(2016). Fostering Global Citizenship–Tree Planting as a Connective Practice. Journal of Geography in Higher Education, v40 n4 p509-530. Education for Global Citizenship is about living as though the future mattered. This evaluates learner reactions to a tree-planting exercise that invites reflection upon hopes for the world, personal responsibilities and acting locally while thinking globally. Participant hopes concerned: environmental sustainability, peace on earth, then the welfare of future generations and personal wellbeing. Global citizenship concerns included sustainability, social justice, interdependencies and personal responsibilities. Some participants envisaged exercise outcomes to be mainly practical, others personal, such as reflection on lifestyle choices. Off-campus sessions generated higher grades, more concern for giving back to/defining a role in nature and volunteering…. [Direct]
(1972). Pacifica Programs 1972. Pacifica Programs, v4 n1. Several hundred audio tapes and cassettes that are available from the Pacifica Tape Library, Berkeley, California, are listed in this 60-page catalog. The tapes are available to schools, colleges, libraries, and educational organizations; however they may not be used for broadcasting except by Pacifica Affiliates. Tapes are classified according to 31 subjects, including alternative education, the peace movement, technology and the human future, science and scientists, and repression and conspiracy. Each catalog entry includes a 50-100 word summary of the program contents, and shows the running time. All titles are available on cassettes or on 7-inch reels, and cost from $8.50 for 30 minutes to $16.00 for 150 minutes. (MG)…
(2009). Higher Education and International Capacity Building: Twenty Five Years of Higher Education Links. Symposium Books For the past 25 years UK Higher Education institutions have forged research and teaching partnerships with their counterparts overseas. Many of these links were funded by the British Government and managed by the British Council's Higher Education Links Scheme. This book takes an informed and critical look at issues and trends in global higher education over the past twenty five years with an in-depth and often personal account of how these links were managed and led. Ten experts representing a variety of disciplines from areas such as conserving the natural environment, the promotion of human rights, and education and gender present an "insider's" view of their link, reflecting upon the successes and challenges in promoting research, developing institutional capacity at home and abroad, and the lessons they have learned. This book will be of particular interest to those working in higher education and international development generally; as well as students, researchers… [Direct]
(1994). Programming and Training for Peace Corps Education Projects. Supplement to Peace Corps Programming and Training System Manual. Information Collection & Exchange T0080. The Peace Corps Programming and Training System (PATS) manual is designed to help field staff members of the Peace Corps train volunteers. This supplement to the PATS manual was developed to provide complementary information about key aspects of Peace Corps programming and training for education. It is intended for individuals involved in Peace Corps programming and training, such as Peace Corps staff, contractors or consultants, and staff of host country agencies. The supplement uses examples drawn from a wide variety of countries to illustrate the programming and training development process. The first section of the supplement provides an overview of Peace Corps' past, current, and potential roles in education for development and addresses how the use of PATS can enhance that role. Following this introduction, four sections provide information on program assessment, project development, training, and evaluation. (KC)… [PDF]
(1973). Devising Strategies for the Effective Education of Adults in the Developing Countries. Proceedings of the World Confederation of Organizations of the Teaching Profession Seminar on Adult Education (8th, Nairobi, Kenya, August 6, 1973). Proceedings presented are from a specialized seminar on adult education held in conjunction with the 22nd Assembly of the World Confederation of Organizations of the Teaching Profession (WCOTP). Statements from three countries are presented relating the seminar theme, "Devising Strategies for the Effective Education of Adults in the Developing Countries," to their countries: from Kenya, Ambrose A. Adongo; from Ghana, T. A. Bediako; and from Nigeria, J. C. S. Kong-Doomahbey. A brief statement by Wade Wilson on the implications for adult education of the theme of the WCOTP, "Education for Peace," is presented, as are the report of the secretary of the Committee on Adult Education (Robert A. Luke) and the program of the meeting. (SC)…
