ERIC Number: ED417102
Record Type: RIE
Publication Date: 1996
Pages: 83
Abstractor: N/A
ISBN: ISBN-1-56711-127-0
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EISSN: N/A
Lessons for Life. Education and Learning. First Edition. Our Human Family Series.
Pickering, Marianne
This book examines the cultural universal of education from a multicultural perspective and a time dimension. The text is written for juveniles, and includes many color photographs. Chapters include: (1) "What is Education?"; (2) "The Americas"; (3) "Africa"; (4) "Europe and the Middle East"; (5) "Asia"; and (6) "Australia and the South Pacific." The volume concludes with a glossary and a 10-item list of further reading suggestions. (EH)
Descriptors: Adolescent Literature, Childrens Literature, Comparative Education, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Context, Educational Anthropology, Elementary Education, Foreign Countries, Multicultural Education, Nonformal Education, Social Studies, Sociocultural Patterns
Blackbirch Press, Inc., 260 Amity Road, Woodbridge, CT 06525; telephone: 203-387-7525.
Publication Type: Guides - Non-Classroom; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: N/A
Audience: N/A
Language: English
Sponsor: N/A
Authoring Institution: Denver Museum of Natural History, CO.
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Note: For related items in this series, see SO 028 372-374.
