(2009). Writing a Successful Fulbright Group Projects Abroad Grant: Voices from a Journey to South Africa. Journal of Geography, v108 n4-5 p155-162. The authors share a successful Fulbright Group Projects Abroad grant award. The purpose of the grant was to enhance American educators' experience and knowledge of South Africa, in particular, and sub-Saharan Africa more generally. Toward that end, participants experienced a multifaceted view of South Africa's geographical diversity, both physical and cultural, through visiting three provinces and four major cities. Participants experienced people and places associated with reconciliation, segregation, and creolization, making comparisons with the U.S. historical experience. The program required participants to attend an orientation, participate in predeparture readings and to develop curriculum units that were shared at a national conference. (Contains 1 figure.)… [Direct]
(2012). U.S. Department of Education FY 2012 Agency Financial Report. Office of the Chief Financial Officer, US Department of Education The United States Department of Education's (the Department's) "Agency Financial Report" (AFR) for fiscal year (FY) 2012 provides an overview of the Department's financial performance and results and detailed information about the Department's stewardship over the financial resources entrusted to it. Additionally, as required by the Office of Management and Budget's Circulars A-11 and A-136, the report provides information about the Department's performance as an organization, its accomplishments and initiatives, and challenges. The AFR is organized into three major sections: (1) The Management's Discussion and Analysis section provides executive-level information on the Department's history, mission, organization, key activities, analysis of financial statements, systems, controls and legal compliance, accomplishments for the fiscal year, and management and performance challenges facing the Department; (2) The Financial Details section provides a Message from the Chief… [PDF]
(1992). Teaching about Genocide. A Guidebook for College and University Teachers: Critical Essays, Syllabi, and Assignments. This guidebook is an outgrowth of a 1991 conference on \Teaching about Genocide on the College Level.\ The book is designed as an introduction to the subject of genocide to encourage more teachers to develop new courses and/or integrate aspects of the history of genocide into the curriculum. The book is divided into two parts. Part 1, \Assumptions and Issues,\ contains the essays: (1) \The Uniqueness and Universality of the Holocaust\ (Michael Berenbaum); (2) \Teaching about Genocide in an Age of Genocide\ (Helen Fein); (3) \Presuppositions and Issues about Genocide\ (Frank Chalk); and (4) \Moral Education and Teaching\ (Mary Johnson). Part 2, \Course Syllabi and Assignments,\ contains materials on selected subject areas, such as anthropology, history, history/sociology, literature, political science, psychology, and sociology. Materials include: \Teaching about Genocide\ (Joyce Freedman-Apsel); (2) \Destruction and Survival of Indigenous Societies\ (Hilda Kuper); (3) \Genocide in… [PDF]
(1974). Changes in Due Process of Law. Social Work, 19, 3, 319-324, May 74. Changes in applying due process have ended the hands off policy of the courts regarding human service programs. These changes have important implications for social workers, whose actions may risk court involvement if practices are arbitrary. (Author)…
(2007). Cultivating Citizenship: Paradox and Possibility in a Multicultural Society. Education, Knowledge & Economy: A Journal for Education and Social Enterprise, v1 n2 p211-228 Jun. This paper re-conceptualizes the relationship between the citizens and the state in view of praxes, dilemmas and contradictions found in modern multicultural societies. The new concept of citizenship is construed through a joint project for the state and human service professionals designated as organic intellectuals within a Gramscian framework in cultivating citizenship in a multicultural society. Citizenship is possible if it is to be pursued as rationality and ideology by state efforts, citizenship education through practice and a civic culture created through reflective professionalism. As differences are no longer found threatening or threatened, a sense of common citizenship can help enhance the capacity of individuals, social groups and society as a whole to meet challenges posed by globalization in enhancing human welfare and social justice within and across the boundaries of modern states…. [Direct]
(1970). Teaching About the Negro's Struggle for Social Equality in Integrated Classrooms. Soc Stud, 61, 1, 29-34, Jan '70. Authors list commonly held beliefs influencing the current crisis in race relations and offer suggestions on teaching about them. 32-item bibliography of resource materials. (DB)…
(2006). Terri Schiavo: A Disability Rights Case. Death Studies, v30 n2 p163-176 Mar. The author argues that Terri Schiavo was a \person with a disability\ who faced disability discrimination, a view that is consistent with national disability rights groups. The author notes that Schiavo was not \terminally ill\ and that feeding tubes should not be considered \medical equipment.\ The belief that people with severe disabilities want to die is questioned, since many people who acquire severe disabilities change their minds about suicide, and implications for advance directives are explored. Finally, the author notes that although Terri Schiavo was a disabled woman, women's groups did not take up her cause…. [Direct]
(1992). Citizenship Rights Training Manual. The goal of this training manual is to encourage citizenship training for individuals with developmental disabilities when such training is indicated. It is intended to be used by interdisciplinary teams and trainers throughout the service delivery system. The manual begins by outlining a philosophy of service delivery, listing some of the basic rights of developmentally disabled individuals, and presenting guidelines regarding types of training and the roles of individuals, service providers, families and legal representatives in the training process. Much of the manual is devoted to materials that are intended to guide trainers in presenting information over a broad range of citizenship topics. Each topic area addresses the responsibilities that accompany it. Issues within the following topic areas are addressed: safety, speech, religion, government, association, privacy, education, employment, personal possessions, self-management, legal, health, and community. A list of… [PDF]
(1974). Going the Second Mile. One Way of Looking at It. Phi Delta Kappan, 56, 3, 220-221, Nov 74. Desegregation, still in process, constituted the first mile. Now desegregation is making few major gains. Through the approaches of \community study, democratic atmosphere, curriculum permeation, and group dynamics,\ joined by the current emphasis on the \direct experience\ approach, perhaps the second mile can be traveled to achieve integration. (Author)…
(1969). Human Dignity: Challenge and Response. J Nat Assn Wom Deans Counselors, 32, 3, 141-43, 69 Spr. …
(1978). Thinking about Education with a Strict Typology of Rights. Educational Theory, v28 n3 p165-74 Sum. The nature of personal rights and how such rights apply to an individual's right to learn are analyzed in the light of the obligations of the education system to that individual. (JD)…
(1972). Leadership and Race Relations and the Military. Contact (New York), 3, 8, 59-63, Jul 72. …
(2006). Working Together for Preparedness. Exceptional Parent, v36 n12 p36, 38 Dec. This article presents an interview with Daniel W. Sutherland, Officer for Civil Rights & Civil Liberties, Department of Homeland Security, to discuss some of the Department's future goals related to emergency preparedness for people with special needs and to find out how citizens can help in that quest. This article also focuses on topics such as: the policy to ensure the dignity of people with special needs, especially those that may have communication deficits; the goals regarding emergency management aiming for improvement; encouraging families of people with special health care needs to prepare for post disaster recovery; and the lessons learned from September 11th and Hurricane Katrina…. [Direct]
(1984). Legislation and Litigation Involving the Employment of Disabled Women: An Overview. Personnel and Guidance Journal, v62 n6 p346-49 Feb. Reviews literature dealing with current legislation, interpretive litigation, and court cases relevant to the employment of disabled women. Human service professionals must be aware of current issues in order to be advocates for disabled women seeking competitive employment and an improved quality of life. (JAC)…
(1976). Equal Programs or Carbon Copies? Title IX–Prospects and Problems. Journal of Physical Education and Recreation, 47, 5, 24-5, May 76. Intercollegiate athletics should focus on the individual participant in her primary role as a college student, not follow the men's model of "nothing counts but victory." (MM)…