(1987). Vie sociale I: Introduction aux droits et aux responsabilites des citoyens americains (Social Studies I: Introduction to the Rights and Responsibilities of American Citizens). The textbook for a social studies course on citizenship rights and responsibilities in the United States, presented entirely in French, consists of eight chapters. Each contains a preview of vocabularly and key ideas; a brief introductory text on the chapter topic; and a series of more specific texts, with illustrations, a list of questions for further research, comprehension and skill exercises, and a chapter summary. Chapter topics include: the reasons for citizenship education; the living planet; the social nature of human beings; the ways in which culture influences people; the ways in which people influence their culture; exploration of other cultures; the confluence of many cultures in the United States; and life in a pluralistic society. A glossary and maps of the United States and the world are appended. (MSE)…
(1991). Education and Training of the Labour Force in the EFTA Countries. Report Prepared to the Seminar "New Challenges in the Education and Training of the European Workforce" (Stockholm, Sweden, June 13-14, 1990). This report reviews adult education policies within the European Free Trade Association (EFTA). It asserts that human resources and their impact on the economy depend on the kind of education and training the labor force receives. The main features of governance and finance, participation patterns, and present concerns are discussed. An appendix comprising the bulk of the document includes information on the following countries: (1) Austria; (2) Finland; (3) Iceland; (4) Norway; (5) Sweden; and (6) Switzerland. A summary of all EFTA countries and each separate country report contain the following sections: (1) laws, rules, and conventions; (2) training leave and the right to train; (3) who is trained; (4) the cost of vocational training; (5) financing of vocational training; (6) types of vocational training; and (7) training of the unemployed. (NLA)…
(1983). Screening Educational Equity: A Filmography. Films, filmstrips, and videotape cassettes portraying a variety of multicultural experiences are listed in this catalog. All are educationally appropriate for use in the classroom and/or for staff development. Each entry in the alphabetical listing contains the length of the item, the date it was made, the target audience, and a brief description of the contents, as well as information on purchase and rental. Following the alphabetical listing, a subject index lists titles under the following: career education, civil rights movement, employment and affirmative action, gifted and talented, hate and violence, math and science, multicultural education/human relations, racism/prejudice, role models, and staff development. Instructions on how to borrow a film, filmstrip, or cassette from the Mid-Atlantic Center for Race Equity are provided at the back of the catalog. (CMG)… [PDF]
(1980). Proceedings of a Symposium: Education and Contemporary America (Boise, Idaho, October 9-11, 1980). Papers presented at this symposium were on the following topics: (1) the role of education in clarifying the relation of the individual to the state and the basic meaning of citizenship; (2) the mythologies of college teaching; (3) the movement of education from elitism to educational populism; (4) how empathy, morality, and altruism affect college teaching; (5) the crisis in higher education; (6) the Marxist view of human nature and its implications for education; (7) developing educational quality in a university; (8) the nature of man, his social responsibility, and relation to God; (9) employing the role of the public school superintendency in the prediction of educational trends; (10) education and economics in the 1980's; (11) education for the elderly; (12) children's rights, values, and moral development; and (13) humanism in the classroom. (JD)…
(1977). Guided Enrichment of Institutionalized Deliquents through Interest-Based Library Materials. George Junior Republic, Grove City, Pennsylvania. The project described was undertaken at a private residential juvenile treatment center for boys 10 to 18 years old to present programs that would motivate reading and stimulate interest in human interrelationships. Staff sensitivity sessions, selection of current interest paperback books and magazines, and construction of storage units within each of the eight cottages were followed by activities that included group discussions on topics of interest led by library staff in individual cottages, presentation of a discussion on legal rights for all residents, a daytime lecture series during the summer months, and the setting up of a central room for the display and use of current interest library materials. Program evaluation indicated that reading scores improved for participants in the program and that staff members heartily accepted the program, as did the institution's residents. (MBR)… [PDF]
