Provides an extensive bibliography of books and teaching aids on world cultures. Peace, human rights, and the teaching of world affairs and world understanding are stressed. (LN)

It is the purpose of this article to present a few of (the) many avenues for learning about the news in functional language situations. (Author)

Gifted students should be exposed to global studies. Activities might include identifying and categorizing the links between individuals and groups, studying a state's foreign policy, and examining futurist techniques and methodologies. (CL)

Discusses how the increasing Soviet dependence on American grain can be used to reduce international tensions. Soviet agricultural policies could affect worker morale and the entire Soviet political system. President Reagan is well-positioned to engage the Soviets in serious discussions of reductions in both nuclear and conventional weapons. (AM)

The globalization of the human condition challenges the way we educate children about the world. This article describes the way in which human affairs have been transformed globally, with accelerated changes (represented by a J curve) taking place in the twentieth century. (Author/WD)

"NASSP Bulletin" editor Tom Koerner poses questions about the relative importance of international education to 10 people from several educational fields. Most agree that including an international perspective is not anti-American, but enables students to understand the issues confronting our country and the world. Curriculum development and…

Outlines resources available to secondary school educators to make international education a strong component of the curriculum. School resources include foreign persons, the library/media center, language offerings, and selected curriculum areas. Specific curricular activities, community resources, and student exchange and administrator/teacher…

Investigates Asian and European students' perceptions of imbalance in international news reported in the United States media. Finds that both European and Asian students find bias in world news coverage in United States media, but notes that the more Western-oriented students are more critical of media coverage. (RS)

The author considers in this article the ethical boundaries of knowledge, the challenges inherent in the improvement of international ethical and legal frameworks, and some of the ethically important moments of the past half-century. Implications for higher education in the context of globalization are also considered, as are some of the new…

Citing a pattern of outside interest groups aggressively seeking to impose their influence on recent collegiate hiring and tenure decisions, five prominent professors have formed the Ad Hoc Committee to Defend the University. They are circulating an online petition that takes explicit aim at "groups portraying themselves as defenders of Israel,"…

The impact of globalization on many aspects of current social life has not left the field of multicultural education unaffected. Yet the theoretical call for the creation of global multicultural frameworks has not translated into teacher education practice. In one multicultural education class, I attempted to explicitly infuse global insights and…

The financial crisis of the United Nations precipitated by the withholding of funds by member countries is addressed. On December 19, 1986, the UN General Assembly adopted a resolution (GA/Res/41/213) containing the elements of a plan for reforming a wide range of United Nations administrative and budgetary practices. The reform process had begun…

Eugene Rostow (Yale University) and David Tarr (University of Wisconsin) present their views concerning the wisdom and validity of U.S. security policies, including SALT, and the adequacy of the country's political/military planning. Rostow, representing the views of the Committee on the Present Danger, believes that America is losing the…

Social studies curricula should be based on a provincial-universal principle of maintaining a continuous interaction between the local community and the world community. It is suggested here that those who are already doing this can contribute by offering suggestions to others trying to implement the world principle in their classrooms. Those who…

A general overview of problems, current activities, and future action related to the human environment is delineated in this United Nations pamphlet. Reviewed first is the challenge facing the United Nations to promote common interest in protecting the earth's life-sustaining essentials. Following this, world scientific and technological strides…