(2023). Education and New Developments 2023 — 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 2023), 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]
(1983). The Emerging Partnership in Human Service Civil Rights Enforcement. Journal of Intergroup Relations, v11 n1 p32-38 Spr. Describes the objectives and activities of the Department of Health and Human Services' Office of Civil Rights (OCR) within the purview of the Reagan administration's civil rights policy. Describes OCR methodologies designed to ensure enforcement of nondiscrimination requirements in state implementation of programs under federal block grants. (MJL)…
(2012). Moral Reasoning Patterns and Influential Factors in the Context of Environmental Problems. Environmental Education Research, v18 n4 p485-505. This study investigated pre-service science teachers' (PSTs') moral reasoning patterns and the factors underlying these reasoning patterns. Local and non-local environmental dilemmas were used to examine moral reasoning patterns. An explanatory design was used with the collection and analysis of quantitative data, which was subsequently refined using qualitative interview data. For the quantitative part of the study, PSTs were asked to comment on four local and non-local environmental dilemmas (i.e. deforestation, e-waste, oil spills, and global warming). The responses were categorized as ecocentric, anthropocentric, or non-environmental reasoning. The findings showed that the participants' moral reasoning focused on both ecocentric and anthropocentric perspectives, with a few displaying non-environmental reasoning. Concern for environmental problems was related to perceptions of whether the issue was directly related to nature, and was independent of whether the issues were local or… [Direct]
(1991). With Liberty and Justice for All: The Story of the Bill of Rights. Student Text. This curriculum is designed to introduce secondary students to the ideas behind the Bill of Rights to the U.S. Constitution and the experiences of the Founders that led to the creation of this document. Its intent is to provide young people with a knowledge of how the Bill of Rights came into existence, why it took the form it did, and how it has been interpreted and applied over the past 200 years. By gaining a better understanding of their rights, it is hoped that students will become better prepared for their responsibilities as citizens. The curriculum helps students learn to apply their knowledge to contemporary issues as well as to a variety of political questions. In so doing, it is hoped that students will develop many useful skills of citizenship such as researching an issue, thinking critically about a problem, concisely summarizing their thinking, and expressing and justifying their reasoned opinions in both written and spoken forms. The curriculum contains 31 lessons…
(2022). Language System Plasticity in Healthy Development and after Perinatal Stroke. ProQuest LLC, Ph.D. Dissertation, Georgetown University. Language processing is an extremely important, uniquely human cognitive ability. For well over a century, researchers have sought to understand how the human brain implements a system for instantaneously recognizing and generating complex linguistic patterns. Left perisylvian regions are considered to have certain computational abilities that are essential for "core" language processes, and that are lacking in other brain regions. When left perisylvian regions are damaged in adulthood, language abilities will almost certainly be impaired with limited potential for recovery. However, language processing is more bilateral in young children, and left-lateralization strengthens over the first decade of life. Moreover, when left perisylvian regions are damaged at the beginning of life, language is not chronically impaired as it is after a similar injury in adulthood: right perisylvian regions are able to support a language system in these individuals. The current dissertation… [Direct]
(1994). The Effects of Mobility: The Rights of the Child in Europe. Report of the Conference (Athens, Greece, April 14-16, 1994). The European Forum for Child Welfare (EFCW) is committed to promoting the implementation of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, and the Convention's views underpin and influence the work program of the EFCW. The 1994 EFCW Conference concentrated on articles within the Convention whereby mobility within Europe may have a detrimental effect on children. This report contains the following presentations from the conference: (1) "Children at Risk in a Mobile Society and Mobile Children in a Risky Society" (C. D. Spinellis); (2) "The Rights of the Child in Europe: In the International Context" (Michael Jarman); (3) "The Rights of the Child in Europe: In the Context of Human Rights" (Anna Gillett); (4) "The Rights of the Child in Europe: In the European Union" (Michele Teirlinck); (5) "Social Exclusion in Europe" (G. Tsiakalos); (6) "Children from Minority Communities and Indigenous Populations: Racism and… [PDF]
(2005). Changing Citizenship. Open University Press Educators, politicians and the media are using the concept of citizenship in new contexts and giving it new meanings. Citizenship can serve to unite a diverse population or to marginalise and exclude. The authors argue that, with the introduction of citizenship in school curricula, there is an urgent need for developing the concept of cosmopolitan citizenship. This book is designed to support educators in understanding the links between global change and the everyday realities of teachers and learners. The following questions are answered: (1) How can citizenship in schools meet the needs of learners in multicultural and globalised communities? (2) Is it possible for schools to resolve the tensions between demands for effective discipline and pressures to be more inclusive? and (3) How can school leaders enable young people to learn skills for democracy and participation? "Changing Citizenship" explores the role that schools can play in creating a new and inclusive vision… [Direct]
(2003). The Situation of Children in Iraq: An Assessment Based on the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child. In accordance with UNICEF mandates requiring a situation analysis prior to preparing a new country program, this report examines causes and linkages between problems affecting women and children in Iraq, identifies necessary actions to realize the rights of women and children, and contributes to the country program strategy for priority interventions, future research, and rights-focused advocacy. Following the executive summary, the report's introductory chapter presents the conceptual framework and methodology. Chapter 2 describes the political and socioeconomic context of Iraq, provides demographic and psychosocial profiles, and describes a legislative and institutional framework for children. Chapters 3 through 5 review issues related to children's right to life and survival, children's right to education, and the right of vulnerable children to protection. Chapter 6 addresses the human rights of women. Chapter 7 recommends priority interventions, and suggests areas for future…
