This paper is set in the context of the political problems facing Northern Ireland and the educational responses to these problems. It focuses on the importance of globally accepted human rights values to a divided society and the role of education in promulgating these. The paper discusses the methodology of human rights education in the light of…

This volume reports the results of the first phase of the Civic Education Study conducted by International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA). During 1996 and 1997, researchers in 24 countries collected documentary evidence on the circumstances, contents, and processes of civic education in response to a common set of…

What should the aims of education be in a liberal society? Who should exercise control over children's education in a liberal state, and what form should that control take? Should all schools be forced to enter an 'educational marketplace?' How can children be taught to become good citizens of a pluralistic state? This book seeks to answer these…

This curriculum project is intended for studying nonviolent conflict resolution at the undergraduate and graduate level, but it could be adapted for high school classes. The project first presents an historical context of Israel to illuminate the present conflict in the Middle East. It then presents a series of vignettes that represent differing…

The "moral curriculum group" of the Taiwan Provincial Institute for Elementary School Teachers' Inservice Education is developing a moral curriculum based on a new curriculum standard. But how do group members deal with the problem of Taiwan's national identity? To understand the interpersonal decision-making process regarding the…

To understand the decision-making process of the new subject "Knowing Taiwan" in the political and historical context of Taiwan, a study collected and analyzed data through qualitative research methods, including content analysis and interviews. Methodology was based on hermeneutics and critical theory. First, meanings were interpreted…

Asking, Under what conditions and in what circumstances is student activism and protest likely to occur? What situational factors produce differing responses from students?'' this paper reports on the scope and intensity of university student unrest between 1964 and 1969 in 17 countries. (Author/JM)

Argues that the core of the Indians' problem is the inability of their community to achieve a sense of control over its own destiny, and explores ways in which the Indians can organize to gain the necessary internal cohesion, resources, and capabilities in order to create a satisfactory position within American society. (JM)

Argues that black media persons must adopt a plan of action involving commitment to using the cultural aspect of the medium as a swaddling cloth for economic and political considerations; they must embark on a program of consciously and conscientiously incorporating these aspects into every presentation they broadcast. (Author/RJ)

Includes a report on the link between the Republicans and Chicano radicals, a hard look at Jesse Jackson, a surprise from the Supreme Court, a brief account of a television dispute in New Mexico, a report on renewed gang violence in Los Angeles schools, and a summary of important and revealing events in January and February. (Author/JM)

Argues that the failure to enforce Indian treaties is at the heart of many of the nation's Indian problems today; providing a brief analysis of the historical context of these problems, as well as of recent events; and discusses Senate Joint Resolution 133, introduced in mid-July of 1973 by Senator Abourezk, and responses to it. (JM)

Describes the development and history of an ethnic studies program for grades kindergarten through eight in the Cupertino School District in California, focusing on the politics of the school board proceedings. (JM)

Deals with the Ocean Hill-Brownsville school decentralization controversy, with the safety-valve institution in question being the local school board created to govern the Ocean Hill-Brownsville school district, using Lewis Coser's theory of the safety-valve institution as an analytical tool. (Author/JM)

In his belief that black people in this country and white people of good will should focus their attention on the continuing struggle of black people to become free of their second class citizenship and colonial status in this country, the author analyzes the vital role libraries can play in the liberation movement. (Author/JM)

An interview with a distinguished black historian and former chairman of the Department of History at the University of Chicago. (JM)