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Download full textMinear, Larry; Weiss, Thomas G. – 1995
This booklet examines the issue of humanitarian aid in times of crises and how the political and military conditions that generate the need for humanitarian action have changed in the post-cold-war era. There are different faces of civil war, changes in international assistance, and complex emergencies that demand new world responses to help those…
Descriptors: Altruism, Conflict, Cooperation, Foreign Countries
Lhowe, Mary, Ed. – 1996
This unit is part of a continuing series on current foreign policy issues. The first section asks students to consider Russia's future as if they were Russian. Background readings provide information to help students address policy issues and include: (1) "Lessons from Russia's Past"; and (2) "Exploring the New Russia." Once…
Descriptors: Developing Nations, Diplomatic History, Foreign Countries, Foreign Policy
United Nations Association of the United States of America, New York, NY. – 1991
This guide is designed to help teachers to prepare students for the rapidly arriving new world order through study of market economics and the global economy. The central section of the guide presents 10 case studies that describe a range of international economic concepts: (1) Debt and Oil; (2) Trade and Protection; (3) Foreign Exchange; (4)…
Descriptors: Developed Nations, Developing Nations, Economic Change, Economic Factors
Irwin, Wallace, Jr., Ed.; And Others – 1980
The purpose of this guide is to provide voters, officeholders, and candidates with background information on major foreign policy issues so that they can follow the 1980 presidential debates and reach their own informed conclusions. Thirteen major foreign policy topics are covered. The material is written in telegraphic style to get the essential…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Debate, Developing Nations, Economics
Hooghoff, Hans – 1993
The enhancement of the European dimension in the national curriculum is a large scale educational innovation that affects many European countries. This report puts forward the proposition that broad scale educational innovation has more success if the aims and objectives find their way into textbooks. The reasons why a European dimension in…
Descriptors: Content Analysis, Curriculum Design, Educational Innovation, Educational Objectives
English, Raymond, Ed. – 1989
Approaches to teaching about international politics and avenues to peace should be realistic and pragmatic rather than based on generalities about global education and peace education. This volume contains essays on international economic relations, cultural and linguistic understanding, and the conflict of ideologies and value systems in…
Descriptors: Civics, Controversial Issues (Course Content), Disarmament, Documentaries
Witherell, Louise R., Ed.; And Others – 1981
The three papers in this report address the need for the inclusion of a business component in the foreign language curriculum, discussing instructional materials, teaching methods, and course design for the different levels of instruction from elementary school through college. The introductory paper, "The Business Component and FLS" by Louise R.…
Descriptors: Business, Business Education, Cultural Awareness, Curriculum Design
Hormats, Robert D. – 1987
This book examines the changed, and changing, international monetary system. It describes how the system has evolved under nine Presidents, from Franklin D. Roosevelt to Ronald Reagan. It also discusses the broader evolution of the world economy during this period, including the trade and investment issues to which international monetary policy is…
Descriptors: Banking, Economic Change, Economics, Finance Reform
Wojtan, Linda S., Ed.; Spence, Donald, Ed. – 1992
This collection of essays presents a rationale for incorporating teaching about Japan in the K-12 curriculum. The volume provides practical examples and guidelines about how to achieve this goal. The essays are organized into three main categories--professional development, curriculum design and enhancement, and exchange. The essays include:…
Descriptors: Area Studies, Curriculum Design, Curriculum Development, Educational Change
American Association of Community and Junior Colleges, Washington, DC. – 1979
The President's Commission on Foreign Language and International Studies made over 130 recommendations aimed at strengthening international education. This report concerns itself with those recommendations that are generally or specifically related to community colleges. It presents excerpts from the Commission's report that deal with: (1)…
Descriptors: College Role, Community Colleges, Community Education, Cross Cultural Studies
Lord, Mary, Ed.; McCoy, Martha L., Ed. – 1994
This four-session discussion guide, intended for use by teachers, students, and the community at large, explores the ethics of intervening or not intervening in conflicts abroad. Inserts provide current information on conflicts in Bosnia, Haiti, North Korea, and Somalia where U.S. military involvement is at issue, but the flexibility of the guide…
Descriptors: Armed Forces, Conflict, Conflict of Interest, Conflict Resolution
Peace Corps, Washington, DC. Information Collection and Exchange Div. – 2001
This booklet is one of five in the Peace Corps (PC) Programming and Training Guidelines collection that provides agency-wide programming and training guidance for PC staff and project partners, including advice on how to integrate the PC's cross-cultural goals into programming and training. Following an introduction, Section 1 describes the PC's…
Descriptors: Community Development, Cross Cultural Training, Cultural Activities, Cultural Awareness
Hutchings, Pat, Ed. – 1998
This publication reports on a national American Association for Higher Education project to create ways to treat teaching as a scholarly activity that can be shared, documented, studied, reviewed, rewarded, and improved. The focus is not only on teacher practice but on its effect on student learning. Following an Introduction by Pat Hutchings,…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Courses, Creative Writing, Educational Improvement
