Bailey, Rebecca; Brion-Meisels, Gretchen; Jones, Stephanie M.; Partee, Ann (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]

Cairns, Ed; Niens, Ulrike (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]

Flohr, Linda; Ruggirello, Rachel (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]

Weston, Burnes H., Ed.; And Others (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,…

Sahin, Ayfer (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]

Oyero, Olusola; Salawu, Abiodun (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]

Clarke, Joanne; Norman, Vicky (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]

Marcus, Jamie Anne (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]

Ahmad, Saghir; Batool, Ayesha; Malik, Misbah (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]

Stachowiak, Bonni (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]

Jeanes, Ruth; Spaaij, Ram√≥n (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]

Mische, Patricia; Rubin, Josephine (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…

Balakrishnan, Balamuralithara (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]

Ackerman, Xanthe Scharff; Scott, Kaitlyn (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]

Weissman, Deborah (2007). Jewish Religious Education as Peace Education: From Crisis to Opportunity. British Journal of Religious Education, v29 n1 p63-76 Jan. Samuel Huntington is famous for having used the phrase "clash of civilizations." Many other observers of the geopolitical scene have suggested that the reality is more like a clash "within civilizations," and that the response to this should lie in discovering the resources within each cultural tradition that could inform a more peaceful outlook. For some time, within the Middle East, questions have been raised as to whether the great religious traditions of the region are only a factor promoting extremism and violence or could also be 'tools for peace'. This article looks at Jewish religious education as a test case, considering what resources are available in classical Jewish sources for a more open, peaceful perspective. The question is raised as to why there seem to be relatively few religious Jews in the "Peace Camp" in Israel, but what steps could be taken, at least from an educational point of view, to change that situation. Part of the solution… [Direct]

Gibbins, Thor (2013). Digital Alchemy: A Hermeneutic Phenomenological Investigation of Digital Storytelling for Peace and Justice. ProQuest LLC, Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Maryland, College Park. This study explores the experiences of undergraduate students enrolled in an education I-Series (University of Maryland undergraduate courses designed to inspire innovation, imagination, and intellect) course, Good Stories: Teaching Stories for Peace and Justice. In this course students are asked to produce digital stories that project themes of peace and justice. The locus of this study focuses on the essential question: In what ways do participants "world" their experiences producing digital stories for peace and justice? The methodology of hermeneutic phenomenology is employed in order to elucidate interpretive understandings about digital storytelling for peace and justice in the experiences of nine undergraduates over the course of one semester. The metaphor of alchemy is used since the practice of alchemy entailed amalgamating base metals in the hopes of transmuting them into gold. Jung (1968) likens this process to our experience of becoming individuated, whole, and… [Direct]

Ugwuozor, Felix Okechukwu (2016). Philosophical Education toward Democratization and Boko Haram Insurgency in Nigeria. International Education Studies, v9 n9 p87-98. This paper examines Nigeria's democratization dilemmas and the imperatives of an educational framework against the backdrop of the Boko Haram insurgency. It identifies and connects the pattern, character and dynamics of the existing educational system. It also discusses the system's failure in calling for a new approach to overcome the prevailing dearth of civic order and the increasing spread of dissent groups. This new method is about acculturating Nigerian youth into a more civic culture, a Nigeria where citizens can live side by side with each other in peace." While examining both theoretical and practical characteristics of this new educational agenda, the paper especially examines the link between philosophical education and the development of a civic culture, trusting that such a connection suggests an approach to education that may assist future policy makers, educators, and teachers. Specific theoretical analysis of pedagogical and philosophical education contained here… [PDF]

Price, Gareth (2020). Language Policy and Transitional Justice: Rights and Reconciliation. Language Policy, v19 n4 p485-503 Nov. Transitional justice (TJ) scenarios are where a society is moving from war to peace or from authoritarianism to democracy. A key goal of TJ is to balance atoning for past abuses of human rights with creating the conditions for social and political stability in the future, and this requires avoiding forms of "victor's justice" whereby one system of oppression is simply replaced with another. TJ questions, then, are not merely about justice, but about justice and prudence: not merely whom to punish and by what authority, but to what ends (Arthur in Hum Rights Q 31:321-367, 2009). These ends, according to de Greiff (Nomos 51:31-77, 2012), are reconciliation and democratization, achieved primarily via the recognition of wrongdoings and victims, and the rebuilding of civic trust. It is questionable, therefore, whether the emphasis on legality and punishment should be the primary mechanism of TJ or, as Roht-Arriaza (in: Roht-Arriaza, Mariezcurrena (eds) Transitional justice in… [Direct]

