(1983). Applied Communication, Argumentation, and Debate: Abstracts of Doctoral Dissertations Published in \Dissertation Abstracts International,\ July through December 1983 (Vol. 44 Nos. 1 through 6). This collection of abstracts is part of a continuing series providing information on recent doctoral dissertations. The 13 titles deal with the following topics: (1) collective bargaining in higher education; (2) decoding nonverbal communication and clinical effectiveness; (3) the need for interpersonal communication training for Texas peace officers; (4) team and nonteam management in secondary school principal and central office communication; (5) practicing empathy communication in a systematic counselor training program; (6) the relationship between principals' written communication readability and teacher morale; (7) confirmation and the complaining process; (8) congruence between teachers' verbal and nonverbal behavior in early childhood settings; (9) communication strategies in barricade-hostage confrontations; (10) the effect of personal communication networks on member voting in agricultural cooperative merges; (11) using evidence, argument, and delivery to determine debate… [PDF]

Mezirow, Jack D. (1963). The Literature of Community Development: A Bibliographic Guide. Designed primarily to help improve the training of Peace Corps personnel, this 1,585 item bibliography seeks to provide students of community development with a classification system that serves as the basis of a selected literature review in each of 20 subject fields. Regional designations include General and Comparative, Africa, Asia (general), Northeast Asia, South Asia (India, Pakistan, other), Southeast Asia (Philippines, other), Caribbean, Europe, Latin America, Near and Middle East, and Oceania. Other regional and world reports are also noted. Social and cultural factors in developing nations are covered, followed by items on operational problems and practices and on specific program areas and technical services (agriculture, health, sanitation, education, social development, social welfare, housing, resettlement, women's and youth programs, recreation, urbanization). Other entries deal with economic development, land tenure and reform, political development, national… [PDF]

Batchelder, Donald, Ed.; Warner, Elizabeth G., Ed. (1977). Beyond Experience: The Experiential Approach to Cross-Cultural Education. The book presents teaching techniques and learning exercises developed by the Experiment in International Living (EIL) for use in programs of cultural awareness and intercultural communications. The EIL, located in Vermont, has been involved in international cultural exchange since 1932. It has arranged for student exchanges, has trained Peace Corps volunteers, and has instituted graduate and foreign-language programs. One major section of the book contains eight articles describing various conceptual approaches to the design of cross-cultural education from an experiential point of view. Included are suggestions for teaching communicative competence, designing an experiential exercise, applying experiential techniques to field situations, and using cross-cultural approaches in the teaching of American Studies in a college setting. Another major section presents 11 games or exercises related to cultural awareness. They range from specific techniques for language learning to ways of…

Bird, Caroline (1978). The Spirit of Houston. The First National Women's Conference. An Official Report to the President, the Congress, and the People of the United States. This is a report of the November, 1977, National Women's Conference. Numerous issues considered as they relate to women include: arts and humanities, battered women, business, child abuse, child care, credit, disabled women, education, elective and appointive office, employment, the Equal Rights Amendment, health, homemaking, insurance, international affairs, media, minority and elderly women, offenders, rape, reproductive freedom, rural women, sexual preference, government statistics, welfare, and poverty. The history of each respective issue, analyses of present problems, and suggested actions which can be taken to solve them are outlined. State adoptions of various resolutions are charted. An annotated chronology of women's history in the United States from 1587 to 1977 is also presented. A report on the Hearing on Disarmament and Peace Issues (held in conjunction with the conference) is included. Reports on public laws, executive orders, conference resolutions, minorities, the…

Zweig, Peter R.; And Others (1983). Improved Food Drying and Storage Training Manual. This manual is intended to serve as a guide for those who are helping future Peace Corps volunteers to acquire basic food drying and storage skills. Included in the guide are lesson outlines and handouts for use in each of the 30 sessions of the course. Representative topics discussed in the individual sessions are scheduling, solar dryers, community assessment, food dryers and storage considerations, smoke tests, adult learning, natural cooling and rainy season drying, facilitation skills, nonformal education presentations, local development projects, independent study, pest control, and program evaluation. Each session outline includes a time estimate, objectives, a list of materials needed, handouts, trainer notes, and procedures for use in meeting the objectives of the course. Also included in the manual is a trainer's guide consisting of sample participants' notebooks, proposed 1- and 2-week schedules, a training program description, a list of recommended texts, a preprogram… [PDF]

