(2002). Child Trafficking in West Africa: Policy Responses. Innocenti Insight. This report examines policy responses and programming trends to combat the growing specter of child trafficking, focusing on the region of west and central Africa where strenuous advocacy efforts by UNICEF and its partners have helped to bring this problem to national and international attention. The report focuses on policy trends on child trafficking in Benin, Burkina, Faso, Cameroon, Cote dIvorie, Gabon, Mali, Nigeria, and Togo. The report includes examples of good practice and stresses the potential for greater cooperation between the main international agencies working on this issue. Part 1 of the report focuses on the international normative framework on child trafficking, including the international human rights standards that commit nations to act on this issue, and examining the definitions of child trafficking and the increasing convergence of anti-trafficking strategies in west Africa. Part 2 analyzed current perceptions on child trafficking as a child labor or…
(1993). Ethnic Minorities and Migrant Communities. Report on the Round Table and Satellite Meetings. International Congress on AIDS (9th, Berlin, Germany, June 6-11, 1993). The Naz Foundation sponsors a project on HIV and AIDS education, prevention, and support among South Asian, Turkish, Irani, and Arab communities in Europe. As immigrants, ethnic minorities, and refugees, these people are not isolated from the societies in which they live, and are just as vulnerable as any other community to AIDS. A conference on AIDS in Berlin (Germany) in 1993 featured a roundtable on AIDS education and prevention among these minority groups. The roundtable opened with a discussion of the necessity for health education for immigrant and refugee peoples, and a call for culturally and linguistically appropriate services, including education. Defining the age groups to be targeted and the venues for education is a major concern for these ethnic communities. Five papers provide viewpoints about responses to AIDS in these minority groups: (1) "The Human Right of Movement and Asylum and Persons with HIV/AIDS" (Fernando Chang-Muy); (2) "Empowerment of… [PDF]
(1987). Papers and Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Midwest History of Education Society (22nd, Chicago, Illinois, October 24-25, 1986). Journal of the Midwest History of Education Society, v15. Presented in seven parts, titles in part 1 of these conference papers are: "The Uses of Educational History" (Eisele); "The Modern Assault on Public Schools" (Romanish); and "Human Rights and Education" (Padavil). In part 2, the paper titles are: "Jane Addams' Hull-House" (Colky); "Educational Policy and Conflict in the Chicago Schools" (Smith), and "Working for Cincinnati's Public Schools, 1830-1900" (Bertaux). Part 3 titles are: "The Latin Question" (Everett) and "Mother Theodore Guerin and the Education of Sister-Teachers, 1840-1856" (Scatena). Part 4 titles are: "Education for the Poor in Nineteenth Century Italy and Spain" (Wolf); "Modern Education and Social Change in the State of Kerala, India" (Thottupuram); and "The Memorandum of 1839" (Reagan). Part 5 "Schools for Scandal" (Perko) examines the Roman Catholic criticism of public schools from 1900 to 1940….
(1977). Skills for Ethical Action: A Rationale. This paper presents an overview of the philosophical/historical background of moral education in the United States and describes an instructional program developed to teach junior high school students a behavioral strategy for acting ethically. Entitled "Skills for Ethical Action," (SEA), this program was devised in the 1970's to help meet public demand for moral instruction in the public schools. Public interest in moral development in American society stems from the 17th century, when the Company of Massachusetts Bay passed an act which ordered every town to appoint a person to teach children to read and write so they could interpret the Bible and defend themselves from false representations of their Protestant faith. Education in the moral domain has continued to be important in the schools, although the Protestant based value system has gradually given way to non-religious democratic values such as freedom, equality, justice, and respect for human rights. Various… [PDF]
(2004). Adult Literacy Then and Now: An ALO's Perspective. Adult Learner: The Irish Journal of Adult and Community Education, p78-84. It would be easy to forget at this point, given that Adult Literacy has attained a status and respectability within the Adult Education sector previously undreamt of, that it was once a movement, campaigning on a platform of human rights. This article discusses adult literacy's past and present from the perspective of the Adult Literacy Organisers. It describes the roles of the National Adult Literacy Agency (NALA) and the ALO in the adult literacy sector. The development of the ALO network in 1996 gave a much needed lifeline of networking and communications to organisers, affording them an opportunity to exchange ideas, communicate information, and disseminate models of good practice. The Adult Literacy Organisers Association (ALOA) at the national level provides a voice for organisers through the networks structure and ensures that issues and ideas at grassroots level are communicated upwards and at the very least receive a hearing on DES committees in areas affecting basic… [PDF] [Direct]
