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Charon-Cardona, Euridice – Globalisation, Societies and Education, 2013
During the Cold War over half a million Asians, Africans and Latin Americans studied and graduated in the Soviet Union's universities and technical schools as part of this country's educational aid policies. Cuba was an intermediary player in the Cold War geopolitical contest between the United States and the Soviet Union, fuelled by the…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Developed Nations, Latin Americans, Social Systems
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Fuentes, Mirtha Leyva – Electronic Journal of Research in Educational Psychology, 2005
Approval of the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) at the 54th World Health Assembly in 2001 gave rise to the new concept of Disability and the new Classification which today are considered central to the International Family of Classifications, along with the ICD-10. Theoretical criteria from a…
Descriptors: Special Schools, Educational Philosophy, Quality of Life, Educational Practices
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Riveron, Thalia Fung – International Social Science Journal, 1979
Hypothesizes that the study of social sciences can help university students become more effective in social participation and can help them understand laws, perceive patterns of social development, and evaluate social action. Cuba is discussed as a case study of a nation in which social sciences emphasize participation in a communist socioeconomic…
Descriptors: Comparative Education, Developing Nations, Educational Needs, Educational Objectives