(1987). Hearing on Issues Relating to National Youth Service. Hearing before the Subcommittee on Employment Opportunities of the Committee on Education and Labor. House of Representatives, One Hundredth Congress, First Session. This document contains transcripts of oral and written testimony from witnesses at a hearing on National Youth Service. National Youth Service is a broad concept that will allow the youth of the United States to serve their country and communities through public service. Youth Service members could, after completing their service, receive education benefits in exchange for those services. Witnesses included youth service volunteers, former youth program participants, educators, and various congressional representatives. At the hearing, the witnesses explored various ideas for youth service, and looked at model programs, such as the Peace Corps, the Job Corps, the Reserve Officers Training Commission (ROTC), and other types of youth programs. Witnesses discussed the advisability of making youth service voluntary or compulsory, the types of youths who would join and the types of youths who should benefit, and the need for civic responsibility. Benefits from previous programs were… [PDF]

Smock, David (2005). Teaching about the Religious Other: United States Institute of Peace Special Report 143. United States Institute of Peace The United States Institute of Peace held a two day workshop titled \Teaching about the Religious Other\ on March 3-4, 2005. The sixteen workshop participants were professors experienced in teaching those of one Abrahamic faith about another Abrahamic faith either in U.S. classrooms or abroad. The purpose of the workshop was to enable these educators to share their experiences and curricular materials, to plan collaborative projects to improve the quality of such education, and to increase the number of such programs. In a world experiencing violent conflict among the three Abrahamic faith communities, it is vitally important that adherents of one faith learn about the other two faiths. Such educational exposure helps increase tolerance and advance peaceful coexistence. This report summarizes the presentations of the participants, introduces some promising new programs for teaching about the religious other, and offers lessons drawn from the discussion. The author, David Smock, is… [Direct]

Lander, Dorothy A. (2005). The Ribbon Workers as Popular Educators: (Re)-Presenting the Colours of the Crusades. Studies in the Education of Adults, v37 n1 p47-62 Spr. The educational aim of this genealogical study of ribbon workers as popular educators is to expose activist and voluntary organisations, not only as generative sites of learning, but also as sites of habituated learning and stereotypical colour assumptions. This study urges popular educators and activists to reflect critically on the popular culture forms that shape their practice, especially the colour coding associated with the crusader metaphor. Critical reflection involves remembering where a given colour has been before as educators and activists select their heraldry of coloured ribbons, banners, badges, and other emblems. To develop this theme I provide a critical analysis of ribbon work represented in the popular press and popular education at different historical moments (for example the blue ribbon in the temperance movement, and currently the United Nations emblem for peace). I interrogate the normalised and religion-charged, racialised, colour symbolism of popular… [Direct]

(1982). Visual Aids: A Guide for Peace Corps Volunteers. Appropriate Technologies for Development. Reprint R-2. This guide for Peace Corps volunteers emphasizes the importance of visual aids in communicating ideas, concepts, and behavior, and in motivating people to change life patterns. Guidelines for the selection and effective use of materials in health education that will be understood in the target culture are provided. The packet illustrates and explains a variety of visual materials that include: (1) flash cards and flip charts; (2) posters; (3) flannelgraphs; (4) silk screen printing; (5) films; (6) slides; (7) filmstrips; and (8) models. For each of the categories, step by step guidelines for making and using the visual are given, as well as specific examples. Additional information lists supply sources for visual aids and their materials, hints on effective utilization of specific media, and sample visuals with captions in one of several languages. The concluding section presents an example of how visual aids can prove effective in a program of community development in India, using… [PDF]

(1970). United Nations General Assembly Official Records. Twenty-fourth Session, Third Committee, 1650th to 1661st meetings, and Plenary Meetings, 1792nd Meeting. This document is made up of Agenda item 62–Education of youth in the respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms: report of the Secretary-General; and Agenda item 92–The problems and needs of youth and its participation in national development. Agenda item 62 included: an introduction; action taken by member states to ensure that young people are educated and brought up in a spirit of respect for human rights everywhere and given the opportunity of playing their part in the implementation and protection of human rights; and seminars within the framework of the program of adivsory services in the field of human rights. Agenda item 92 contains a brief note by the Secretary-General and The Report of the Third Committee. In the draft resolutions, amendments, and recommendations it was agreed that youth need to accept the values of peace and humanism, while rejecting philosophies contrary to these ends. (SD)… [PDF]

