(1984). Human Rights and Foreign Policy. USA Today, v112 n2464 p17-20 Jan. United States foreign policy should serve moral goals. The U.S. identity is inextricably involved with the Constitution and with the ethos expressed by and through it. Moral purpose is, therefore, indissolubly involved with our conception of national identity. (RM)…
(1974). Human Rights: An Unfinished Business. Counseling and Values, 18, 3, 146-153, 74. Discusses problems facing U.S. today, focusing particularily on those of minority groups. Proposes some general changes in the areas of education, housing and employment. (HMV)…
(1969). Human Rights and Canadian Federalism. Phylon, 30, 4, 398-412, 69 W. …
(2002). Ethics, Ideals and Ideologies in the History of Adult Education. Studies in Pedagogy, Andragogy, and Gerontagogy. This book, which focuses on how personality, societal values and politics have influenced the mission of adult education, contains 34 papers originally presented at a 2000 conference on the history of adult education. Following a Foreword (Poggeler) and Preface (Nemeth) the papers are: "The Globalization of Adult Education and the One World Concept: Aspects of Their History, Present and Future" (Poggeler); "Adult Education in a Voluntary Social Movement: the Education Work of the British Anti-Apartheid Movement, 1959-94" (Fieldhouse); "Adult Education and Cooperation: The History of a Dutch Walden" (van Gent); "Questions of Value in Adult Education: A Theoretical-Scientific and Methodological Challenge in the History of Adult Education" (Theile); "Influence of Ideas and Institutions on the Culture and Adult Education in Hungary" (Felkai); "The Changes Of Folk ANF Worker's Universities in Slowenia Between 1945-1991" (Jug);…
(2010). Intercultural Education: Proceedings of the 2nd International Scientific Conference=Obrazovanje za interkulturalizam: Zbornik radova S.2 Medunarodne znanstvene konferencije. Online Submission The democratic changes that occurred in Croatia within last two decades are oriented towards European values and multi-intercultural perspectives. Let us remember that, according to the census from 1991, Croatia was inhabited with people from 27 nations, with Croats being a majority. During the Homeland war, basically a defensive war against the Serbo-Montenegrian forces, and especially after the war, the demographics changed. War consequences were especially severe for the young population. Official data from 1992 show that, out of 496,000 pupils, many were forced to leave their homes. Among registered refugees in Croatia, 20% were preschool children, and 35% were primary and secondary school pupils. In today's Croatia there are many members of other nations, all of whom have their distinctive national, religious and cultural characteristics. According to the aforementioned facts, Croatia has an obligation to develop fruitful relations, based on democratic principles, between major… [PDF]
(2016). The Supervision Partnership as a Phase of Attachment. Journal of Early Adolescence, v36 n7 p961-988 Oct. The supervision partnership in middle childhood was proposed by Waters, Kondo-Ikemura, Posada, and Richters as the last phase of parent-child attachment. The present study elaborates this concept by proposing three components of the supervision partnership: "availability and accessibility," "willingness to communicate," and "mutual recognition of the other's rights." Using data from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development (n = 1,050), we derived indices of the three components and related them to other attachment assessments and to maternal sensitivity. The three components of the supervision partnership were significantly related to one another, to attachment measured in preschool and adolescence, and to maternal sensitivity measured in middle childhood. The findings lend initial support to the proposal that the supervision partnership may more fully capture the secure base… [Direct]
(2016). New Rules: Policies to Strengthen and Scale the Game Changers. Complete College America Higher education often operates under old rules — rules that continue despite an increasingly diverse student population and improved understanding of human behavior and choice. Under these old rules, fewer than half of students graduate on time, if at all, and troubling equity gaps exist based on income, race, and ethnicity. It is time for new rules — rules designed for big change, not marginal improvement. This resource will help policymakers: (1) Set the conditions for change using money and metrics to improve college outcomes; and (2) Scale and strengthen the Game Changer strategies with tools designed to help policymakers: Listen — Understand the context, know the key facts, and ask the right questions; and Lead — Enact model policies using the detailed policy language, talking points, expected questions, and other advice Complete College America (CCA) provides. Sections include: (1) Policy and Pitfalls; (2) Money and Metrics; (3) 15 to Finish; (4) Corequisite Remediation;… [PDF]
(2016). "My Great Hope in Life Is to Have a House, a Family and a Daughter": Relationships and Sexuality in Intellectually Disabled People. British Journal of Learning Disabilities, v44 n1 p56-62 Mar. This study starts from the premise that we are sexual beings, and therefore, sexuality is part of our lives and defines us as human beings. This is also true with regard to intellectually disabled people. Within the framework of broader qualitative research carried out in Spain, some partial results of an ongoing study aimed at finding out what a group of adults see as important in different areas of their lives are presented here. Through the personal narratives of 16 intellectually disabled people, this paper explores some of their ideas and demands about sexuality and their sexual lives. Most of the people interviewed expressed their desire to have a partner and to live as a couple. There is no doubt that many intellectually disabled people have greater control over their lives and the decisions that affect them, but as they tell us, the presence of old ideas can hinder them from securing their fundamental rights…. [Direct]
(2017). Individualized Sex Equality in Transforming Finnish Academia. European Educational Research Journal, v16 n2-3 p258-276 May. This article examines the equality agenda in the context of Finnish university reform in the 21st century. In Finland, the academic regime went through an organizational transformation after the Universities Act in 2009. However, little attention has been paid to the questions of sex or equality. Since the policy influences on equality in education and work are increasingly transnational, this article also observes the role of gender mainstreaming in universities' equality agenda. The appearance of sex equality is analysed through a variety of documentary materials. The findings indicate the balance between higher educational demands and tightening requirements on equality promotion. Equality work, as a part of human resources, is seen through legislation and provides common good and market advantages. The aims seek to ensure similar treatment between individuals and case-specific anti-discrimination, separating spheres of academic work and private life. The focus is on subjective… [Direct]
