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Direct linkVerharen, Charles C. – Ethics and Education, 2020
Philosophy confronts two existential crises: the threats to its existence from scientists like Stephen Hawking who claim that philosophy is dead; and the threat to life itself from catastrophic climate change. The essay's first theoretical part critiques Nietzsche's claim that philosophy's primary function is to guarantee the future of life. The…
Descriptors: Ethics, Philosophy, Models, Educational Philosophy
Download full textChetley, Andrew – 1990
In 1977, the Bernard van Leer Foundation began supporting a project in Colombia that had the objective of improving the quality of early childhood care and education in a small village. The Costa Atlantica project offered an approach to development that was based on community organization, social management, participation, cooperation, popular…
Descriptors: Change Agents, Community Development, Community Role, Democracy
PDF pending restorationChetley, Andrew – 1990
In 1977, the Bernard van Leer Foundation began supporting a project in Colombia that had the objective of improving the quality of early childhood care and education in a small village. The Costa Atlantica project offered an approach to development that was based on community organization, social management, participation, cooperation, popular…
Descriptors: Change Agents, Community Development, Community Role, Democracy
Findlay, E. Weldon; And Others – 1980
The University of Guelph Rural Development Outreach Project (RDOP) as it was conceived, organized and utilized in rural communities in Ontario is the major focus of this document; the concluding sections describe some of the problems of Outreach implementation and suggest some possible courses for continuing and expanding the project. There is…
Descriptors: Adoption (Ideas), Background, Change Agents, College Role
Donovan, Katherine C. – 1981
This handbook suggests many different ways in which volunteers in community groups can assist students and scholars from the People's Republic of China (PRC) in adjusting to life in the United States. First, the introduction deals with the background of the attitudes and expectations of the men and women now coming to the United States and…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Chinese Culture, Community Programs, Community Role
Reyhner, Jon, Ed. – 1997
The 25 papers collected in this book represent the thoughts and experiences of indigenous language activists from the United States, Canada, Mexico, and New Zealand, and are grouped in six categories: tribal and school roles, teaching students, teacher education, curriculum and materials development, language attitudes and promotion, and summary…
Descriptors: American Indian Education, American Indian Languages, Bilingual Education, Community Role