(1990). Educating for Social Responsibility. The ESR Journal. ESR Journal, p1-121. Dedicated to Seth Kreisberg, this document is the first journal issue of the Educators for Social Responsibility (ESR). It begins with "The Real Ropes Course: The Development of Social Consciousness" (Shelley Berman). The other articles are presented in five sections. The first section, "Our Relationship to Society," contains: (1) "What Should Schools Teach and Students Learn?" (Vito Perrone); (2) "Is Education for Social Responsibility Anathemic to American Culture? (The answer should be no, but is it?)" (Milton Kleg); and (3) "An Inclusive Reality" (Michael Hartoonian). The second section is "Understanding our Interdependence" and contains three articles: (1) "Conflict Resolutionland: A Round-Trip Tour" (William J. Kreidler); (2) "A New Way of Fighting: Resolving Conflict Creatively" (Linda Lantieri; Tom Roderick); and (3) "Reflections on Conflict Management as an Empowering Process for…
(1998). Gender in Early Childhood. The construction of gender is a systematic process that begins at birth and is continually shaped, molded, and reshaped throughout life. This book examines practices with young children with respect to the construction of gender and the expectations of society, schools, and families. The book is organized into two parts. The first part considers the family, community, and society as contexts for developing notions about gender. The second part of the book examines the role of schools in relation to the construction of gender and the expectations that are placed on students based on the gender group to which they have been assigned. An introductory chapter, \Blurring the Edges\ (Yelland and Grieshaber), discusses gender-related issues and provides an overview of the book. Part I,\Family, Community, and Society,\ contains the following chapters: (1) \Constructing the Gendered Infant\ (Grieshaber); (2) \Boys and Girls with Disabilities: Maternal Expectations of Gender Behaviour and…
(2005). Reducing HIV/AIDS Vulnerability among Students in the School Setting: A Teacher Training Manual. UNESCO Bangkok Many teaching-learning materials on HIV/AIDS have been produced by government and non-governmental organizations since 1985. But there is a need to develop strategies and methods that train teachers and educators in delivering these materials to students. This manual is part of the project Strengthening and Expanding the Provision of HIV/AIDS Life Skills and Prevention Education in Pre-service Teacher Training Colleges in 12 Asian Countries, supported Japanese Funds-in-Trust. The manual aims to train teacher educators in HIV/AIDS prevention and care. There are six objectives: (1) to help teachers analyze basic information, core messages, values and practices relating to HIV/AIDS prevention education; (2) to provide guidance to prepare teaching-learning plans, develop material and devise assessment tools; (3) to cultivate a caring and supportive attitude towards people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA); (4) to integrate HIV/AIDS prevention education in teacher training colleges; (5) to… [PDF]
(2001). Elementary Lessons from Indiana's Underground Railroad Institute (July 22-27, 2001). The Geography Educators' Network of Indiana's 2001 Exploring and Teaching Institute led 23 educators from around the state on a six day traveling adventure. Participants explored art, literature/folklore, historical sites and archives, physical environments, architecture, economics, politics, and cultures associated with the Underground Railroad and Indiana. The Institute traveled from Kentucky to various sites in Indiana, Michigan, and Ontario, Canada. Each participant created thematic lesson materials linked to Indiana and national social studies and history standards. This booklet features 16 of those lessons: (1) "The Civil War through the Eyes of Hoosier Women Sarah Bush Jefferson Lincoln" (C. Crump); (2) "Creating an Abolitionist Newspaper" (M. Groesch); (3) "Heroes and Heroines of the Underground Railroad System (UGRR) (S. Simpson); (4) "Hiddin' Out" (J. Ensley); (5) "History through Picture Books and Photographs" (M.P. Alexander);… [PDF]
(2001). CNN Newsroom Classroom Guides, May 2001. These classroom guides, designed to accompany the daily CNN (Cable News Network) Newsroom broadcasts for the month of May 2001, provide program rundowns, suggestions for class activities and discussion, student handouts, and a list of related news terms. Top stories include: President Bush will announce his plans for a missile defense system, President Bush vows to go forward with a national missile defense system, the science of genetics holds limitless possibilities and ethical concerns for the future of humanity (special series), and British Prime Minister Tony Blair announces that the government has foot-and-mouth disease under control (May 1-4); Dennis Tito returns from space, a nursing shortage is sweeping the United States, Vice President Cheney outlines Bush's long-term energy plan, the latest in anti-terrorism products are on display in Virginia, and the U.S. Senate passes a non-binding budget resolution (May 7-11); the FBI blames an outdated computer system for its failure…