(1973). Will the Woman Administrator Make a Difference?. Although many studies have shown women administrators to be as able in positions of leadership as men, women are found less and less in public school administration. Many reasons are given to account for this situation — largely myths grounded in a value system operationalized through the economic institutions. Albeit, larger numbers of women than ever are present in the work force both because of the continuous influx of married women and a rise in the number of female heads of households. Women should be more aggressive in pursuing their rights to fill administrative positions for which their education and experience fit them. They should bring to those jobs the sensitivity necessary for effective human and personal relations and should design and implement governance models that give every role incumbent some input into decisionmaking. (Author/WM)… [PDF]
(1992). After Jomtien: Is Education for All on the Right Track?. UNESCO Sources, n41 Oct. This issue contains a variety of articles related to international events and concerns. The focus article is entitled "Is Education For All on the Right Track?" and examines what has – and has not – happened since the 1990 World Conference on Education for All in Jomtien, Thailand. The assessment compares the goals of the conference with new approaches to their achievement with the efforts and accomplishments of individuals, countries, and the international community, especially in expanding access and opportunities for girls and women. Other articles related to the "Planet" section include: (1) "Environment: A User-Friendly Forest"; (2) "Communication: Africa's Communicators"; (3) "Education: The Language of Learning"; and (4) "Social and Human Science: Youth in Action." (EH)… [PDF]
(1999). The Growing Gap between the Information Rich and the Information Poor, Both within Countries and between Countries–A Composite Policy Paper. The International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) Social Responsibilities Discussion Group was officially established in December 1997 to address the role of libraries in society. The group is initially concentrating on the following themes: equality of access to library collections and facilities; the growing gap between library rich and poor both within and between countries; and the "right to know." This policy paper was developed from six discussion papers prepared for the 1998 IFLA meeting. The themes of the discussion papers were: (1) rural library development; (2) literacy in libraries; (3) fees for library services; (4) human resource development; (5) the electronic information gap; and (6) north-south library cooperation. Comments on the profession, library associations, and IFLA structure are also included. (Contains 45 references.) (MES)… [PDF]
(2005). A Positive Reply to Constructive Criticism. Action, Criticism, and Theory for Music Education, v4 n1 p1-10 Mar. In this essay, Kilpinen responds to Terry Gates, Scott Goble, and Pentti Maattanen, who have provided reviews of his dissertation book \The Enormous Fly-Wheel of Society.\ As the reviewers noted, the book attempts to make two points simultaneously, and it may be that this made its argument hard to follow. The first point, that thorough knowledge about pragmatist philosophy is a \conditio sine qua non\ for the right appreciation of what is the enduring part of early American sociology, led to Kilpenen's sociological interpretation of the \pragmatist theory of action.\ Furthermore–and this is the second thesis of the book–the pragmatist interpretation of human action is not just one option among many for scholars to choose from, but, in Kilpenen's opinion, is the most viable at the moment. (Contains 2 footnotes.)… [PDF]
(2024). All Labor Has Dignity: An Inquiry into the Memphis Sanitation Strike. Social Studies and the Young Learner, v36 n3 p17-24. The complexities of the civil rights movement are rarely presented in elementary social studies. Year after year, students repeat the same decontextualized "I Have a Dream" crafts and assignments, tasks that do little to help students understand the country's history of racism or the racial dynamics of today. Instead of perpetuating the myth that a select handful of heroic figures made change on their own, educators should situate these figures within collective struggles for justice and interrogate what these figures stood for and stood against. In this article, the author contends that teachers can challenge the oversimplified narrative of Martin Luther King Jr. typically taught in elementary schools through an inquiry into the Memphis Sanitation Strike. Designed for students in grades 3-5, this inquiry includes children's literature and a four-part primary source investigation following the C3 inquiry arc…. [Direct]