Gundi, Kirmanj (2002). Seeing through Race, Gender and Socioeconomic Status. This paper discusses the history of discrimination in the United States and the length of time it took to abolish the legal support of racism. The paper then discusses the problems of diversity in the United States. Acknowledging and accepting U.S. diversity in terms of race, ethnicity, gender, religious background, and national origin would enable the United States to treasure the concept of cultural pluralism. The paper asserts that racism is the main obstacle to peace and tranquility, one that cripples the development of a prosperous society. The United States should focus on education and strive to develop better curricula to reduce discrimination and encourage students from all backgrounds to appreciate the opportunities available in the United States and exercise more respect toward other cultures that have contributed to the United states' multicultural society. A model of racial, ethnic, and gender healing is presented. (Contains 1 figure and 46 references.) (SLD)… [PDF]

(1989). A Guide for Integrating Global Education across the Curriculum. The Iowa State Board of Education mandated the teaching of global education across the curriculum, effective July 1, 1989. This guide is intended to point the way for school districts developing their own models of global education defined as an approach to learning that promotes greater understanding of the world as an interconnected aggregate of human and natural systems. These systems operate within a single planetary life-support system on which the destiny of all humankind depends. The purpose of global education is to promote long-term human survival by developing greater respect for and cooperation between fellow human beings and greater concern for the environment on which all people depend for their very existence. A rationale for global education is offered, and suggests that content be structured around five basic themes: (1) global interdependence; (2) human resources, values, and culture; (3) the global environment and natural resources; (4) global peace and conflict… [PDF]

Gunn, Angus M. (1978). American Social Studies in Japan: Some Observations on the Social Studies Reforms Imposed on the Japanese Educational System after World War Two. This report analyzes three aspects of social studies education in Japan: (1) characteristics of secondary education before World War II, (2) the nature and effects of United States intervention in secondary social studies in 1946, and (3) features of contemporary social studies. Before 1945 the boys' middle school, the Chugakko, was the most prestigious; attendance was mandatory for admission to postsecondary education and thus to positions in government, business, and the military. Early in 1945 the major emphasis in secondary education was on training pupils in the moral principles of the empire and on military training. In 1946 a United States Education Mission called for decentralization of educational decision making, adoption of American democratic practices in the schools, abolition of special courses on morals, and the rewriting of Japanese history and geography. The objective was to promote democratic Japanese education within a world society committed to non-aggression and…

Freeman, Elizabeth; Hunt, Sue; Richardson, Shanel; Sanson, Ann; Trinder, Margot; Wertheim, Eleanor H. (2010). Comparison of the Effectiveness of Two Forms of the Enhancing Relationships in School Communities Project for Promoting Cooperative Conflict Resolution Education in Australian Primary Schools. Journal of Peace Education, v7 n1 p85-105 Mar. This study evaluated the Enhancing Relationships in School Communities (ERIS) Project which aimed to promote constructive conflict resolution (CR) in Australian primary school communities through professional development for core teams of three-five staff (n = 33 teachers). Twelve schools were randomly assigned to a full intervention (FI) group or a partial intervention (PI) group with seven and two days professional development respectively and equivalent levels of in-school support over 16 months. Teachers from the same schools who received no direct intervention (NDI) (n = 33) were comparison groups. Significant positive differences were found between the FI teachers and the PI and NDI participants in their use of CR steps and use of an integrative approach to conflict. At post-intervention the FI group participants' attitudes to conflict became most positive. While both FI and PI participants disseminated CR information to staff and students, the FI group reported higher levels… [Direct]

Beleli, Ozsel; Chang, Victoria; Feigelson, Michael J.; Kopel-Bailey, Jules A.; Maak, Sheila A.; Mnookin, Jacob P.; Nguyen, Thu H.; Salazar, Mariana; Sinderbrand, Joy E.; Tafoya, Simon N. (2007). Education in Emergencies and Early Reconstruction: UNICEF Interventions in Colombia, Liberia, and Southern Sudan. Online Submission Broad access to quality, child-friendly education in emergencies is a critical component of early reconstruction and development. As a class of graduate students at the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University, our goal is to make a modest contribution to the field of education in emergencies by working with UNICEF to analyze the ways in which its policies are reflected in education programming in emergency relief and reconstruction phases. Colombia, Liberia, and Southern Sudan were chosen as cases because they vary in context such that comparatively they provide a perspective on the provision of education at different stages of the development spectrum. We hope to draw conclusions with a range of applicability to many types of conflict and crisis situations. To do so we highlight areas where information sharing might provide for improvements in the education of vulnerable children, while keeping in mind the differing contexts. The report… [PDF]

