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ERIC Number: ED509371
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2009
Pages: 298
Abstractor: ERIC
ISBN: ISBN-4-9010-9928-0
ISSN: N/A
EISSN: N/A
Creating a Global Culture of Peace: Strategies for Curriculum Development and Implementation
Johnson, Judith Ann, Ed.; Higgins, Michael Leo, Ed.
World Council for Curriculum and Instruction, Papers presented at the 13th World Conference of the World Council for Curriculum and Instruction (Antalya, Turkey, September 2-7, 2008)
The essays in this volume have been selected from papers presented at the 13th World Conference of the World Council for Curriculum and Instruction. The first WCCI Conference held in England in 1974, was followed by conferences in Turkey, the Philippines, Canada, Japan, the Netherlands, Egypt, India, Thailand, Spain, Australia, and again, the Philippines. The theme of the 13th World Conference, held in Antalya, Turkey was "Creating a Global Culture of Peace: Strategies for Curriculum, Development and Implementation". The nineteen papers in this volume are written by authors from nine different countries. Essays one through four are keynote addresses. The nineteen articles in this collection are: (1) Alliance of Civilizations for a Global Culture of Peace (Mehmet Aydin); (2) Education for a Culture of Peace in a Globalised World--Strategies for Curriculum Development and Implementation (Birgit Brock-Utne); (3) Sustainable Entrepreneurship and Intercultural Enlightenment: Nexus of Global Peace (Terrence Barber); (4) Building Alliances for a Culture of Peace through Dialogue and Action, Alice Miel Lecture (Dalisay G. Brawner); (5) Plurilingualism and Pluriculturalism in Foreign Language Teaching: The Contributions of the CEFR (Bengu Aksu Atac); (6) Peace in Society during the "Turkish Enlightenment" Age: The Experience of Village Institutes (Mualla Bilgin Aksu); (7) Whole-School Learning Effective Strategies Learned From the Border Patrol Police Schools of Thailand Reform (Pimpan Dachakupt); (8) Integrating Peace Education into Language Teaching Methodology (Lknur Pekkanli Egel); (9) Strategies and Challenges for Global Education Curriculum (Noorjehan N. Ganihar); (10) Global Leadership Strategies and Executive Coaching as Contingency Approaches to Create and Build a Culture of Peace within Organizations (Jim Goodrich and Jay Finkelman); (11) Mobile 2.0: Shifting Educational Paradigms through mLearning (Michael Higgins and Shudong Wang); (12) Dealing with Cybermbullying in Schools in the United States: A New Challenge for Educators (A. Zaidy Mohdzain); (13) Urgent Responses to the HIV/AIDS Pandemic by a School and a Community-Home-Based Organization (Remedios Nalundasan-Abijan); (14) Blind Spots in Pre-Primary Education (Grace Chibiko Oforma, Julie Ibiam, Patricia Nkechi Uzoegwu and Uche Igbokwe); (15) The Impact of Asian-American Female Educational Leaders on Student Achievement As It Relates To Global Concerns on Gender Equality and Social Justice (Dina C. Pacis); (16) Highly Integrated Educational Environment as a Precondition for Multidisciplinary Education (Yulia Stukalina); (17) Global Warming and Climate Change: Awareness and Actions of Indian Higher Secondary Students (Geetha Janet Vitus); (18) Preparing Ethical Leaders for a Caring School Community (Roger Wiemers and Tammy Shutt); and (19) A Peace Education Model: Cellular Peace (Alev Yemenici). Individual papers contain references, figures, appendices, and tables.
World Council for Curriculum and Instruction. Alliant International University, 10455 Pomerado Road, San Diego, CA 92131. Tel: 858-635-4718; e-mail: wcci@alliant.edu; Web site: http://www.wcci-international.org
Publication Type: Collected Works - General; Speeches/Meeting Papers
Education Level: Elementary Secondary Education; Higher Education; Preschool Education
Audience: N/A
Language: English
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Authoring Institution: World Council for Curriculum and Instruction
Identifiers - Location: India; Thailand; Turkey
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