Ajibola, Ilesanmi Gabriel (2018). A Theological Analysis of Confessional-Centric Curriculum of Christian Religious Education: Towards an Inclusive Religious Pluralistic Centered Curriculum for Nigeria Colleges of Education. ProQuest LLC, Ph.D. Dissertation, Duquesne University. Desire to live in peace and unity despite the multi ethnic and multi religious composition of Nigeria, remain ideals that are constant in the nation's Constitution. However, accruable benefits of a culturally and religiously pluralistic society have continued to elude Nigeria due to incessant religious violence arising from the mutual suspicion of Christians and Muslims in the country. Nevertheless, the nation's National Policy on Education proposes the education sector as one of the platforms to inculcate a sense of unity and religious tolerance in the country. The policy considers the nation's learning centers and religious courses offered in such institutions as media to attain the goals of peaceful co-existence and unity of all citizens. Unfortunately, this goal has remained unrealized. It is from this background that this dissertation conducts a theological analysis of the curriculum of Christian Religious Studies operative in Nigeria Colleges of Education and finds it defective… [Direct]

Alerby, Eva (2019). Places for Silence and Stillness in Schools of Today: A Matter for Educational Policy. Policy Futures in Education, v17 n4 p530-540 May. In this paper, it is my intention to not only explore the notions and significance of places for silence in education today, but also to develop insights into diverse understandings of silence — such as aspects of power in silence and issues of silent students — to inform school practices and educational policy. The discussion will be illustrated by some students' experiences of a place in the school's playground — the silent place known as the Peace Area. The students at this playground emphasised the significance of a silent place, a place of stillness, to visit during one's time at school. A place for relaxing together with friends, but also a place to be alone with one's thoughts. The students clearly expressed their desire to withdraw to a silent and peaceful place during the school day. But, how many places of silence and stillness are there in the schools of today? As humans, we are, in our daily life, more or less surrounded by different forms of sounds and noise, but also… [Direct]

Shuler, Douglas D. (2016). Exploring the Usage and Benefits of the State of Texas Peace Officer Tuition Exemption Program. ProQuest LLC, Ph.D. Dissertation, Northcentral University. This study was conducted to explore if the Texas peace officer tuition exemption program is being used to the extent and for the purposes outlined with regard to the state law. A qualitative case study method was implemented and conducted to find determine if Texas peace officers are using the program, to what extent the program being used, the purposes officers are using the program for, and is the program actually promoting the police profession in Texas. The study was significant in determining what the perceptions of police officers were with regard to higher education, police professionalism, professionalization of police, and the police profession in Texas. The study used active Texas police officers as the population, sampling from 22 police officer participants from the 6 largest police agencies in the Northeast Texas area of the state, this involved 12 participants who have used the state program and 12 that have not used the program. A qualitative case study design using… [Direct]

Gibons, Kenneth; Mata, Fernando; Mata, Paula (2016). Woodland in Practical Skills Therapeutic Education. Journal of Research in Special Educational Needs, v16 suppl 1 p1108-1112 Aug. Modern urban life provides less opportunities to contact with nature, which is a potential cause of developmental deviances in children. We investigated the potential therapeutic effect of woodlands, within the context of Practical Skills Therapeutic Education at the Ruskin Mill College, UK. Data on physical and emotional perceptions were collected through a questionnaire: sight was the physical sense with higher impact (P < 0.05); contemplation, away from pressure, relaxation, peace, quietness and freedom rated higher in emotional senses (P < 0.05). The place conveying the highest sense of comfort was the woodlands (P < 0.05). The Biophilia Theory, and the Attention Restorative Theory, that explain the recovery from Directed Attention Fatigue through exposure to natural environments, frame these results. A considerable amount of students attending the College is diagnosed with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder being argued that the woodlands are a potential… [Direct]

Coy, Patrick G.; Hancock, Landon E. (2010). Mainstreaming Peace and Conflict Studies: Designing Introductory Courses to Fit Liberal Arts Education Requirements. Journal of Peace Education, v7 n2 p205-219 Sep. Peace and conflict studies courses are seldom seen by faculty curriculum committees and university administrators as deserving to be part of their institution's liberal arts education requirements. We show that this unfortunate tendency is rooted in a lack of understanding of not only the compatibility between the two but of their quite complementary connections. These connections include the liberal arts' emphases on the following: producing liberated citizens; respecting diversity; thoughtfully considering different points of view; highlighting not just the rights of the individual but the responsibilities that accompany those rights. Using the experience of Kent State University's Center for Applied Conflict Management as a case study, we show that by bridging the perceived gap between the traditional liberal arts core and peace and conflict studies it is indeed possible to have an introductory course in peace and conflict studies accepted as an option for fulfilling an… [Direct]

Ndura-Ouedraogo, Elavie (2009). The Role of Education in Peace-Building in the African Great Lakes Region: Educators' Perspectives. Journal of Peace Education, v6 n1 p37-49 Mar. This article discusses the findings from a qualitative study which examined educators' perceptions of their contributions to the quest for sustainable peace in Burundi and the African Great Lakes region. The study looked at how educators representing different ethnic backgrounds, academic preparation, and currently employed at different levels within the Burundi educational system characterize their experiences with ethnic conflicts and violence, the role that education must play in the peace-building and societal reconstruction processes, and their roles in the quest for sustainable peaceful interethnic coexistence. The findings from semi-structured interviews and researchers' field notes showed that most participants were deeply marked by their experiences with ethnic conflicts, and that they recognized the critical roles that they and the educational system must play to achieve lasting peace. The participants stressed that numerous logistical and economic challenges hinder their… [Direct]

