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Cummings, William K. – Oxford Review of Education, 1995
Challenges the prevailing Western approach to education by asserting that several Asian nations have and are developing a distinctive approach to human resource development. Describes characteristics of this approach and contrasts it to the Western model. (CFR)
Descriptors: Cultural Differences, Developing Nations, Educational Change, Educational Philosophy
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Miller, Raymond C. – Theory and Research in Social Education, 1993
Reviews 11 normative principles of capitalist economics. Contends that these principles form the basis for much of economics education in the United States and Western society. Argues that to save the world from massive environmental degradation, economics education must be completely restructured to focus on ecological concerns. (CFR)
Descriptors: Capitalism, Comparative Education, Conservation (Environment), Curriculum Design
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Vandenberg, Donald – Journal of Aesthetic Education, 1992
Describes the work of Harry S. Broudy and his impact on public education in the United States. Maintains that Broudy believed that universal values can be grounded in human nature. Presents Broudy's view that students in secondary grades should study the arts and humanities to acquire the values necessary for participatory citizenship. (CFR)
Descriptors: Aesthetic Education, Aesthetic Values, Art Education, Citizenship Education
Anderson, Charles W. – 1993
The argument of this book is that the modern American university has given up its responsibility to provide a thoughtful, coherent, and well-articulated education to undergraduates. It is asserted that the university should be neither a trade school nor a repository of tradition, but rather an institution with the responsibility for the…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Citizenship Education, College Curriculum, College Role