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From 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
Leer más...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
Leer más...Waves 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.
Leer más...Sowing 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)
Leer más...Learning 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)
Leer más...Intercultural 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"
Leer más...Safe 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)
Leer más...Total 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
Leer más...Disaster 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
Leer más...Tsunami: 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
Leer más...Tsunami: 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
Leer más...Intercultural 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
Leer más...Prospects: 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
Leer más...Intercultural Education (Vol. 17, No. 4, Oct 2006) -6 May 2010
*Scholarly journal with articles on the recast of multicultural teachign practicum, impact of the poltical context on dicourse characteristics in Jewish-Arab encounters in Israel, conservative christian teachers on possible consequences for lesbian, gay and bisexual youth, educating for difference in a ROmany community in spain, Teacher understanding of cultural difference, intercultural communication, system theory approach to interfaith dialogue
Leer más...Intercultural 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
Leer más...Intercultural Education (Special Theoretical Issue) (Vol. 19, No. 6, Dec 2008) -6 May 2010
*Periodical journal with scholarly articles, including: "Theoretical reflections on intercultural education" "Civilizational knowledge, interculturalism and citizenship education" "Intercultural education in Europe: epistemological and semantic aspects" "Intercultural education and intercultural learning in Austria--critical reflections on theory and practice" "On metaphors, everyday diversity and intercultural education" "Good intentions are not enough: a decolonizing intercultural education" "Multicultural education in the United States: reflections" "Constructing intercultural education" "Forum Syd Balkan Project. Best Practice. PRONI/FSBP education model university course: leadership and development community youth work"
Leer más...Intercultural Education (Special Immigrant Issue) (Vol. 19, No. 2, Oct 2008) -6 May 2010
*Periodical journal with scholarly articles, including: "Immigrant access to education: a comparative perspective" "Access to education and equity in plural societies" "Transnational schooling and the new immigrants: developing dual identities in the United States" "Discrimination and good practice activities in education: trends and developments in the 27 EU Member States" "The children of guest workers: comparative analysis of scholastic achievement of pupils of Turkish origin throughout Europe" "Territories of integration: the children of immigrants in the schools of the Metropolitan Area of Lisbon" "Chilren of immigrants in Trento: educational achievement through the lens of friendship" "Educating immigrant children in a 'newcomer' immigration country. A case study" "Good practices addressing school integration of Roma/Gypsy children in Hungary"
Leer más...Intercultural Education (Vol. 17, No. 3, Aug 2006) -6 May 2010
*Scholarly journal with articles on intercultural education on theory and practice; promoting an endogenous approach to education at the local community level; instrumental relationships and high expectations on exploring cirtical care in two Latino community-based schools; cultural constructivism and the confluence of cognition, knowledge creation, multiculturalism and teaching
Leer más...Intercultural Education (Vol. 17, No. 2, May 2006) -6 May 2010
*Scholarly journal with articles on Ogbu and the debate on educational achievement, John Ogbu and minority education in Japan, complicity with conservatism and the de-politicizing of multicultural and intercultural education, aspects of intercultural communication in international training programs for educators, transcending the majority rights and minority protectio dichotomy through multicultural reflective citizenship in the African Great Lakes region, Cultural cross-currents in second language literacy education, book history and ideological hierarchies
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