Hendley, Val√©rie; Saint-Paul, Th√©r√®se (2016). The "Fun with Languages" Project: Making Learning Another Language an Early Priority. Learning Languages, v21 n2 p16-18, 20, 22 Spr-Sum. There is no denying the importance of multilingualism in the 21st century; increased travels, student exchanges, global business, diplomacy, and security are mediated by communication. Education is the key to building a strong multilingual world community that will work for peace and stability. However, it may be often overlooked that a successful educational system is measured in part by the investment that governments place in early education ("Equality and Education" OECD report 2012). The first part of this paper reviews the essential benefits of early foreign language exposure and learning for the development of the whole child. It also looks at the historical changes of Foreign Language in the Elementary School (FLES) in the United States, along with some comparisons to European trends. In the second part, the article describes a FLES initiative at the K-12 level, launched three years ago in partnership with Murray State University in Kentucky that aims to kindle a… [PDF] [Direct]

Jeanes, Ruth; Oxford, Sarah; Spaaij, Ram√≥n (2016). Transforming Communities through Sport? Critical Pedagogy and Sport for Development. Sport, Education and Society, v21 n4 p570-587. The value of sport as a vehicle for social development and progressive social change has been much debated, yet what tends to get missed in this debate is the way education may foster, enable or impede the transformative action that underpins the social outcomes to which the "sport for development and peace" (SDP) sector aspires. This article draws on the critical pedagogy of Paulo Freire and his contemporaries to examine the nature of transformative action and how it may be fostered within SDP programs. Insights from critical pedagogy are applied to, and illustrated through, qualitative research undertaken with SDP programs located in Cameroon and Kenya. The findings show the complexities of designing and implementing critical pedagogy in a SDP context and, in particular, the challenges of creating and mobilizing for transformative action. Opportunities and lessons for embedding critical pedagogy within SDP programs are also presented…. [Direct]

Tan, Charlene; Tan, Leonard (2016). A Shared Vision of Human Excellence: Confucian Spirituality and Arts Education. Pastoral Care in Education, v34 n3 p156-166. Spirituality encourages the individual to make sense of oneself within a wider framework of meaning and see oneself as part of some larger whole. This article discusses Confucian spirituality by focusing on the spiritual ideals of "dao" (Way) and "he" (harmony). It is explained that the Way represents a shared vision of human excellence that is embodied in the guiding discourse inherited from one's cultural predecessors. The Confucian Way covers all the manifestations of Zhou culture, including its knowledge base, values, beliefs and practices that have been passed down through the generations. The Way is achieved through harmony where human beings find inner peace as well as co-exist with one another and their surroundings. Harmony encompasses an appreciation of beauty, joy and ethical values that may be obtained from arts education. The essay further illustrates an application of Confucian spiritual ideals through music education in a school. A Confucian aim of… [Direct]

Gardner, John (2016). Education in Northern Ireland since the Good Friday Agreement: Kabuki Theatre Meets "Danse Macabre". Oxford Review of Education, v42 n3 p346-361. The Good Friday Agreement (1998) between the UK and Irish governments, and most of the political parties in Northern Ireland, heralded a significant step forward in securing peace and stability for this troubled region of the British Isles. From the new-found stability, the previous fits and starts of education reform were replaced by a determination for modernisation and innovation, infused with a new energy and momentum. This sense of purpose embraced a complex weave of ideas and ideals; all designed variously to smooth, celebrate and harness community differences for the collective good. Much progress has been made in the intervening years since 1998, particularly in political structures and relationships. However, the euphoria of the new dawn of the Agreement had barely begun to shape the future before entrenched "tribal" tensions reproduced the same political and legislative impasses of former years and visited their all-too-familiar blight on the economic, cultural… [Direct]

Golahit, S. B.; Mahajan, P. T. (2017). Are the Services Delivered Employable? A Scenario of Technical Education in Rural India. Online Submission, International Journal of Management (IJM) v8 n1 p40-49 Jan-Feb. Purpose: One of the most appalling challenges in India is persistently rising unemployment, explicitly in the rural region. More than 20% of Indian youth between the ages of 15 and 24 years are "seeking or available for work," as per 2011 census data. There will be no peace and prosperity in the country unless jobless people get appropriate channel. In India deficiency of skills is among the main constraints for recruitment of Technical Education. Productivity of Technical Education in not entirely absorbed due to lack of skills required by the employers. Along with the ample arguments, taking place in recent times, regarding reformation in the productivity of Technical Education, this present study syndicates focus on services delivered and its impact on employability skills. The objective of this paper is to find out whether Technical Education institutes in rural part are keen to focus on the employability skills? The paper also focuses on distinguished skills required… [PDF]