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LeVine, Robert A.; White, Merry I. – 1986
Based on anthropological and historical inquiry, this book proposes and illustrates a new approach to the comparative analysis of educational policy. It investigates cultural conceptions of human potential as they inform social and economic goals of education by reviewing the transitions of Western countries, Japan, and the People's Republic of…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Cultural Influences, Developing Nations, Educational Policy
Peer reviewedAbramovitz, Norman; Collins, Thomas H. – Social Science Record, 1974
It is proposed that the study of dynamics of development in all countries should take a major place in the elementary and secondary curriculum. (Author/KM)
Descriptors: Developing Nations, Economic Development, Futures (of Society), Global Approach
Peer reviewedTong-Jin, Park – Asian Affairs: An American Review, 1979
Reviews Korean-American relations during the twentieth century and suggests lessons to be drawn from this relationship. Lessons include that American economic aid programs can be successful, and that occasional strained relationships between close allies should not be taken too seriously. Journal available from American-Asian Educational Exchange,…
Descriptors: Asian History, Conflict Resolution, Developed Nations, Developing Nations
Kleinjans, Everett – 1975
People's perceptions of recent changes in East/West relations determine their attitudes and affect their ability to relate to each other. Relations between nations are really relations between different images, perceptions, myths, and ideas acquired through experience. In order to square perceptions with reality, people should consider the…
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Cross Cultural Training, Cultural Awareness, Culture Contact
Kothari, Rajni – 1980
Global interaction during the 19th and 20th centuries is examined by using an historical dialectic approach. Intervention is suggested in world affairs that will promote cooperation between developing and industrialized nations. The dialectical approach maintains that the status quo is constantly moving toward upheaval as a result of pressure for…
Descriptors: Change Agents, Change Strategies, Cooperation, Developed Nations
Peer reviewedBrook, Diane L. – Social Education, 1997
Articulates many reasons to teach about Sub-Saharan Africa in social studies classes. Although the region will become increasingly important because of global interdependence, it suffers widespread misunderstanding concerning its history and culture. Discusses the region's need for economic development and the quest for political democracy. (MJP)
Descriptors: African Culture, African History, Area Studies, Developing Nations
Download full textWhiteman, Darrell L., Ed. – 1985
The topics of anthropologist-missionary relationships, theology and missiology, research methods and missionary contributions to ethnology, and missionary training and methods, along with specific case studies are presented. The 13 essays are: (1) "Prospects for a Better Understanding and Closer Cooperation between Anthropologists and…
Descriptors: Anthropology, Clergy, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Influences
Salamone, Frank A., Ed. – 1985
The topics of anthropologist-missionary relationships, theology and missiology, research methods and missionary contributions to ethnology, missionary training and methods, and specific case studies are presented. The ten essays are: (1) "An Ethnoethnography of Missionaries in Kalingaland" (Robert Lawless); (2) "Missionization and…
Descriptors: Anthropology, Clergy, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Influences
Global Education Associates, East Orange, NJ. – 1978
This special issue of the Whole Earth Papers contains a series of articles expressing views about world order from the perspective of India. The first three articles discuss a world view of non-duality stressing the unity of the universe; the need to establish universal social justice in a world whose limited resources are unjustly divided; and…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Culture, Developing Nations, Global Approach
