(2016). Choosing to Be Positive. Educational Leadership, v74 n1 p63-68 Sep. Schools can view challenging student behavior in one of two ways: (1) as a failure on the part of the student or teacher that distracts from the work of learning, or (2) as a normal developmental occurrence that provides an opportunity for the student to practice new or emerging skills. The authors of this article, researchers at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, assert that research on the importance of strong teacher-student relationships supports the latter approach. The authors describe strategies to prevent discipline issues while promoting relationships and building key skills (for example, "Cool Kid," "Class Council," and "Peace Path"), which they developed and collected under the acronym SECURe (Social, Emotional and Cognitive Understanding and Regulation in Education). Pilot studies have shown that the SECURe approach improves classroom climates and improve students' social and emotional well-being…. [Direct]
(2005). Conflict, Contact, and Education in Northern Ireland. Theory Into Practice, v44 n4 p337-344. This article outlines educational responses to the conflict in Northern Ireland designed to promote intergroup harmony. Current research about the impact of these programs on children and young people is also reviewed to draw conclusions for practitioners in formal and informal educational settings who want to use intergroup contact to implement education for peace in the most effective way. The contact hypothesis has provided the theoretical framework for the majority of educational initiatives in Northern Ireland designed to promote peace, and it is used here to evaluate empirical evidence regarding the impact of such initiatives. In the main this evidence supports the importance of the key conditions for successful outgroup contact as originally proposed by the contact hypothesis. In addition, intergroup anxiety is identified as a factor mediating successful outgroup contact and attention is drawn to the potentially significant role of outgroup contact that is not experienced… [Direct]
(2018). Supporting New Science Teachers in Pursuing Socially Just Science Education. Cultural Studies of Science Education, v13 n2 p463-484 Jun. This forum explores contradictions that arose within the partnership between Teach for America (TFA) and a university teacher education program. TFA is an alternate route teacher preparation program that places individuals into K-12 classrooms in low-income school districts after participating in an intense summer training program and provides them with ongoing support. This forum is a conversation about the challenges we faced as new science teachers in the TFA program and in the Peace Corps program. We both entered the teaching field with science degrees and very little formal education in science education. In these programs we worked in a community very different from the one we had experienced as students. These experiences allow us to address many of the issues that were discussed in the original paper, namely teaching in an unfamiliar community amid challenges that many teachers face in the first few years of teaching. We consider how these challenges may be amplified for… [Direct]
(1978). Peace and World Order Studies. A Curriculum Guide. This curriculum guide is designed as a tool for both university and secondary school use with the purpose of contributing to the further evolution of peace and world order studies. Part I presents three essays on peace and world order education. Part II comprises the majority of the document. It provides detailed outlines of some 50 college courses and seminars which fall into three categories: (1) courses and studies which present a broad overview of the field; (2) topical themes of peace, social/political justice, economic well being, and ecological balance; and (3) analytical themes which address values clarification/inquiry, futurism, and social/system change. Part III describes 30 selected learning packages in peace and world order studies developed by the Institute for World Order and by various world order centers and programs at universities and private organizations throughout the United States. Parts IV and V offer bibliographies of approximately 1,000 books, periodicals,…
(2019). Personal and Social Values in Primary Grade Children's Books. Participatory Educational Research, v6 n1 p1-9 Jun. One requirement of realizing the aims of Turkish National Education is educating individuals that adopt the values of Turkish Nation. Families, educational institutions, and teaching materials have important roles to raise individuals who adopt social values and put them into practice. One of the important materials is written children books. In this context, the aim of the study is to determine the personal and social values dealt with in primary grade children's books. One of the qualitative methods, document analysis method was used in the study. Universe of the study was consisted of written children's books of elementary grades. Sample was consisted of children books that are sold in the city center of Kirsehir. The sample a total of 210 children from domestic and foreign authors who were selected by random sampling among the children's books belonging to different publishing house offered for sale in book stories in the city center of Kirsehir were created from the book. To… [PDF]
