(1979). A Step-by-Step Guide for Conducting a \Consensus and Diversity\ Workshop in Global Education. School Improvement through Global Education. The document explains how to plan a two-day orientation workshop in which high school faculty and staff examine global issues prior to developing and implementing a global education program. In addition to increasing awareness of global issues, the program is intended to improve the educational environment by promoting cooperation between students, teachers, administrators, and community members. The workshop requires that common goals be agreed on by all participants. After initial consensus is reached, diversity is encouraged in seeking suggestions to solutions of global problems. The workshop stresses commitment by school staff for a one-year classroom study of global issues, support by superintendent and school board, and a statement of workshop goals by the project steering committee. Workshop activities are carried out in small groups consisting of individuals representing different ages, sexes, experiences, disciplines, personalities, and philosophies. Workshop sessions focus…
(1994). Art Education for Children in Crisis. INSEA News, v1 n2 Aug. The articles in this volume reflect a resolution passed by the International Society for Education Through Art (INSEA) World Council to provide children with opportunities to work in the arts so that the healing process that the arts can foster can be initiated. The lead article in this issue, "Heart Goes towards the Sun: Work with Children Refugees and Displaced Children in Croatia and Central Bosnia" (Emile Robert Tanay), provides a glimpse of the powerful words and images that led to this resolution. Commentaries on this presentation are "On Confronting Violence through Art" (Jerome J. Hausman), and "War & Peace" (Debbie Smith-Shank). "In Times of War and Fear" (Britt-Marie Kuhlhorn), reminds people that it is not only current children's images that can be the impetus for learning in the art classroom. Kuhlhorn also focuses on the relationship of gender to artistic response as a research agenda worth pursuing. "Notes from the… [PDF]
(1996). Women and the University Curriculum: Towards Equality, Democracy, and Peace. This collection of 15 essays focuses on the role of women in higher education around the world, analyzing the gender dimension of the university curriculum in light of the United Nations' World Conference on Women held in Beijing, China, in 1995. The essays include: (1) \Women, Higher Education, and Development\ (Mary-Louise Kearney); (2) \The Experience of Feminine Leadership in the Academy\ (Sheryl L. Bond); (3) \The University Curriculum, Law, and Gender\ (Henrietta Mensa-Bonsu); (4) \Women and Development: Perspectives and Challenges within the University Curriculum\ (Maria Inacia D'Avilo-Neto); (5) \Women's Health: A Model of an Integrated Curriculum\ (Katherine Sherif and Sandra P. Levison); (6) \Gender and the Curriculum in Commerce and Management Studies\ (Margaret Gardner and Marnie King); (7) \The Curriculum in the Humanities: A Case Study and Some Reflections\ (Anne Holden Ronning); (8) \Women's Studies in Bulgarian Universities: A Success Story?\ (Ralitsa Muharska); (9)…
(1950). Better Living through Wise Use of Resources. Bulletin, 1950, No. 15. Office of Education, Federal Security Agency As never before, nations the world over are considering conservation a problem of vital concern to all peoples and an obligation which must be accepted by each person. It is becoming increasingly recognized that steps leading toward the establishment of harmonious relations between man and his environment will go a long way toward resolving the world's paramount problem–that of effecting continuing peace among peoples. The people of the United States have long expressed their concern for conservation through programs of education and action carried on by Federal and State governmental agencies and through programs outside the Government. This country also has actively cooperated in international programs to further conservation. The schools of America have contributed substantially to the achievement of conservation goals in this country. The ultimate success of any conservation program depends on public opinion, and public opinion can be created through education. In a democratic… [PDF]
(1992). Building a Shared Vision for Environmental Education. Proceedings of a Conference Sponsored by the Federal Task Force on Environmental Education (Washington, D.C., November 19-21, 1991). The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), in cooperation with 15 other agencies making up the Federal Task Force on Environmental Education, sponsored a national conference to foster and support the goal of environmental literacy for young people and adults in schools and communities. This conference report contains an executive summary of the conference, copies of the speeches delivered at the conference, reports from the conference panel sessions, working group summaries, 2 special presentations, and 11 appendices. Speeches by national and international leaders covered environmental education (EE) priorities at EPA, EE and America 2000, EE at the U.S. Department of the Interior, EE in the Peace Corps, a vision for EE, goals and priorities in implementing the National EE Act, the National EE and Training Foundation, the United Nations conference on the environment and development, the future of EE, and an overview of EE activities in Mexico. Two panels discussed successful… [PDF]
