La démocratie au Parlement des enfants, écoutons leur voix!
English version here Sonia Colasse Children Bilingual Manager and author the children bilingual book: “The Adventures of Enzo” e-mail: soloinfinity.ws@gmail.com / website: www.soloinfinty.com/enzo . Nous sommes en début d’année scolaire, les enfants rentrent les uns après les autres dans leur salle de classe. La lumière éblouie le tableau noir, sa chaleur réchauffe les tables de bureau, chaque enfant prend […]
Tilting the Playing Field: The Modular Appeal of Competitive Authoritarianism
Charles Larratt-Smith Vice President of Latin American Affairs for the The Peace by Piece Initiative, a not-for-profit organization dedicated to dialogue on sensitive issues of local and global scope. PhD Student, University of Toronto, Department of Political Science e-mail: c.larratt.smith@mail.utoronto.ca web: www.thepeacebypieceinitiative.com . Abstract: In this article I examine the recent elections found in six competitive authoritarian, ‘semi-democratic’ countries: […]
Human Collaboration the Peoples Revolution of a Global Learning Framework
Richard Close CEO-Servant, The Chrysalis Campaign. As a senior consultant, Richard has developed programs for different companies, including poverty curriculum development in Bridgeport, CT and the development of a UNESCO PPN African portal. e-mail: rclose@richardclose.info web: http://globallearningframework.ning.com . Abstract: “While traditional classrooms wade through indexed text books chapter by chapter in order to pass Friday’s test, […]
Face to Face: Global Understanding Through Personal and Virtual Contact
Judith Beth Cohen Professor, School of Education, Lesley University, Cambridge, MA. Jcohen@lesley.edu . Abstract: Based on travel-study experiences in Ghana, Peru, South Africa and other sites, Cohen discusses the positive effects of short-term travel study immersion for students and faculty. Citing research studies that explore global attitudes of participants after such travel, Cohen makes a […]
Civic and Intercultural Education: A Means for Community Development and Attitude Change
Oana Nestian Sandu Intercultural Institute of Timisoara, Romania e-mail: oana.nestian@intercultural.ro, oana.nestian@gmail.com web: www.intercultural.ro . Abstract: Our societies are going through a process of continuous transformation. The challenges and opportunities of diversity and globalization can only be addressed if civic education and intercultural education are inter-related. More often than not, there is a lack of coherence between […]
The Use of Plant Characterisation Modelling Studies to Substantiate National Conservation and Sustainability Policies
James Furze University of the West of England, Faculty of Environment and Technology James.Furze@uwe.ac.uk . Quanmin Zhu Professor at University of the West of England, Faculty of Environment and Technology Quan.Zhu@uwe.ac.uk . Jennifer Hill Associate Professor at University of the West of England, Faculty of Environment and Technology Jennifer.Hill@uwe.ac.uk [soundcloud url=”http://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/106152548″ params=”” width=” 100%” height=”166″ iframe=”true” […]
International Day of Democracy: The Contribution of the Human Dignity and Humiliation Studies Network
[soundcloud url=”http://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/114305025″ params=”” width=” 100%” height=”166″ iframe=”true” /] Linda Hartling Director, Human Dignity and Humiliation Studies; Cofounder, World Dignity University lhartling@humiliationstudies.org . Evelin Lindner Founding President, Human Dignity and Humiliation Studies, affiliated with the University of Oslo, Norway, and Columbia University, NY, USA; Cofounder, World Dignity University e.g.lindner@psykologi.uio.no . Michael Britton Board Member, Human Dignity […]
Readdle’s “PDF Expert”: Combining Technology and Education for a Sustainable Future
Victor Mylonas Business Associate – Readdle Marketing Team victor.m@readdle.com . According to the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization Statistical Yearbook 2013, the increased world paper consumption from 2010 to 2011 is not likely to slow down. This is, primarily, due to the economic and technological boom economies such as China and Singapore are currently […]
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