(1999). CONFINTEA: Follow-Up Report to the General Conference of UNESCO. The Fifth International Conference on Adult Education (CONFINTEA) and its "Hamburg Declaration" and "Agenda for the Future" have already had demonstrable impacts in various areas of adult education policy and practice. The following are among the specific areas and activities developed as a result of CONFINTEA: (1) promotion of a new vision of adult learning based on the premises of equal focus on local culture and global context and equal focus on identity and equality; (2) creating a culture of lifelong learning (the One Hour a Day Campaign, Adult Learners' Week); (3) gender equity (Education Watch; monitoring and evaluation from a gender perspective; regional follow-up on gender and adult education); (4) empowering people (programs for prisoners; programs for older persons; literacy programs in developing countries and in industrialized countries; programs for indigenous populations); (5) building networks (development of the worldwide Adult Learning… [PDF]

Anderson, Tom (1999). A Rationale for Multicultural Art Education Focused on the Florida Model. Why focus on art instead of on some other discipline to approach intercultural understanding? This paper argues that because art is about the spirit, the self, the soul, the things that people think are important, it should be the key choice. To lay the foundation for this argument, the paper addresses art as communication of core values and ideas. Art is aesthetically framed communication from one human being to another about things that count which implies that most often the aesthetic component in art serves as an extrinsic function beyond the decorative. It finds that one way to understand people is through their art. The goal of multicultural education in Florida is to prepare students to live, learn, communicate, and work to achieve common goals in a culturally diverse world by fostering understanding, appreciation, and respect for people of other ethnic, gender, socioeconomic, language, and cultural backgrounds. The paper identifies six instructional premises for… [PDF]

Cunningham, Phyllis, Ed.; Ohliger, John, Ed. (1989). Radical Thinking in Adult Education. Occasional Paper No. 1. These five papers represent original research on various issues important to the field of adult education that draws on Syracuse University's collection of adult education materials. "Back to the Future with C. Wright Mills and the Center for the Study of Liberal Education for Adults" (Ollie Owen) provides background on Mills, the Center, and the situation in which they interacted. "Adult Education and Feminist Theory: Radical Thinking in Adult Education" (Jane Hugo) traces Hugo's personal history of involvement in feminist thought, outlines feminist theory, and explores the problems of implementing that theory in adult education work and in the graduate study of the field. "On the Idea of an Emancipatory Pedagogy" (Brent Snow) examines feminist theory, the approaches of Freireans, and the approaches of human potential activists. "Eva vom Baur Hansl: Brain-Ideas vs. Life-Ideas" (Bernita Bowen) discusses the extensive materials in the Hansl…

Hunkins, Ralph Hanel (1968). Education for International Understanding: A Critical Appraisal of the Literature. The focus of attention in this study is on literature advocating education for international understanding, particularly those works available throughout the United States since 1946. The purpose of the study is to subject the literature to analysis with the intent of: 1) identifying major, alternative positions; 2) appraising these positions by using a certain conception of an adequate means-ends argument; and, 3) offering tentative suggestions for lines along which a reconstructed view might be worked out. An argument paradigm is developed to serve as a guide in laying out the various positions on education for international understanding, which are: 1) attitudes of friendliness toward other peoples; 2) knowledge of other cultures; and 3) strategical wisdom. It is concluded that a reconstructed position is needed so that the educational activities (means) prescribed are more directly related to the goal of peace. A revised position is tentatively suggested that would subsume, but…

(2003). International Bureau of Education–Overview and Strategy, 2002-2007. The International Bureau of Education (IBE) is an academic institute directed toward empowering educational activities in the field. Since 1969, the IBE has been an integral part of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), while retaining wide intellectual and functional autonomy. In 1999, the IBE became the UNESCO institute responsible for educational contents, methods, and teaching/learning strategies through curriculum development. Currently, the IBE works toward achieving Education for All, aiming to ensure that Education for All contributes to living together in peace, to development, and to justice. This overview and strategy booklet contains 12 sections: (1) "World Trends and Educational Challenges"; (2) "New Educational Models Required"; (3) "How to Promote Curriculum Development Processes That Improve the Quality of Education"; (4) "Curriculum as a Tool for Educational Change"; (5) "Making an… [PDF]