(2006). Vocational and Technical Education Reform in Turkey. International Journal of Educational Reform, v15 n4 p465-492 Fall. Turkey is a country where individual rights and freedom of people are improving. It is known that a free market economy is in its infancy. There is a strong relationship between developed human resources and the production sector. In this sense, vocational and technical education is very important. It cannot be said that the efforts for development of vocational-technical education in Turkey meet the expectations. This article aims to present the historical process of vocational and technical education in Turkey to show the existing situation and problems and to suggest solutions by presenting the reform activities and the implemented projects. For this purpose, the historical process of vocational and technical education has been examined, and in view of the existing numerical data, the problems have been discussed. In this context, one of the issues discussed in this article is to what extent the Strengthening the Vocational Education and Training System in Turkey (SVET) and… [Direct]
(1986). Native American Children, Youth, and Families. Part 1. Hearing before the Select Committee on Children, Youth, and Families. House of Representatives, Ninety-Ninth Congress, Second Session (Seattle, WA, January 7, 1986). The House Select Committee met to receive testimony from representatives of Northwest tribes about conditions affecting Native American children and their families. Eloise King of Colville Confederated Tribes (Washington) summarizes a wide range of human needs and recommends that Congress make funding available directly to tribes. John Navarro and Donna Olson discuss employment needs and opportunities including the Tribal Employment Rights Officers (TERO) ordinance. Lynne Walks-on-Top views economic and social problems facing the Spokane Tribe. Jeannette Whitfield of the Coeur D'Alene Tribe discusses the impact of the Indian Child Welfare Act. Marie and Diane Starr describe the Muckleshoot Youth Home (Washington) and other human service programs. Cheryl Henderson Peters and Lucy Shaffer-Peterson describe the Skokomish Sexual Abuse Prevention and Treatment Program. Marilyn Bentz of the American Indian Study Center focuses on urban Indians and the federal-Indian relationship. William… [PDF]
(1983). Approaches to Combining Quantitative and Qualitative Social Support Research. Social scientists tend to adopt either a qualitative or a quantitative perspective in research on social support. As single methods, each perspective has unique distinctions, limitations, and trade-offs. These approaches are based on differing epistemological assumptions. Qualitative research attempts to understand human behavior from the perspective of the respondent. Quantitative research attempts to understand human behavior from a generalized cause and effect perspective. The former method tends to sacrifice breadth for depth, while the latter sacrifices individuality for an explanation of the larger social phenomena. A research continuum which moves from qualitative/quantitative to quantitative/qualitative would balance the two methods. At the far left of the continuum (qualitative/quantitative), the research mode would be called exploring the parameters. The far right of the continuum (quantitative/qualitative) would be called suggesting interpretations. The third research…
(1995). Workforce Issues Facing HRD. These four papers are from a symposium facilitated by Eugene Andette on work force issues facing human resources development (HRD) at the 1995 Academy of Human Resource Development conference. \Meaning Construction and Personal Transformation: Alternative Dimensions of Job Loss\ (Terri A. Deems) reports a study conducted to explore the ways persons reconstruct their job loss experiences over time and how this construction manifests itself in terms of self-knowledge and change. \Earning a Living or Building a Life? Reinterpreting the Meaning of Work in the Practice of Workplace Education\ (John M. Dirkx) explores the meaning of work as \right livelihood\ and the implications of the idea that people live to work holds for workplace education. \An Examination of HRD Practitioners' Reasoning Regarding Ethical Dilemmas\ (Kimberly S. McDonald) used focus group discussions to determine how HRD practitioners resolve ethical dilemmas; results indicated that the major factors influencing…
(1997). English-Only and ESL Literacy in the Workplace: A Review of the Literature. A study investigated "English-only" policies as they relate to workplace literacy and language use. Literature in four areas is examined and integrated: (1) court cases resulting from English-only policies of several companies; (2) requirements of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission guidelines for its interpretation; (3) workplace English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) literacy programs; and (4) human resource development literature that reports and interprets development relating to English-only for human resource professionals. It is concluded that a primary justification offered by companies for their English-only policies is the belief that American monolingual speakers of English experience negative feelings when they hear a foreign language, a testable hypothesis worthy of further research. If this claim could be substantiated, it would have important implications for future workplace ESL literacy programs, which… [PDF]