(1995). A District-Wide Multi-cultural High School Curriculum. This document contains a proposal for a district-wide multicultural high school curriculum for the Belleville Public Schools, Edison (New Jersey). The curriculum is designed to promote student bonding for peace and harmony by focusing on the total school environment and raising student, parent and staff consciousness about the many different cultures of the community and their contributions to society. It will help students develop positive self-esteem as students of different cultural backgrounds learn to understand and accept each other. The planned \culturally coherent multicultural curriculum\ is a diverse curriculum that is connected in visible and explicit ways to show a sense of compelling purpose in education. Enlisting public support is an integral feature of the curriculum development plan. Planned outcomes include student outcomes in learning, behavior, and skill areas. Learning activities will include a variety of approaches, including arts, role plays, multicultural… [PDF]
(2022). Significance and Restraint of Indigenous Knowledge Inclusion in Ethiopian Higher Education Curriculum: In Focus Gadaa System. Cogent Education, v9 n1 Article 2046241. The issues of indigenous knowledge (IK) inclusion in formal education have gotten academic debates recently. Some scholars argue that western education is responsible for IKs attrition. Others refute that IK enriches modern education. Ethiopia endows with varieties of IKs. Gadaa system is one of the Ethiopians IKs. The country counted more than a century since it adopted modern education. However, it has not included IK in the higher education curriculum. It needs the attention of scholars to explore the importance of IK inclusion in the education curriculum and encountered challenges. This study addresses the knowledge gaps regarding the significance and restraint of IK inclusion in the Ethiopian education curriculum focusing on the Gadaa system. The finding shows that the Gadaa IK system inclusion in curriculum integrates IK to formal education, explores Gadaa democratic governance and peaceful power transition, enriches youths' minds with IKs, and promotes peaceful co-existence…. [Direct]
(2022). Teaching Militant Humility against the Aggressions of a Neoliberal World. Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education, v43 n5 p686-701. This article develops a militant teaching humility regarding the foundational aggression and violence of a neoliberal worldview within late capitalism. Mainly the article shows how such aggressions and violence take shape as schooling the self-interested consumer within a school market. This article also shows how such self-interest understands education in terms of individualism, comparison, and competition, ultimately leading to the destruction of the social fabric of the common good of democracies. The teaching strategy identified highlights the humility and discipline needed to transform the aggression and violence of late capitalism into a non-violent but consistent strategy for democratization. The strategy developed in the article takes inspiration from Judith Butler, Jacques Ranci√®re and Thich Nhat Hanh, and exemplifies what democratization in education implies today. This article concludes with teaching understood as an ethical and political concern in being for the other,… [Direct]
(1989). Proceedings of the Annual Conference of the Canadian Association for the Study of Adult Education = Les actes du congres annuel de l'association canadienne pour l'etude de l'education des adultes (8th, Cornwall, Ontario, June 1-30, 1989). This proceedings contains 23 papers in French and the following 45 papers in English: "Arthur Lismer" (Barer-Stein); "Bootstrapping and Shoestringing to Academic Respectability" (Baskett); "Teaching by Teleconference" (Boak, Kirby); "Doing What Is Possible" (Butterwick); "Connections between Individual and World Peace" (Fallis et al.); "Federal Legislation and Adult Education" (Chaytor, Berard); "Adult Student Attrition at Post-Secondary Institutions" (Cleveland); "On Adult Education in Academia" (Collard, Collins); "Native Indian Adults in a University Academic and Support Program" (Conchelos); "Computer-Mediated Communication in Distance Education" (Conrad, Archer); "Gender Discrimination in Community Development" (Cruikshank); "Telecommunications and the Adult Learner" (Dillon); "Reaching the Adult Learner through Television" (Dillon, Ryan);…
(1999). Keeping the Peace in an Age of Conflict: Debating the U.S. Role. Public Policy Debate in the Classroom. Choices for the 21st Century Education Project. Revised Edition. [Student Guidebook and] Teacher's Resource Book. Since the end of the Cold War, the international community has been called upon with increasing frequency to intervene in the world's hot spots. The United States has taken up its share of responsibilities. U.S. military forces have bombed targets in Serbia, waded ashore in Haiti, patrolled cease-fire lines in Bosnia, skirmished over the skies of northern Iraq, and protected humanitarian agencies in Somalia. Meanwhile, U.S. diplomats are busier too. Few crises arise in the international arena without drawing in the United States. A new set of foreign policy questions has emerged that citizens have only just begun to consider. This unit thrusts students into this new foreign policy frontier. On the first day the unit opens with a discussion of the concepts featured in part one of the background reading. The second day focuses attention on the forces that shaped the international community's role in conflict resolution during the Cold War. The third and fourth days of the lesson plan…