Boll, Jay (1989). Youth Development: A Case Study from Honduras. This case study documents the experiences of a Peace Corps volunteer who worked as a Youth Development volunteer with disadvantaged institutionalized youth in Honduras. Youth Development volunteers provide direct services in the areas of vocational education, recreational programming, informal education, and counseling. Many are assigned to residential youth centers for homeless, abused, or abandoned children, where they work closely with host-country counterparts. Each volunteer should develop a deliberate and well-informed practice theory based on both research in the field of child development and personal experience. Most residential programs for homeless youth are total institutions where children are isolated from family and peers. Such institutions often aggravate the problems of the youth they were designed to help. Public education could provide needed social interaction, but most disadvantaged youth require special assessment and remedial support to overcome learning… [PDF]

Homan, Roger (1983). New Technology: Servant or Master of Social Science Education?. The introduction of computer technology into social science education in elementary and secondary schools in England stands to inhibit some of the positive developments in these subjects in recent years. Currently, objectives of social science education for the multicultural society in Britain are the enhancement of respect for self and of respect for others. The Inner London Education Authority has sponsored educational programs to promote peace, reduce racism, and increase the toleration of homosexuals. Women's studies and religious studies are further examples of this trend. Classroom methods foster a pluralism of values, beliefs, and strategies. However, the use of computers in the social sciences has created shifts in objectives and contents from affective and qualitative to cognitive and quantitative. The content of subject matter has been rearranged to that which is teachable by computers. Further, the introduction of this new technology is premised not on educational…

Taylor, Harold (1968). The World and the American Teacher: The Preparation of Teachers in the Field of World Affairs. This book represents a 2-year study of the problems and possibilities for extending the education of teachers to include education in international and cultural pluralism. It presents evidence and conclusions drawn from visits to a 50-institution cross section of colleges and universities where teachers are prepared and from conferences with educators, government officials, students, United Nations personnel, and members of private organizations and public agencies. The "Introduction" reviews the methodology of the study and places it in the context of current activity in the field. Chapter 1 is a background analysis of the dimensions of the problem of educating teachers in the American system and its cultural and social setting. The role of "Colleges for Teachers" is dicsussed in Chapter 2, particularly with reference to programs of such groups as the Peace Corps. Chapter 3 reviews programs of "International Experience Abroad and at Home" which are… [PDF]

Cross, Beth (2006). Infinite Rehearsal of Culture in St Catherine Jamaica: Heritage as Tourist Product, Implications for Caribbean Pedagogy. Pedagogy, Culture and Society, v14 n3 p315-327. Over the last 20 years educational policies across the globe have become more closely aligned with industry interests. Jamaica is no exception. But what does this mean when the country's leading "industry" is tourism? It is no coincidence that in this decade the Ministry for Education became the Ministry for Education and Culture. When one of the main threats to the industry is seen to be the country's reputation for violence as substantiated by rising murder rates and increasingly vicious crime scenarios, what is the Ministry's response? One has been the introduction of the PALS (Peace and Love in Schools) curriculum, underwritten by the Tourist Board. The article examines the texts within this curriculum and how they position the identity of children and adults, and distinguish between Jamaicans and foreigners. The author then examines material collected during ethnographic fieldwork in the summer of 2000 with Jamaican youth in which issues of violence, tourism and the… [Direct]

Stevenson, Hugh A., Comp. (1980). Public Policy and Futures Bibliography: A Select List of Canadian, American, and Other Book-Length Materials, 1970 to 1980, Including Highly Selected Works Published Between 1949 and 1969. This bibliography of public policy and general futures literature is intended primarily for educators and educational policy makers in Canada and particularly those who are responsible for shaping education in Ontario. The bulk of the entries are items published in Canada and America between 1970 and 1980. Also included are some selected items published between 1949 and 1969 and several pre-1949 classics. Section I cites books and research on education at all levels and the future. Entries in the second section represent other themes among the general futures literature. Sections three through five cite bibliographies and directories, books and periodicals dealing with policy, planning and future studies. Major subject categories which emerge are: Canadian unity, constitutional reform, politics and government, economics, and social and cultural issues. Other predominant themes include various global views of the future, peace, war, affluence, poverty, development and…

