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African Hunger: More than Famine.
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Commins, Stephen – International Journal of Social Education, 1989
Discusses how the issues of African hunger may be taught. Notes that this topic crosses disciplinary boundaries and provides background information relative to the hunger situation in Africa. Describes the perspectives on African hunger as being externalist, internalist, or environmental. Suggests strategies for teaching about African hunger. (KO)
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Current Events, Developing Nations, Foreign Countries
The Food Scrapbook. A Collection of Articles on Food Issues for Use in Secondary Schools. Global Issues Reading Kit #2: Food. Revised Edition.
Gage, Andrew, Ed.; Ockenden, Sandy, Ed. – 1992
The articles in this scrapbook present a global perspective that is both alarming and hopeful. Drawing from Southern and Northern experiences the articles describe a world in crisis, but they don't stop there. By critically examining the status quo, the articles attempt to get to the roots of the crisis, and then move onto describing avenues for…
Descriptors: Curriculum Enrichment, Developing Nations, Economic Development, Environmental Education
The World Food Problem. A Case Study of a Home Economics Teaching Unit in Development Education. Development Education Paper No. 18.
Dunstan, Carol – 1981
Developed as a means of fostering concern for world issues within an Eltham College (Australia) Year 12 home economics course, "Human Development and Society," this teaching unit has five broad topics: (1) the social significance of food; (2) Australian food patterns; (3) the world food problem; (4) detailed study of nutrients; and (5)…
Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, Developed Nations, Developing Nations, Food
Health for All. Project WHERE (World Health Education Resources Exchange). Field Tested and Revised. Teenage Health Teaching Modules.
American Association for World Health, Washington, DC. – 1987
Every two seconds somewhere in the world a child dies from a preventable disease. Millions lack access to safe drinking water. Smoking, alcoholism, and drug abuse are on the increase in developing nations. In the United States, experts estimate that one out of every ten people, a majority of them women and children, go to bed hungry, and the…
Descriptors: Cross Cultural Training, Developing Nations, Diseases, Foreign Countries
Food/Hunger Macro-Analysis Seminar. A Do-It-Yourself Manual for College Courses and Action Groups.
Moyer, William; Thorne, Erika – 1977
This guide describes a fifteen-week macro-analysis seminar about food production, distribution, and consumption on international, national, and local levels. The macro-analysis approach emphasizes the interrelatedness of all parts of the food/hunger issue; therefore the seminar also addresses escalating military expenditures, widening poverty, and…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Agriculture, Attitude Change, Change Strategies
World Food/Hunger Studies.
Bobo, Kimberley A. – 1977
This curriculum guide is designed to encourage responsible university course development as well as extracurricular activities centered around the world food/hunger problem. Multidisciplinary and global values clarification approaches are basic to the curriculum. Part I of the guide discusses the role of universities in combatting world hunger and…
Descriptors: Agriculture, Attitude Change, Change Strategies, Class Activities
Peace and World Order Studies. A Curriculum Guide.
Weston, Burnes H., Ed.; And Others – 1978
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…
Descriptors: Agriculture, Attitude Change, Bibliographies, Change Strategies