(2023). Two Different Models of Pedagogy: Rethinking Teachers' Pedagogy Competency in Christian Religious Education. International Journal of Christianity & Education, v27 n2 p142-167 Jul. This research aimed to analyze the differences between two models of pedagogy. The research method used is content analysis. Results showed a significant difference between neoliberal pedagogy and the pedagogy of shalom. The aspects of difference were the purpose of Christian religious education (CRE), the content of CRE, the target of CRE, the method of CRE, the role of CRE teachers, and students' dispositions and competencies…. [Direct]
(2023). The Journeys of Non-Native English-Speaking Peace Officers in the United States: English Training and Job Readiness. ProQuest LLC, Ed.D. Dissertation, Alliant International University. This dissertation examines the linguistic and cultural difficulties faced by Non-Native English-speaking (NNES) peace officers in the United States, emphasizing English training and job preparedness. The research adopts an explanatory sequential mixed-method design, including quantitative and qualitative data collection and analysis. This study examined the challenges faced by the NNES officers, and emphasizing the importance of language competency and cultural competence for NNES officers. This study conducted an in-depth analysis of current research with specific attention to language difficulties, cultural difficulties, and the training of law enforcement officers. Based on a review of past studies, a theoretical framework was developed for understanding the linguistic and cultural obstacles NNES officers face. Self-administered questionnaires and an organized personal narrative outline was utilized for data collection. The study provides insights into NNES officers' language… [Direct]
(1995). Praxis III. Voices in Dialogue. The 27 chapters of this book provide presentations, conference transcripts, manuals, and reflections by organizers, coordinators, participants, students and staff of service-learning sociology and education courses at the University of Michigan. The chapters are: "What National and Community Service Mean for Higher Education" (Goodwin Liu); "Revolution in a Neighborhood" (Darin Day); "Students as Agents of Social Change" (Jennifer Bastress); "Promoting Peace in Detroit" (Clementine Barfield); "The Importance of Community Service" (Philip Power); "Building a Community of Change" (Helen Fox); "AIDS: The Challenge to Society" (Barbara F. Sloat); "Reflections on Community Service Learning in Landscape Architecture" (Robert E. Grese); "Community Organization for Health Education: Action, Reflection, and Learning" (Barbara A. Israel); "Community Service Learning in the Dental Hygiene…
(1994). Speaking His Mind. Five Years of Commentaries on Higher Education. This collection of speeches by Stephen Trachtenberg, President and Professor of Public Administration at the George Washington University in Washington, D.C., covers a wide variety of subjects important to higher education. Speeches include: "Reason and Heart Together" (remarks on the occasion of his inauguration as President of the George Washington University, April 16, 1989); "Libraries Are the Foundation on Which Universities Stand" (remarks at a meeting of the Virginia State Library Association, November 18, 1989); "A Cause Called Justice," (remarks at Martin Luther King's convocation, January 15, 1990); "The Search for Perspective in a De-Controlled World" (keynote speech at a meeting of the D.C. Alpha Chapter of Phi Beta Kappa, April 21, 1990); "The Search for a New Order for Peace, Security and Cooperation in Northeast Asia: Looking toward the 21st Century" (remarks at Moscow State University, May 1991); "The Role of…
(1994). The Five E's: Ethnicity, Education, Economy, Equity, and Environment. Proceedings [of the] Annual Conference of the Global Awareness Society International (Chicago, Illinois, June 1994). The 23 conference papers in this proceedings include: (1) \Global Awareness Society International: Retrospectives and Prospectives\ (Chang Shub Roh); (2) \Technology Transfer in Developing Countries: The Case of Turkey (1989-1994)\ (Huseyin Ates; Asim Sen); (3) \Indigenous People, Environmental Protection and Globalization\ (Edward D. Barker); (4) \Children['s] Literature: A Tool to Implement Multicultural Education\ (Wei Wei Cai); (5) \Technology Transfer in Human Services: The Case of Basic Ecclesial Communities\ (John G. Cosgrove); (6) \Adaptation of Traditional HR Rocesses for Total Quality Environments\ (Robert D. Costigan); (7) \Some Language Concepts We Could (Should) Do Without\ (Maverick M. Harris); (8) \Global Competition & TQM\ (Selim S. Ilter); (9) \The Thorny Road of Confucian Religion Mission to the West\ (Thomas Hosuck Kang); (10) \Developing Strategies for Accelerated Economic Growth and Global Awareness for Caribbean Countries\ (Stanley J. Lawson; Jay Nathan); (11)… [PDF]