(1913). The Promotion of Peace. I. Suggestions for the Observance of Peace Day (May 18) in Schools; II. Agencies and Associations for Peace. Bulletin, 1913, No. 12. Whole Number 519. United States Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior Within the past few years the subjects of international peace and arbitration have come to have a place of importance in schools of all grades in the United States, and the interest in these subjects is increasing from year to year. As one means of fostering this interest many schools observe in a special way the 18th days of May, the anniversary of the assembly of the first Peace Conference at The Hague. On this day the schools give an hour or two to a program of addresses, readings, and recitations pertaining to the subject. Frequently addresses are made by prominent men and women of the community. Anything that gives effective help toward these programs is eagerly sought by teachers and school officers. A bulletin of the Bureau of Education entitled \Peace Day: Suggestions and Materials for its Observance in the Public Schools,\ issued last year, was called for to the extent of about 50,000 copies. There is now a demand for accurate and comprehensive information in regard to the… [PDF]
(2023). Perceptions of Relationships between Global Issues and School-Based Agricultural Education Instruction by Agricultural Education Pre-Service Student Teaching Candidates, In-Service Agricultural Educators, and Agricultural Teacher Educators. ProQuest LLC, Ph.D. Dissertation, The Pennsylvania State University. Global learning began as an expanded approach to world studies and in recent decades has taken on the role of studying both global concepts and issues. The integration of global learning into comprehensive education will help prepare globally competent individuals to join the workforce. Recent studies have called for a targeted approach using specific subsets of global learning like Education for Sustainable Development (ESD). The United Nation's Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), a tool launched in 2015, has gained standing throughout higher education as a framework for addressing ESD and global competency. Studies have documented SDG value in organizing global learning instruction as well as the ability of the SDGs to assist in indicating progress towards addressing global issues. While SDGs are becoming a familiar resource at the post-secondary level, recent recommendations have suggested introduction of the SDGs earlier in secondary education to encourage the development of… [Direct]
(2014). Raising the Bar for Peace and Sustainability Educators: An Educational Response to the Implementation Gap. Journal of Peace Education, v11 n3 p334-351. Throughout history there has been no lack of evidence attesting to the inequitable distribution of wealth, power, and resources among individuals and groups, conditions which continue to characterize this second decade of the twenty-first millennium despite the many UN-based initiatives to deal with their consequences. Not included among the factors cited for explaining the persistence of these conditions is the ethical dimension, the absence of which leads to a gap between right thinking and responsible action. Recognizing the role of education to close this gap, this paper proposes that an ethical dimension be "explicitly" incorporated into those disciplines that educate for a sustainable peace. It will present a value-based ethical framework derived from the Earth Charter to guide such efforts…. [Direct]
(2016). A New Conceptual Model for Understanding International Students' College Needs. Journal of International Students, v6 n4 p920-932. This study concerns the theory and practice of international marketing in higher education with the purpose of exploring a conceptual model for understanding international students' needs in the context of a four-year college in the United States. A transcendental phenomenological design was employed to investigate the essence of international students' needs within their study experiences and explore a conceptual model that can explain these needs. Qualitative data were collected from 12 undergraduate and graduate international students through semi-structured interviews. Using thematic analysis, findings expand typical marketing mix frameworks and advance an eight-dimensional international student needs model: Program, Place, Price, Promotion, Process, People, Physical Facility, and Peace…. [PDF]
(2016). Role of Education in Building Social Cohesion. Online Submission, International Journal of Secondary Education v4 n2 p23-26. Social Cohesion is the expression of that tradition of tolerance in all religions and cultures that are the basis of peace and progress. It is foreign to know culture and native to all nations. Tolerance and mercy have always and in all cultures being ideals of Government rules and human behavior. Professional educator often comments on the poor quality of education, politician and bureaucrats try to paint it as unproductive and a liability to the society. Social cohesion educational challenges are vital, crucial and powerful. We have to respond to the challenges immediately and continuously, so as to achieve the goals of democratic state…. [PDF]