(2019). The Employee Resourcing of Human Resources Management: A Comparative Aspect. Comparative Professional Pedagogy, v9 n3 p1-7 Sep. The article analyzes the requirements for employee resourcing of human recourses management in the countries of Western, Central and Eastern Europe and the USA. It is found that the set of documents which create the regulatory, methodological and legal support for the functioning of human resources management as a system is incorporated into the regulatory framework of human resources management. In turn, the regulatory and methodological support of the human resources management system is a set of organizational, organizational and methodological, organizational and managerial, technical, regulatory and technical, technical and economic and economic documents, as well as reference documents, which establish norms, rules, requirements, characteristics, methods and other data used in organizing workplace and human resources management and are approved in due course by the competent authority or the leadership of the company. The employee resourcing of the human resources management… [Direct]
(2023). Post-COVID Lockdown Assessment of Blended Learning Approach for Distance Education in Ghana: Implications for Human Resource Managers and Curriculum Implementers. Education and Information Technologies, v28 n7 p7955-7973 Jul. This study assessed the blended learning approach for distance education and its implications for human resource managers and curriculum implementers. The study used the descriptive survey design from the quantitative approach. A sample of 552 was drawn from a study population of 2208 postgraduate students pursuing their distance programme countrywide with public universities. Data was collected with a self-developed questionnaire and was analysed with Partial Least Square Structural Equation Modelling (PLS-SEM). It was found that there was a significant relationship between challenges with face-to-face and the usefulness of face-to-face, challenges with online learning intention and the usefulness of online intention (decision to continue or discontinue with online learning as against the traditional face-to-face mode). Also, there was a significant relationship between the challenges of online intentions and the usefulness of online learning; the usefulness of face-to-face and… [Direct]
(2022). "Hacer el hombre m√°s hombre": Fundamental Education, Deficit Perspectives, Gender, and Indigenous Survivance in Central Mexico. Comparative Education Review, v66 n3 p484-507 Aug. Under UNESCOs global mission, fundamental education became an essential tool for development that was praised for promoting peace and improving the human condition. The Centro de Cooperaci√≥n Regional para la Educaci√≥n de Adultos en Am√©rica Latina y el Caribe (CREFAL) hosted educators from throughout the Americas in P√°tzcuaro, Michoac√°n, to study and intervene through fundamental education programs in local Indigenous communities to implement agricultural, hygienic, arts, civic, and adult literacy projects. In this article, we rethink how fundamental education projects in the 1960s often viewed Indigenous communities in deficit and were implemented as "experimental" interventions with mixed goals. We situate this work within a decolonizing healing framework (Smith 2001) to re-write and re-right the: (1) generalized success of the fundamental education project documented in the CREFAL archives about Nocutzepo and (2) highlight the voices and counter-stories of Indigenous… [Direct]
(2022). Classical Education and Darwinism: Tadeusz Zielinski's Attempt at Reconciliation. History of Education, v51 n5 p611-630. Written by a Polish-Russian scholar Tadeusz Zielinski, "Our Debt to Antiquity" (1903) was a successful attempt to combat the prejudiced view that classical education resists progress. Zielinski argued that Darwinian laws manifest themselves in his discipline in three aspects: (1) in the emergence of Greek and Latin languages as a result of the selection of word-forms and expressions that testify to certain features of national character; (2) in the persistence of classical education across many centuries as the 'fittest' educational system; (3) in the selection of schoolchildren for national elites. Although Zielinski's application of Darwinian laws of selection to human society may appear reactionary to a modern reader, this article argues that in doing so he defends classical education both from the left-wing populists and from attempts at abuse from the right. Moreover, his thoughts prompt modern scholars to reflect on the real presence of Social Darwinism in our present… [Direct]
(2018). Confidentiality for Students with Disabilities: Liability Cases. Exceptionality, v26 n4 p209-217. After an introductory legal framework based on the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act, this article canvasses the court decisions concerning liability for disclosures of confidential information about students with disabilities. The relatively few court decisions illustrate the wide variety of disclosures, including (a) those to the media, other students, and private providers; (b) the range of federal and state bases, such as Section 1983 civil rights claims based on the constitutional right to privacy; and (c) the judicial outcomes of these claims, which have been strongly skewed in favor of the school side, especially for the institutional rather than individual defendants. Yet, other compelling interests, including the need for educational environment that values human dignity and psychological safety, merit higher consideration in terms of prudent professional policies and practices…. [Direct]