Pfau, Richard H. (1991). The Culture of the Workplace in Botswana: Implications for Management Training and Research. Information about the values of workers in Botswana is provided in this paper in order to formulate a basis for more effective management education, research, and practice. Questionnaires were administered to 158 persons from Botswana (i.e., Batswana) who attended the Institute of Development Management (IDM) during 1985-89. Their responses were compared to those who attended courses between 1987 and 1990: 35 IDM students from Lesotha (Basotho), 30 IDM students from Swaziland (Swazi), and 31 American Peace Corp trainees. Responses given by persons from Botswana, Lesotha, and Swaziland differed from those of Americans with regard to perceptions of an ideal job, managerial preferences, power distance, individualism/collectivism, and interpersonal relationships. Given the differences between Americans and Batswana in individualism, power distance, and several other values, the relevance of some American management theories for Botswana is doubtful. A conclusion is that research is…

White, Will (1998). Chasing the Buddha: Bringing Meditation to Experiential Education. The field of experiential education can be enhanced through the use of meditation. The vision statement of the Association for Experiential Education includes the aim of creating a just and compassionate world. This goal can be approached one person at a time by encouraging each individual in the field to become a just and compassionate person. Such a person must have the skills to cultivate peace of mind–skills provided through the ancient tool of meditation. Meditation may be defined as the effort to pay attention, intentionally and nonjudgmentally, to the experience of the present moment and to sustain this attention over time. One form of meditation, mindfulness meditation, has no religious or ideological connotations and has the primary goal of bringing understanding into one's own thoughts and actions through a calm and focused mind. Formal and informal techniques of mindfulness meditation are briefly described. Meditation has clear health benefits related to stress reduction…

Imel, Susan (2000). International Perspectives on Adult Education. Trends and Issues Alert No. 14. A number of perspectives on adult education are evident in the international literature, with publications from the Fifth International Conference on Adult Education held in Hamburg, Germany, in July 1997, a particularly rich source of information. A clear trend in the conference and the documents it produced was the critical importance of adult education and adult learning \for fostering ecologically sustainable development; for promoting democracy, justice, gender equity, and scientific, social, and economic development; and for building a world in which violent conflict is replaced by dialogue and a culture of peace based on justice.\ Publications from the conference discuss roles for adult education in achieving these goals. Lifelong learning is another clear trend in international publications; however, many policies related to lifelong learning emphasize economic issues that focus on human capital rather than social issues, a potentially negative influence on adult education…. [PDF]

Blair, Meg (2005). Women in History–Bella Stavisky Abzug (1920-1998). Journal of Women in Educational Leadership, v3 n3 p157-159 Jul. Bella Stavisky was born in New York City on July 24, 1920. She was born to activism: her father's butcher shop was called the Live and Let Live Meat Market, in protest of WWI. Her parents were Russian Jewish immigrants, and when her father died there was no son to say Kaddish for him, so 13-year-old Bella marched into Temple each day for a year to offer the prayers, a role traditionally forbidden to women. After graduating from high school, Bella attended Hunter College in New York. Her dream was to be a lawyer. Harvard, her first choice of law schools, did not accept women, so she went instead to Columbia, where she met her husband, Martin (Maurice) Abzug. It is notable that in that day, Martin put aside his dreams of becoming a writer, and in order to support Bella's ambitions, he worked as a stockbroker. Her first claim to fame as a lawyer came when she traveled to Mississippi while eight months pregnant to defend Willy McGee, a black man accused of raping a white woman. Local… [Direct]

(1983). World Concerns and the United Nations: Model Teaching Units for Primary, Secondary and Teacher Educators Based on the Work of Participants in the UN Fellowship Programme for Educators (1975-1981) and the UNESCO Associated Schools Project. This sourcebook is designed to provide prototype materials on world issues suitable for adaptation to national and regional needs. Materials can also be adapted for many curriculum subjects at levels ranging from kindergarten to grade 12. A total of 26 units are organized into five sections. Following a foreword, introduction, and guidelines, a section on "Education and the New World" contains four activities for teacher education focusing on the following themes: the impact of world change on education and limited views of the world. The second section, "We the Peoples" contains five activities for grades K-3, focusing on commonalities of the world's people, diversity, equality, and community. The third section, "Developing Our Community" consists of five intermediate grade activities emphasizing community and group identity and respect. "The Great World Changes," section four, focuses on global awareness, civic responsibility, and rights of…