(2016). Religious Education after Conflicts: Promoting Social Cohesion or Entrenching Existing Cleavages?. Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, v46 n5 p811-831. This article considers initiatives to reform religious education after violent identity-based conflicts in Lebanon, Northern Ireland and Macedonia. The Taif Agreement, the Belfast Agreement and the Ohrid Agreement mapped extensive education reforms and established consociational power-sharing in the three jurisdictions, altering state identity and inter-communal hierarchies. The existing literature generates two hypotheses on the political function of religious education after violent conflicts: (1) religious education tends to entrench existing ethnic, national and political cleavages or (2) religious education helps further mutual knowledge, integration and social cohesion after violent conflicts. This comparative research employs original interviews and documents to evaluate initiatives to reform religious education (as a curricular subject) in post-conflict Lebanon, Northern Ireland and Macedonia. It suggests that the first hypothesis reflects more accurately the political… [Direct]
(2007). Problems of Teaching about Religion in Japan: Another Textbook Controversy against Peace?. British Journal of Religious Education, v29 n1 p45-61 Jan. Although inter-religious conflicts have not yet surfaced as major social problems in Japan, religious education for peace and tolerance is needed in the country as much as in other countries. This article aims to disclose that, in light of political contexts, supposedly neutral "teaching about religion" can be as problematic as history education is in Japan. The central problem lies in how to represent the nationalistic aspects of Shinto to the "non-religious" majority of Japanese. While each nation has its own variety of "civil religion", Shinto, being an ethnic religion, can be entangled with nationalism more than other kinds of religion. I will begin by explaining the prejudice of "non-religious" Japanese people against religion as a background to the discussion of religious education in Japan. I will then take an example from a recent children's book and critique the politics of teaching about religion, in particular, Shinto in contrast… [Direct]
(2019). Teacher Strikes and Legacy Costs. Manhattan Institute for Policy Research After many years of labor peace, public school teachers have engaged in strikes and work stoppages in record numbers during the past two years. Chief among the demands of striking teachers was higher pay. Discontent was also expressed with working conditions, which teachers and their unions connected to flat or declining state spending on education. This report argues that underfunded defined-benefit pension plans and other post-employment benefits (OPEB) are the hidden drivers of labor unrest in the public sector. As these legacy costs have risen, teacher salaries have flatlined or even declined in value. Policy recommendations include: (1) In the name of equity and affordability, states should move away from defined-benefit pensions and toward defined-contribution plans; (2) More of the money currently spent on education should show up in the paychecks of working teachers; (3) States should consider eliminating retiree health-care benefits for newly hired teachers–indeed, for most… [PDF]
(1986). Close of Service Workshop. Participant's Handbook. Training for Development. Peace Corps Information Collection & Exchange Training Manual No. T-08. This handbook is designed for the use and convenience of Peace Corps volunteers during the Close of Service (COS) workshop, the purpose of which is to assist them in making the transition from the host country back to the United States. It contains a variety of worksheets and articles that can assist them in examining their needs and expectations about leaving their host countries and returning home. The materials are divided into these sections: a time for reflection; values, skills, and goals; for those who are interested in a job search campaign; for those who are considering further education or training; for those who are considering other options; networking and interviewing; moving on; and development education and Peace Corps' third goal. A journal section concludes the handbook. It is included for volunteers' personal thoughts and notetaking. (YLB)… [PDF]
(2023). Reflections of White Women Committed to Antiracism. ProQuest LLC, Ph.D. Dissertation, Michigan State University. Learning about antiracism can be an emotional and isolating process for white people. With most research focusing on the experiences of undergraduates (Schooley, Lee, & Spanierman, 2019), the experiences of adults committed to this lifestyle are often ignored. This study uses narrative inquiry to examine the experiences of four white women in higher education as they commit to antiracism. Participants were vetted as committed to antiracism by Black-led antiracist educators. Participants reflected on their life experiences with race, racism, and antiracism, and participated in a focus group and individual interview. Each participant's story is shared as well as several identified themes. The theme of being a betweener helped participants navigate the emotional process of living in between different worlds; one where they are often disappointed by ignorant comments of white friends and one where they will really never understand the racist world of their Black friends. The range of… [Direct]