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Kuehner, Trudy – Foreign Policy Research Institute, 2006
On March 11-12, 2006 the FPRI's Marvin Wachman Fund for International Education hosted 44 teachers from 16 states across the country for a weekend of discussion on teaching about India. Sessions included: (1) Why It's Important to Know about India (Ainslie T. Embree); (2) Early Indian History (Richard H. Davis); (3) Modern Indian History (Marc…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Asian History, Modern History, Politics
Woolman, David C. – 1997
This paper begins with a comparative regional survey of the current status of democracy and development in Africa, Latin America, and South Asia. Each region shares a legacy of colonial domination by European powers. The comparative study uses criteria from the basic needs approach. Critical social thought and future visions about democracy and…
Descriptors: Citizenship, Comparative Education, Democracy, Developing Nations
Conradt, David P. – 1989
This document examines the definition of democracy and the political attitudes and values of the West German public and implications of these attitudes for future German politics and German-U.S. relations. The stability of postwar democracy in West Germany, it is agreed, is related to changes in the characteristics of the political culture over…
Descriptors: Beliefs, Democracy, Democratic Values, European History
Ramos, Rosa Alicia – 1991
A method of combining second language learning and cultural education at the advanced level is described. In a third-year college Spanish course, the subject of post-Franco Spain is used as the context for developing reading, writing, speaking, and listening skills and also serves as content area in itself. In addition to instructional texts,…
Descriptors: Advanced Courses, Classroom Techniques, College Second Language Programs, Cultural Context