. Convergence, spec iss p1-181. This 25-year index contains annotations of feature articles by subject and by author. Representative subjects include basic education, development education, empowerment, human rights, lifelong education, peace education, popular education, rural development, social/political action, technological advancement, and transformative research. Articles in English, French, Spanish, and Russian are included. (SK)…
(1994). Girls: Challenging the World. Classroom Focus. Social Education, v58 n7 ps1-4 Nov-Dec. Maintains that the United Nations Charter, which calls for "respect for human rights…without distinction to race, sex or religion" is commonly violated, particularly with respect to girls. Presents a lesson portraying dilemmas faced by four girls in different parts of the world as they confront problems. (CFR)…
(1998). Canada and the World. Canadian Social Studies, v32 n4 p112 Sum. Highlights Canada's high marks in a poll on its international image in 20 countries. Asks how Canada should take advantage of its positive international image. Notes areas where Canadian foreign policy is most admired: advancement of global peace and human rights, provision of aid, and participation in international peacekeeping. (DSK)…
(2012). Interculturalism, Education and Dialogue. Global Studies in Education. Volume 13. Peter Lang New York Intercultural dialogue is a concept and discourse that dates back to the 1980s. It is the major means for managing diversity and strengthening democracy within Europe and beyond. It has been adopted by the United Nations, UNESCO and the Council of Europe as the basis for interreligious and interfaith initiatives and has become increasingly associated with a liberal theory of modernity and internationalism that presupposes freedom, democracy, human rights and tolerance. It is now the dominant paradigm for "cultural policy" and the educational basis for the development of intercultural understanding. Governments have placed their hope in intercultural education as the way to avoid the worst excesses of globalization, especially exclusion and marginalization, and the problems of xenophobia and racism that afflict European societies. "Interculturalism, Education and Dialogue" is an international collection by renowned scholars who examine the ideological underpinnings… [Direct]
(2009). Suspect until Proven Guilty a Problematization of State Dossier Systems via Two Case Studies: The United States and China. ProQuest LLC, Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Pennsylvania. This dissertation problematizes the "state dossier system" (SDS): the production and accumulation of personal information on citizen subjects exceeding the reasonable bounds of risk management. SDS–comprising interconnecting subsystems of records and identification–damage individual autonomy and self-determination, impacting not only human rights, but also the viability of the social system. The research, a hybrid of case-study and cross-national comparison, was guided in part by a theoretical model of four primary SDS driving forces: technology, political economy, law and public sentiment. Data sources included government documents, academic texts, investigative journalism, NGO reports and industry white papers. The primary analytical instrument was the juxtaposition of two individual cases: the U.S. and China. Research found that constraints on the extent of the U.S. SDS today may not be significantly different from China's, a system undergoing significant change amidst… [Direct]
(2009). Training of Penitentiary Agents. Convergence, v42 n2-4 p213-222. The training of penitentiary staff directly influences the efficiency of a prison system and the observance of human rights in places of detention. On the one hand, there are no "perfect" detainees. The causes that led to imprisonment could be diverse. On the other hand, the possibilities and resources available to a prison system could be limited or not used in an appropriate way. But, there is a possibility to recruit and train the staff working in prisons, depending on the needs of the prison system, in order to ensure appropriate performance of its tasks. The need for training of the penitentiary staff is more than obvious for at least two reasons: firstly, the diverse educational background of newcomers in the prison systems and secondly, permanent changes in the philosophy, tasks, and management of the prison systems. The reforms initiated in the prison systems of former socialist countries do not have any chances of success without improving skills and especially…
(2009). The Anonymous Member of the Interhamwe: Bill Clinton's Complicity in the Rwandan Genocide. College Quarterly, v12 n3 Sum. Ranked as one of the great human rights tragedies since World War II, the Rwandan genocide, which left 800,000 dead in its wake, is commonly understood in the context of a tribal internecine conflict between the Hutus and Tutsis. The event that triggered the genocide is imputed to the shooting down of a plane carrying the President of Rwanda and Burundi, responsibility for which has been attributed to Paul Kagame, current President of Rwanda and leader of an army comprising Tutsi refugees based in Uganda called the Rwanda Patriotic Front (RPF). Before examining the author's claim that former President Clinton was complicit in the genocide, he first examines the meaning of "complicity" and also the obligation of states to prevent genocide as stated in Article 1 of the Genocide Convention. In this paper, the author proves that not only did the United States fail to act on its own or collectively with other states but deliberately took actions to prevent the United Nations… [PDF]
(2009). The Open High School of Utah: Openness, Disaggregation, and the Future of Schools. TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, v53 n4 p37-40 Jul. While the charter movement has a rich history in Utah, virtual charters are a recent development. In 2007, a founding board consisting of faculty, staff, and graduate students in Utah State University's Center for Open and Sustainable Learning prepared and submitted an application to create the state's second virtual charter, called the Open High School of Utah (OHSU). OHSU opens its virtual doors to ninth graders in the fall of 2009. While students are not yet through the virtual doors, OHSU still provides a glimpse at the ways in which openness, disaggregation, and the Internet will shape the future of schooling. In addition to a firm belief that an environment of choice creates opportunities for students to find the school and program of study that fits them best, the Open High School of Utah is dedicated to increasing access to high quality educational opportunity to everyone around the world. The core philosophy of the OHSU is that education is a universal human right and should… [Direct]