(2018). Building Media Capacity for Children Sustainability in Africa: Educational and Partnership Imperatives. SAGE Open, v8 n1 Jan. The "African common position" during the Special Session of United Nations (UN) General Assembly on children was that "Today's investment in children is tomorrow's peace, stability, security, democracy and sustainable development." However, the African child remains the most neglected species in the continent as millions of them are still living in poverty, deprived of education, suffer from malnourishment and discrimination, abandoned and vulnerable to abuses including being used as child soldiers in warfare. This situation demands a revisitation of the world union's call to care for the interest of the child as specified in the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. In this regard, the media is fingered as having a role to play in ensuring the realization of children's many unfulfilled dreams, a responsibility that requires greater capacity. Unfortunately, the current African media capacity for children is very low, a situation traceable to lack of skills and… [Direct]
(2021). Transforming Whose Lives? The Portrayal of International Sport for Development Volunteering by UK Higher Education Institutions. Sport, Education and Society, v26 n9 p998-1010. This article critically examines the portrayal of sport for development (SfD) international volunteering by UK Higher Education Institutions (HEIs). Volunteer tourism or 'voluntourism' is a popular experience in which individuals combine international travel with voluntary work in a destination typically in the Global South in a bid to offer support to those in need. A body of literature offers an optimistic view of volunteer tourism, suggesting that it can facilitate the development of cross-cultural understanding among volunteers and host communities. However, there is also critical literature which argues that if volunteer tourism programmes are not carefully developed and managed, they can lead to cross-cultural misunderstanding and reinforce negative cultural stereotypes; this latter critique provides both the justification and context for this article. Several studies have acknowledged the centrality of Global Northern volunteers to the delivery of sport-based programmes in the… [Direct]
(2021). Application of Virtual Reality Scenarios. Distance Learning, v18 n4 p27-30. Technology-driven videos can promote a quick animated reception, perceptions of sensorial familiarity, and kinesthetic awareness that synergize these constructs. Scripted educational virtual reality scenarios can, therefore, encourage viewer recognition and understanding of the emotional effect of the COVID-19 pandemic. Litz et al. (2009) posit that prospective morally injurious situations can include the continuance of lack of prevention or witnessing events that can transgress deeply into previously held moral beliefs. Griffen et al. further that the morally traumatized need interventions so they may begin to repair feelings of guilt/shame, betrayal, and isolation. Soul Injury was identified by hospice nurses who cared for thousands of near-death combat and traumatized veterans. Observed traits of these vulnerable populations included loss of identity, brokenness, emptiness, and continual fear. The Hospice nurses promoted healing therapeutic stages of reowning, rehoming, and… [Direct]
(2018). Perceptions of University Students about Causes of Terrorism. Bulletin of Education and Research, v40 n3 p115-127 Dec. The key purpose of this study was to find out the causes of terrorism through the perceptions of university students enrolled in teacher training institutions. This study was quantitative in nature. A sample of two hundred and sixty seven students was selected from public sector teacher training institutions. A self-developed and validated instrument was used to identify students' perceptions about the causes of terrorism which consisted of thirty two statements. Responses were obtained on five point Likert type scale. Mean, Standard deviation, independent sample t-test, and One Way ANOVA were applied to analyze the data. The major findings of the study indicated that students perceived poverty, foreign interference, wrong interpretation of Islamic preaching, and social injustice as the main causes of terrorism. It is also found that most of the participants think that drone attacks on the border areas of neighboring country, from the air basis provided to foreign army, are the major… [PDF]
(2020). The Productive Online and Offline Professor: A Practical Guide. Thrive Online Series. Stylus Publishing LLC What does it mean to be a productive professor in higher education? What would it feel like to have more peace and productivity? To have nothing fall through the cracks? "The Productive Online and Offline Professor" is written for today's busy higher education professional. Through an exploration of what it means to make work meaningful, this book offers practical strategies and tips to support higher education professionals in efficiently managing and effectively using a wide range of technologies and productivity tools. Higher education instructors will find this guide helps them to fulfill their teaching roles with excellence and to build engaging relationships with students while also successfully managing other priorities in their professional and personal lives. "The Productive Online Professor" assists those who teach online and blended courses with managing their personal productivity. Faculty are often expected to provide support and feedback to learners… [Direct]