(1995). Financial Aid Handbook for High School Counselors, September 1995. This publication is intended as a reference tool for secondary school counselors to help prospective postsecondary students with their financial aid application process. A section on student financial aid discusses how to apply for aid, when to apply, and how the process proceeds. This section covers the federal government application form, Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA), as well as information specific to Oregon. The next section describes scholarships and grants administered by the Oregon State Scholarship Commission (OSSC) including four state-funded Oregon grants (Oregon Need Grant program, State Grant Supplemental Award, the Barber & Hairdresser Grant Program, and a program for disabled peace officers), two selected federal grant programs–the Paul Douglas Teacher Scholarship program and the Robert Byrd Honors Scholarship (though there is no funding for the first and uncertain funding for the second), and 125 privately funded scholarships. The next section… [PDF]
(1994). CNN Newsroom Classroom Guides. September 1-30, 1994. These classroom guides for the daily CNN (Cable News Network) Newsroom broadcasts for the month of August provide program rundowns, suggestions for class activities and discussion, student handouts, and a list of related news terms. Topics covered by the guides include: (1) truce in Northern Ireland, school censorship, scientific method, burial rites, student loans, parents in jail, and natural art (September 1-2); (2) International Population Conference, Vietnamese immigration to California, consumption in developed and developing countries, South African population crisis, and the World Game (September 6-9); (3) United States/Cuban agreement on immigration, Americorps, computer automation, White House plane crash, U.S. military intervention, International Population Conference, Japanese baseball, blues music and education, Major League baseball strike, primary elections, observing animal behavior, and possible U.S. invasion of Haiti (September 12-16); (4) U.S./Haitian agreement,…
(1997). Childhood and Children: A Compendium of Customs, Superstitions, Theories, Profiles, and Facts. Children and childhood are almost completely ignored in most history books, encyclopedias, anthologies, and almanacs, which concentrate on the achievement of the adult half of the world's population. This book is intended to fill the gap by focusing on childhood, and presents an array of facts, anecdotes, profiles, and observations about children and childhood around the world and throughout history. Following a brief introduction noting that childhood is a valuable common thread in a time when many seem intent on stressing differences in race, class, culture and gender, the chapters of the book are: (1) "The History of Childhood"; (2) "Children in Folklore, Mythology, and Religion"; (3) "Childbirth and Newborns"; (4) "Health Care and Children with Disabilities"; (5) "Child Development"; (6) "Children and Family Life"; (7) "Child Rearing and Education"; (8) "Child's Play and Toys"; (9) "Children's…
(1992). Provisions and Guiding Proposals concerning the Curriculum in Health and Sex Education. These guidelines for a health and sex education curriculum in Denmark outline the curriculum's aims and content. The aim of the instruction is to qualify pupils to further their own health and that of others, to contribute to pupils' knowledge of human health and the importance of life conditions and lifestyle to health, to develop pupils' understanding of different forms of relationships, and to develop the pupils' ability to assess ethical questions. The guidelines emphasize the influence of pupils' advance conceptions of health and lifestyles. Curriculum content is presented within three themes: personal growth and development, forms of relationships, and alcohol. Within these themes, specific topics covered include: health and sickness; friendship; sexual identity and sexuality; stress; sexually transmitted diseases and acquired immune deficiency syndrome; pregnancy, contraception, and abortion; body, exercise, and movement; food; alcohol, drugs, and tobacco; housing… [PDF]
(1983). International Education, Foreign Exchange and Scholarships. Hearing before the Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education of the Committee on Education and Labor. House of Representatives, Ninety-Eighth Congress, First Session. Hearings on international student exchanges are presented. Information is presented on the countries of origin of foreign students in the United States and the fields they tend to study. It is noted that only 2.2 percent of foreign students studying in the United States are provided scholarships by the U.S. Government; the vast majority are financed by their families' funds (68 percent), while the costs of 13 percent are covered by their home governments. Testimony suggests that educational exchange programs promote public diplomacy, international understanding, and economic competence in developing countries. It is noted that the Soviet Union's student exchange program concentrates almost exclusively on students from lesser developed countries, and the Soviets recruit and train students at their expense. A report is included that provides information on the major exchange programs sponsored by the Peace Corps, the Agency for International Development, the Department of Defense, the… [PDF]
