Spirituality
Jeunes refugies africains: construire l`avenir -5 May 2010
*Un dossier pedagogique pour les eleves des ecoles secondaires *Une vidéo (67 minutes) et un support de cours pour l’enseignant
Join the conversationInterfaith Education Initiative: A manual on interfaith dialogue -5 May 2010
*Resource for adult Christians interested in building relationships with Jews and Muslims
Join the conversationSafe You and Safe Me -5 May 2010
*Children's book (for 7-12 years of age) discussing the United Nations Secretary-General's Study on Violence against Children *Information on violence and what the child can do to protect themselves and others *CD (missing)
Join the conversationSexual and Gender-Based Violence against Refugees, Returnees and Internally Displaced Persons: Guide -5 May 2010
*Intended for use by UNHCR staff and members of operational partners involved in protection and assistance activities *Tested in 32 countries
Join the conversationFeeding Minds, Feeding Hunger: A world free from hunger -5 May 2010
*Lesson plans focusing on hunger and malnutrition *Three lessons each for primary, intermediate, and secondary levels
Join the conversationFrom Waves of Compassion to Waves of Transformation: Sarvodaya's Tsunami to Deshoday Plan During the -5 May 2010
*Report on the rebuilding efforts of the Sarvodaya Shramadana Movement following the Tsunami of 26th December 2004, the worst natural calamity in Sri Lankan history
Join the conversationWaves of Compassion: Sarvodaya's Tsunami to Deshodaya Plan after Six Months of Action -5 May 2010
*Detailed description of relief efforts in wake of 2004 Sri Lankan Tsunami *See also From Waves of Compassion to Waves of Transformation, report issued one year following tsunami.
Join the conversationSowing Seeds for Peace: a peacemaking resource for children -5 May 2010
*Vacation Christian church school curriculum for elementary level *Two different session plans: Pre-K-1st Grade and 2nd-6th Grade (5 one-hour sessions each)
Join the conversationLearning to Abolish War: Teaching toward a culture of peace -5 May 2010
*Resource packet for peace education *Based on the Hague Agenda for Peace and Justice for the 21st Century *3 Books: 1) Rationale and Approach, 2) Sample Learning Units, 3) Teacher Training Procedures *Lessons cover roots of war, international human rights and humanitarian law, conflict prevention, disarmament, and human security *Lessons for all levels (elementary, middle grade, and secondary)
Join the conversationIntercultural Education (Special Social Justice Issue) (Vol. 20, No. 2, Apr 2009) -5 May 2010
*Periodical journal with scholarly articles, including: "Intercultural education as social justice" "Computers, the media and multicultural education: seeking engagement and political literacy" "Growing social justice educators: a pedagogical framework for Social Justice Education" "'Of, by, and for are not merely prepositions': teaching and learning Conflict Resolution for a democratic, global citizenry" "Critical reasoning for social justice: moral encounters with the paradoxes of intercultural education" "Civic responsibility and human rights education: a pan-educational alliance for social justice" "The role of education in teaching norms and values to adult newcomers: an analysis of integration policy in the Netherlands, with emphasis on the city of Rotterdam" "Multicultural education and social justice actions" "Action learning through Indigenous literature"
Join the conversationAlliance of Civilizations: Report of the High Level Group 13 November 2006 -6 May 2010
*UN Report which addresses issues between Western and Islamic countries *Provides policy recommendations concerning education, youth, migration, and media
Join the conversationThe First Alliance of Civilizations Forum: Madrid, 15-16 January 2008 -6 May 2010
*Hosted by the Government of Spain in Madrid *Convened political leaders, representatives of international and regional bodies, religious leaders, youth, corporate executives, civil society groups, and foundations for open dialogue on reducing polarization between nations and launching joint initiatives to promote cross-cultural understanding globally
Join the conversationTotal Disaster Risk Management: Good Practices 2008 -6 May 2010
*Overview of several natural disasters that occurred in the world in 2007 *Includes the concept of TDRM and its good practices
Join the conversationDisaster Risk Reduction Education Policy Review -6 May 2010
*Commissioned study examining disaster risk reduction education and the UN-sponsored Hyogo Framework for Action 2005-2015
Join the conversationTsunami: For 4th to 6th Grades -6 May 2010
*Children's picture book with information on the earth, earthquakes, tsunamis, evacuation and countermeasures *Includes teacher's guide
Join the conversationTsunami: Lesson Learnt from Japanese Story "Inamura No Hi" -6 May 2010
*Japanese children's story of a village chief who saved his villagers from a big Tsunami disaster
Join the conversationIntercultural Education (Vol. 18, No. 1, Mar 2007) -6 May 2010
*Scholarly journal with articles on the discursive construction of learning in a multiethnic school, good practices in Roma eduation, intercultural qualitative research, educational achievemetns of the Malay community in Singapore, multicultural educational provision in Cyprus through a case study
Join the conversationProspects: quarterly review of comparative education (Vol. 32, No. 1, Mar 2002) -6 May 2010
*Scholarly articles addressing how to live with other cultures *Includes case studies of Ghana, Tanzania, and Yves Brunsvick
Join the conversationIntercultural Education (Vol. 17, No. 1, Mar 2006) -6 May 2010
*Scholarly journal with articles on culturally appropriate pedagogy, locating non-Western enlightenment texts for a global curriculum, role of an affirmed black cultural identity and heritage in the academic achievement of African-Canadian students, the foreign language and intercultural competence teacher, minority schooling and intercultural education, trajectories of adjustment of international students, promoting intercultural edcuation through art education, country updates on Portugal, and refugee children perspectives
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