(1995). Above and Beyond: Secondary Activities for Peace Corps Volunteers. This manual focuses on what prompts Peace Corps volunteers to get involved, activities that volunteers have tried while on assignment, and a series of guidelines volunteers can apply to secondary activity, which is organized during school recesses or at times when the Volunteer is otherwise unoccupied. The book is divided into three sections. Part 1, "Seven Success Stories," includes: (1) "Fishing in Sierre Leone"; (2) "Rooftop Gardening in the Dominican Republic"; (3) "Egg Production in Papua New Guinea"; (4) "Enterprise Zones in Malawi"; (5) "Repairing Braille writers in Nepal"; (6) "Organizing a Women's Conference in Hungary"; and (7) "Learning from Legends in Yap." Part 2, "A Sampling of Activities," contains: (1) "Appropriate Technology & Energy"; (2) "Arts & Entertainment"; (3) "Business"; (4) "Construction"; (5) "Environmental… [PDF]
(1997). SKOLE: The Journal of Alternative Education, 1997. SKOLE: The Journal of Alternative Education, v14 n1-4. The four issues of the journal SKOLE published in 1997 contain articles, personal narratives, and interviews about small alternative schools, home schooling, educational history, the deficiencies of public education, and educational philosophy and innovations. Major articles include: \The Creatures They Are: Children Becoming Their Nature\ (about imagination) (Richard Lewis); \Eyeless in Gaza\ (about literacy) (John Taylor Gatto); \Notes on My Trip to Waabno Gamaak: Helping To Change a School from an Authoritarian to Democratic Process\ (Jerry Mintz); \I Went to Seven Different Elementary Schools\ (Arthur Gladstone); \Hanging On at the Edge of the World: Teaching Writing to Urban Special Needs Youth\ (Barbara Geis); \Breaking the Silence of Violence: Teaching Our Children New Strategies\ (Michael Massurin); \Sharing One Skin\ (about the Okanagan Indian community) (Jeannette Armstrong); \So Are You a Teacher, or What?\ (Bill Kaul); \Like China in the Bull Shop: Classroom Accidents… [PDF]
(2003). Selected Legal Aspects of Academic Administrative Leadership: An Orientation for New Academic Administrators. New Directions for Higher Education, n124 p65-77 Win. An academic leader needs to have a basic understanding of the relevant constitutional and statutory provisions, evolving laws, and legal issues affecting higher education and the relationship between legal considerations and academic administration. At the same time, an academic leader must focus on accomplishing the goals, objectives, and highest ideals of the academy in teaching, scholarship, and service while incorporating the applicable legal considerations into policies, processes, procedures, practices, and decisions. Indeed, a close relationship exists between effective administration and developing and following policies, processes, procedures, and practices that are legally sound. One of the most effective means that an academic administrator may use to prevent or reduce legal problems is to continuously apply basic ethical principles of the profession, such as treating others as you would like to be treated; acting in good faith; being fair-minded, consistent, and… [Direct]
(1997). Use of Subsidized Child Care by Philadelphia Families: Findings and Discussion. The study examined the consequences of delay in enrollment in subsidized child care and the impact of funding on the choices and perceived opportunities of families once they begin receiving child care subsidies. Subjects were 106 working families in Philadelphia who are either using subsidized child care or who are waiting to enroll in the subsidized child care program. During the telephone interviews, 97.2 percent of respondents described themselves as sole providers, 51.9 percent reported having some college education, 81.1 percent were African-American, and 55 percent reported requesting or having care for only one child. Interviewed families reported that productivity at work was promoted through the child care subsidy program; parental peace of mind was greatly enhanced; and more funds were available to meet basic needs for food, shelter, and health care. Concerning the types and cost of care, respondents reported that center care is the most popular selection for both waiting… [PDF]
(2021). Higher Education and Sustainable Development Goal 16 in Fragile and Conflict-Affected Contexts. Higher Education: The International Journal of Higher Education Research, v81 n1 p89-108 Jan. Sustainable Development Goal 16 commits to 'promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, provide access to justice for all and build effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels'. While the concerns of SDG16 with violence reduction, rule of law, and governance are relevant to all societies, this paper focuses on fragile and conflict-affected countries, many of which have the hardest task in achieving SDG16. It analyses how higher education can contribute towards–or detract from–SDG16 through teaching, research, governance, and external leadership. It then analyses four dynamics influencing the agency of universities in fragile and conflict-affected contexts in engaging with SDG16: resource mobilisation and the public good; securitisation; academic freedom, insecurity, and politicisation; and tensions between demands for localisation and the universalising logics of liberal peacebuilding models and the SDGs…. [Direct]