(1987). It's Our Move Now: A Community Action Guide to the UN Nairobi Forward-Looking Strategies for the Advancement of Women. This community action guide was developed to implement the strategies for the advancement of women developed at the United Nations world conference in Nairobi that ended the Decade for Women in 1985. The guide is intended to: (1) increase understanding and awareness of the existence of the Nairobi Forward-Looking Strategies for the Advancement of Women document and to provide suggestions for using that document in an active way; (2) provide women with enough background on the Forward-Looking Strategies document to help them develop campaigns for pressuring their governments to enforce the recommendations to which they agreed in Nairobi; and (3) be used along with the official document that contains the exact text of the Forward-Looking Strategies. The guide is organized in five sections. The first four sections cover the rationale for the community action guide, the Nairobi Forward-Looking Strategies, answers to questions about the strategies, and some ideas for using the strategies… [PDF]
(1985). Technical Health Training Manual. Volume 1. Training for Development. Peace Corps Information Collection & Exchange Training Manual No. T-35a. This manual is designed as a resource for trainers who provide preservice training, either in-country or state-side, to health specialists and generalists assigned to health projects at the community and clinical levels. The training is intended to assist the volunteer in developing knowledge and skill in the areas of primary health care and the complementary skills, knowledge, and attitudes necessary to work cooperatively with others. This volume contains the first four modules. Each module begins with a set of behavioral objectives and contains a sequence of sessions that address the specific context area. Each session follows this format: total time, overview, objectives, list of resources, a list of required materials, and procedures (a series of steps to follow to meet the objectives) with accompanying trainer notes. Handouts for trainees and trainer attachments (trainer resources) follow most sessions. Module titles (and representative session titles) are climate setting and… [PDF]
(1988). The Last Angry Principal. In March 1976, Howard L. Hurwitz, then a principal in Long Island City Schools, was barricaded in his office by community supporters to prevent him from being fired for an action he took to maintain discipline in the school. This book is Hurwitz's personal account of his subsequent struggles with the New York City schools, including his arrest by a federal judge for refusing to submit to him data on the race and ethnic origins of teachers and students at Long Island City High School. From these personal accounts, the book moves to a broader discussion of the breakdown of order and discipline in schools, and the steps that now must be taken to restore excellence to schools. These latter chapters include the following: (1) "Peace Strikers Declare War on Schools;" (2) "Students' Rights and Wrongs"; (3) "Free Press: Student Style"; (4) "Discipline: Underpinning of Learning;" (5) "Teachers' Strikes: A Sword That Cuts Two Ways"; (6)…
(1985). Foreign Students and Government Policy: Britain, France, and Germany. The impact of European government policy on the movement of foreign students in Great Britain, France, and West Germany is discussed by a member of the American Council on Education Committee on Foreign Students. Foreign student enrollments have increased dramatically in these three countries in the 1960s and 1970s, and foreign students also make up a significant proportion of total student enrollments in each of the three countries. Britain and France heavily enroll students from former colonies. Each of the countries has experienced disproportionate enrollments from a limited number of foreign countries. Policies adopted for foreign students reflect, in part, the influence of immigration issues and attitudes toward ethnicity. Each of the countries has recently altered its policies to restrict and control the flow of foreign students, using tuition or entrance requirements. In 1980 Great Britain decided to impose full-cost fees on foreign students. One rationale for Germany's… [PDF]
(1967). LITERARY CRITICISM AND THE TEACHING OF THE NOVEL. CONTEMPORARY NOVELS CAN BE USED EFFECTIVELY BY TEACHERS IN THE CLASSROOM. JOHN KNOWLES'"A SEPARATE PEACE," FOR EXAMPLE, LENDS ITSELF TO DIFFERENT KINDS OF LITERARY CRITICISM. AN ARCHETYPAL INTERPRETATION OF KNOWLES' THEMATIC PURPOSE REVEALS THAT THE NOVEL IS BASED ON TWO MYTHS–THE INITIATION OF INNOCENCE INTO EXPERIENCE AND THE SACRIFICE OF THE PURE AND INNOCENT FOR THE WELFARE OF ANOTHER. TO STRENGTHEN THESE TWO MYTHIC THEMES, MOTIFS OCCUR THROUGHOUT THE NOVEL–FOR EXAMPLE, THE COLOR PINK SYMBOLIZES BOTH SACRIFICE AND INNOCENCE, THE FOUR SEASONS PROGRESS IN THE COURSE OF THE NOVEL FROM A SUMMER OF INNOCENCE TO A SPRING OF RENEWAL, THE WAR INTRODUCES THE IMPLICATION OF EVIL, AND THE QUALITY OF FEAR MAKES EVERY CHARACTER CORRUPTIBLE EXCEPT FINNY, WHO IS WITHOUT FEAR. FOCUSING ON THE MIND AND ART OF THE WRITER, A TRADITIONAL CRITICAL APPROACH INVOLVES A STUDY OF THE AUTHOR, OF THE PLOT STRUCTURE AND THEME OF THE LITERARY WORK, AND OF THE INTERACTION AND DIFFERENCES OF… [PDF]