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Njeng'ere, David – UNESCO International Bureau of Education, 2014
Curriculum planning emphasizes that education should serve to enable society to achieve its needs and aspirations. One such need in Kenya, which has remained largely elusive, is national cohesion and integration. Research has revealed that education contributes to the development of social capital by increasing individual propensity to trust and…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Foreign Countries, Role of Education, Social Values
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Le, Thao N. – International Journal of Aging and Human Development, 2008
Wisdom is considered one ideal endpoint of human development across cultures. Studies have provided evidence for certain facilitating conditions such as challenging and stressful life events because they increase differentiation through accommodative changes, resulting in greater tolerance for uncertainty, and less projection tendencies and…
Descriptors: Social Values, Cultural Influences, Adults, Whites
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Halstead, J. Mark; Affouneh, Saida Jaser – International Journal of Children's Spirituality, 2006
Many reports have highlighted the vulnerability of children's rights during times of conflict, and emergency education has come into being as a way of ensuring that children's educational needs are met in crisis situations. But how far can emergency education provide meaningful values education? The first section of this article examines the…
Descriptors: Educational Needs, War, Childrens Rights, Foreign Countries