World Studies: Selected Organizations. Descriptive information is given for 80 organizations. The organizations are concerned with world studies ranging from global population concerns to specific cultural societies. They represent global issues concerning education and teaching, international education, population and food, war and peace, religion, economics, and ocean education. Others promote understanding of more specific world elements such as Eastern arts and cultures of Africa, Asia, and the Mid East. For a few organizations, only title, address, and purpose are given. Most entries also include (1) telephone number; (2) lists of materials such as journals; libraries, classes, and programs; (3) costs and possible uses of materials; and (4) comments relating to availability and level of sophistication of specific materials. (AV)… [PDF]
(2013). Education for Social Change? A Freirean Critique of Sport for Development and Peace. Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy, v18 n4 p442-457. Background: The previous two decades have witnessed an increasing number of policymakers and practitioners using sport programmes to achieve broader social development aims, particularly in countries in the Global South. A core element of these programmes has been the use of sport as a context to provide young people with social, personal and health education. However, despite the educative focus of the "sport for development and peace" (SDP) movement, there has been limited analysis within the existing literature of the pedagogies used and whether these are appropriate for achieving the aims of SDP programmes. This article seeks to review and critique the core pedagogical strategies used in SDP initiatives. Theoretical framework: This article draws on Paulo Freire's critical pedagogy as a theoretical framework to examine education through sport in the Global South. The authors consider Freire's work to provide a number of aspects that are relevant to SDP… [Direct]
(1978). Women and Peace [And] Vienna Conference: Women and Disarmament [And] Women, Power and Alternative Futures, Part I: Women and World Order [And] Women, Power and Alternative Futures, Part II: Women and Power. The Whole Earth Papers. Vol. 1, No. 6-8, Spring, 1978. Four papers explore the role of women in promoting a peaceful world order. The volume is intended to increase understanding of the linkages between local and global issues, and to examine them as interrelated issues in an interdependent world. The first paper, \Women and Peace,\ is a historical analysis of the role of individual women, feminists, and suffragettes in working for peace during the late 19th century, World War I, after World War I, and in the United Nations. The second paper, \Vienna Conference: Women and Disarmament,\ contains excerpts and analyses of speeches made at a 1978 conference of women from non-governmental organizations in 23 countries. Participants discussed three broad topics: economic and social consequences of the arms race on women and the family, peace and disarmament education, and practical means of informing and organizing action by women on disarmament. The third paper, \Women, Power and Alternative Futures, Part I,\ explores the relationship…
(2017). A Novel Module for Cultivate Unity and Harmony in Multicultural Society through Arts Education. Journal for Multicultural Education, v11 n4 p306-322. Purpose: Promoting unity in multicultural society among Malaysians should start from school education since young age. Art through its own variety of approaches could show possibilities in addressing diversity in a community that consists of multiple ranges of racial and cultural backgrounds such as Malaysian community. Arts education is essential for each child because arts cover the entire learning domain–cognitive, psychomotor and affective. Using the advantages of arts in a child's learning process and its possibilities to create harmony among communities from different races. Design/methodology/approach: The participants were interviewed using a qualitative approach, which consisted of two main questions: What is your perception on this module through participating in this programme? How the module of this programme has influenced you as a Malaysian? Findings: The proposed module was implemented, and the findings showed that through arts education, the unity and harmony among… [Direct]
(2017). Gains and Gaps in Girls' Education. Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, v47 n1 p133-136. After more than 25 years of research on girls' education, it is widely accepted among economists that investing in this area is one of, if not the most, effective development interventions. This research, as well as global advocacy and recent world events–including Malala Yousafzai winning the Nobel Peace Prize and the #Bringbackourgirls campaign after Boko Haram kidnapped hundreds of girls in Nigeria– have helped make "girls' education" a household term. For a study published by The Brookings Institution in March 2015, the authors surveyed a group of 44 top funding institutions, two-thirds of which reported that in response to the growing support for girls' education, their budgets for this work had increased over the past 10 years. Their work, combined with global and national efforts to promote universal primary-school enrollment, has paid off: since 2000, there are 84 million fewer children and adolescents out of school; 52 million of these are girls (UNESCO &… [Direct]