(2019). On the Ethics of Open-Mindedness in the Age of Trump. Educational Theory, v69 n4 p455-472 Aug. Is it always ethical to ask a person to be "open-minded" in volatile political contexts? What might open-mindedness entail and when might such an expectation be harmful? Drawing on observations and interviews related to a controversial dialogue that occurred in Charlottesville, Virginia, following the violent Unite the Right rally of August 2017, Rachel Wahl argues, first, that whether we might consider someone "open-minded" has little to do with their participation in processes that formally affirm and even genuinely aim for this virtue. Second, the division between people who view civil dialogue as the key to social progress and people who aver that direct resistance is what is called for is rooted in deeply different conceptions of the social world and what ails the nation. This divide is at once a response to the political moment and to the human condition, as it is a manifestation of an enduring tension between openness and commitment. Third, the disposition… [Direct]
(2007). Nobel Peace Laureate Muhammad Yunus: A Banker Who Believes Credit is a Human Right. Social Education, v71 n1 p9-14 Jan-Feb. The article profiles Nobel Peace Laureate Muhammad Yunus, founder of Grameen Bank (an independent financial institution in Bangladesh), as well as an economics professor at the University of Chittagong. In his birthplace of Bangladesh, 49.8 percent of people exist below the poverty line, and 73.2 percent of the women are categorized as "unpaid family workers." These individuals may not have the financial resources to adequately care for their children or the ability to contribute to household income and stability. Without adequate funds to meet daily needs, there is no opportunity to invest funds in long-term approaches for creating financial security. Yunus began what would become a worldwide phenomenon known as "micro-credit," lending small amounts of money to the poorest of individuals in order to help them achieve long-term financial security. Yunus sought to liberate these borrowers from "loan-sharks," who charged excessive interest, which kept the… [Direct]
(2014). Educational Relationships: Rousseau, Wollstonecraft and Social Justice. Journal of Philosophy of Education, v48 n2 p339-354 May. I consider educational relationships as found in Rousseau's "√âmile" (and elsewhere in his writing) and the critique of his views in Wollstonecraft's "A Vindication of the Rights of Women." Wollstonecraft's critique is a significant one, precisely because of her partial agreement with Rousseau. Like Rousseau, her concern is less to do with particular pedagogical techniques or even approaches, more to do with the full complexity of educational relationships. The educational relationships they consider include those between human beings now and in the future, between teacher and student(s), between students, and between human beings and the rest of the natural world, the more-than-human. Both Rousseau and Wollstonecraft wanted education to produce social justice in the future as well as being a benefit to young people in the present, but while he specified that future, she wanted to create the conditions in which future generations could construct it… [Direct]
(2015). Business Administration Students as Surrogates for IT Professionals: Summary of a Study. American Journal of Business Education, v8 n1 p1-6. The purpose of this paper is to report a summary of the results of a study which examined the appropriateness of using business school students as surrogates for IT professionals by comparing cognitive styles, physiological characteristics, and basic demographic data among the two groups. Cognitive style refers to the way individuals think, perceive and remember information. Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI), Kolb's Learning Style Inventory (LSI), and Human Information Processing Survey (HIPS) tests were used to examine cognitive style. Physiological characteristics examined include dichotic (different ear) listening and visual perception speed, both with laterality (right/leftness). This study identifies important differences between the students and IT professionals. The results have implications for both researchers and designers of future information systems…. [PDF]
(2021). Relationship between Mathematical Education and the Development of Creative Competencies of Students. European Journal of Contemporary Education, v10 n1 p89-102. Information and the information revolution have brought many changes to our lives. The most revolutionary is the unlimited access of most people to an incredible amount of information. Today we no longer must "keep important information and facts in our heads". With the right technology, we are always within reach. The new age also changes the nature of education. It is not necessary to remember the massive amounts of information. However, it is necessary to move the student to the position of a logical, creative subject that can effectively process, select and analyze the information obtained. As mathematics teachers, we believe that it is mathematical education that positively affects the development of student creativity. Also, the creative thinking of an individual opens the way for him to solve mathematical problems successfully. New technologies replace routine and stereotypical activities in many areas of life, not excluding mathematical activities. We believe that… [PDF]
(2008). Early Childhood Development Policy and Programming in India: Critical Issues and Directions for Paradigm Change. International Journal of Early Childhood, v40 n2 p65-83. The critical importance of the early childhood years and the rights perspective to human development has made policy and programming for early childhood development an imperative for every nation. In India, poverty, changing economic and social structures resulting in the breakdown of traditional coping mechanisms and family care systems, and the disparity between the rich and the poor place a large number of children "at risk". Early childhood interventions become a pre-requisite in such contexts to mitigate the effects of deprivation and disadvantage and improve life chances, particularly of children from underprivileged and marginalized environments. The present paper uses documentary analysis and literature review to trace the evolution of early childhood development policy and programming in India, describes changing perspectives in planning and, after a critical analyses of the situation of children and programming for children in the country, discusses paradigm… [Direct]