(2021). Women's History Students Learn about Race through Memoir: Anne Moody's "Coming of Age in Mississippi". History Teacher, v54 n3 p443-472 May. In this paper, the author outlines the results of a research study conducted on one class cohort, focusing on the impacts of teaching Black women's history through Anne Moody's 1968 memoir, "Coming of Age in Mississippi," on their understandings of race and the experiences of Black women. Specifically, Moody's memoir provides a rich backdrop to deeply engage with: (1) how race works to shape material consequences and human welfare; (2) the experiences of Black women during and prior to the Civil Rights Movement; and (3) the limits of the Movement's "success." This study reveals how history students demonstrated understanding of the nuanced, intersectional experiences of one Black American woman to better understand the complexities of the Civil Rights Movement (CRM). This, in turn, provides a starting point for developing robust knowledge of and empathy for the experiences of marginalized people–past and present. The results of this study can be applied to future… [PDF]
(1994). The Relationship between Education and Child Work. Innocenti Occasional Papers Child Rights Series, Number 9. Child labor, which is children's work that is exploitative and dangerous, poses a major human rights and socioeconomic challenge. Universal primary education may be the most effective instrument for meeting this challenge. The expansion of compulsory primary schooling could reduce hours of work by children and help them protect themselves against exploitation. This report on the relationship between education and child work contains the following chapters: (1) \Introduction,\ discussing how welfare activists see education as the best means of eliminating child labor; (2) \Schooling as a Deterrent to Child Labour\; (3) \Combining School and Work\; (4) \Economic Constraints against School Participation\; (5) \Social Causes in Child Work and Low School Participation\; (6) \Family Causes of Child Work and Low School Participation\; (7) \Discrepancies in Education between Rural and Urban Areas; (8) \Gender Differences in Education and Work,\ including levels of education participation,…
(2003). Education for Democratic Citizenship and Peace. Embedded in political scientists' research findings are three propositions for educators: (1) democracy needs democrats; (2) democrats are created through citizenship education programs emphasizing conflict resolution skills, respect for human rights, good neighborliness and respect for pluralism; and (3) there appears to be a correlation between the teaching of democratic values and peaceful co-existence of citizens of democratic societies. This paper examines the significance of the three propositions. The paper suggests that in some form, citizenship education has always been an essential component of the U.S. public school curricula inculcating patriotism, nationalism, and U.S. exceptionalism. In the meantime, however, a systematic effort toward preparing a peace-loving citizenry has been lacking in curricula, often viewed as extraneous to the public school mission. It contends that, considering the post-Cold War turbulence and growing U.S. involvement in global geopolitics,… [PDF]
(2001). National Framework for Rural and Remote Education. Remote and isolated locations in Australia provide the greatest challenges for improving provision of education options and pathways for children and families. These challenges are often compounded when considering the needs and aspirations of Indigenous communities, especially those that adhere to traditional cultures and lifestyles. In response to rural education recommendations of the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission, a task force developed a National Framework for Rural and Remote Education (In 1993, the Council of Australian Governments amalgamated a number of ministerial councils to optimize policymaking, one of which that emerged was the Ministerial Council on Education, Employment, Training and Youth Affairs, or MCEETYA–which in turn created various "task forces" to perform research and make recommendations.). The framework comprises a vision statement, four guiding principles, and a set of "essential enablers" for the provision of quality… [PDF]
(1996). Education for International Understanding: An Idea Gaining Ground. This brochure is a partial follow-up to the 44th session of the International Conference on Education (ICE), \Appraisal and Perspectives of Education for International Understanding,\ held in 1994 in Geneva, Switzerland. While borrowing extensively from conference material (such as the speeches by heads of delegations, replies by member states to an International Bureau of Education (IBE) pre-conference survey, national reports, and round-table summaries), this brochure also includes personal ideas, experience, and opinions on important matters in today's countries: human rights, peace, and democracy. Despite the complexity of the challenges facing a rapidly changing world, the range of actions described in this work reflect a common will and offer further suggestions for a \new philosophy of education,\ that would incorporate some positive moral values common to all countries. With the dawning of the 21st century, bringing people closer together through what they have in common,… [PDF]
(1989). The Democratic Revolution. Proceedings of a Conference (Washington, D.C., May 1-2, 1989). Divided into seven sections, the presentations contained in these proceedings give an international perspective on the growth of democracy in the world, and the many obstacles that might inhibit it. The first section, on Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union contains papers from four East Block scholars who discuss the rise of democracy in communist Europe. The section on Africa includes papers by four African panelists who discuss the development of democracy in light of the continent's historical, geographical, cultural, social, and political background. The "Luncheon Session" section has four presentations on democracy and human rights, focusing on Central American and Caribbean countries. The section on Latin America and the Caribbean includes papers by four panelists who discuss democracy against the backdrop of the region's economics, politics, social change, and serious problems such as drug trafficking, which influence and are influenced by democractic reform. The…
(1986). Multicultural Education in Western Societies. Western democratic societies share an egalitarian ideology which maintains that a major goal of the state is to protect human rights and promote equality and the structural inclusion of all racial, ethnic, and cultural groups into the fabric of society. Educational initiatives taken to implement reforms that reflect ethnic diversity and promote equality have created lively and sometimes embittered controversy because little agreement exists within each nation about what should be the proper role of public schools in the ethnic education of both majority and minority students. This book is divided into three major parts. Part I formulates a descriptive typology of the phases of ethnic revitalization movements, the paradigmatic responses that educators have made to these movements, and the limitations which characterize educational reforms that are based on single-factor paradigms. Part II describes examples of these paradigms and concepts by discussing multicultural education in the…