Global Education Magazine: Human Rights Day
Download the magazine here IN MEMORIAM: NELSON MANDELA We speak here of the challenge of the dichotomies of war and peace, violence and non-violence, racism and human dignity, oppression and repression and liberty and human rights, poverty and freedom from want. Nobel Peace Prize Acceptance Address (10 December 1993) AMANDLA! Global Education Magazine is […]
Questões Acerca da Transdemocracia ou Multidocracia na Sociedade Telemática Contemporânea
Dante Augusto Galeffi Professor associado IV da UFBA, professor permanente dos programas de pós-graduação em educação dgaleffi@uol.com.br . Há o consenso de que a democracia é ainda a única palavra-chave para indicar o regime político fundado nos direitos e deveres humanos universais. Diz-se, então, que a democracia é a única alternativa política para as sociedades […]
Interview with Prof. P. Krishna: Education, Science and Spirituality
Global Education Magazine logo meaning from Global Education Magazine Javier Collado Ruano: Dear Prof. Padmanabhan Krishna, thank you very much for all the conferences that you are doing these months around Brazil, and thank you to give us also the opportunity to know a little bit more about your theosophical approach to Education, Science and […]
Post-2015 Development Agenda: Targeting Poverty through Sustainable Peace
[soundcloud url=”http://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/109240604″ params=”” width=” 100%” height=”166″ iframe=”true” /] Mugo Mugo Conflict Researcher and Co-Founder of African Media Initiative on Development (AMID-Africa). Masters of Arts Student of Peace, Development, Security and International Conflict Transformation at Innsbruck University March 2014. Holder of Masters Degree in Media, Peace and Conflict Studies from UN’s-Mandated University for Peace (2012). e-mail: […]
Democracy, Sustainability and the Post-2015 Development Agenda
Ashish Kothari Founder-member, Kalpavriksh e-mail: chikikothari@gmail.com http://radicalecologicaldemocracy.wordpress.com / www.iccaconsortium.org Abstract: In the context of the ongoing review of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), and their possible replacement by a new framework in 2015, it is important to highlight the issues of democracy, ecologically sustainability and socio-economic equity as being central to such a framework. This article puts forth ideas […]
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 Creative Communication
Dorina Marin Primary teacher at National College “Octav Bancila” Iasi Romania e-mail: domar68@yahoo.com web: http://clasa1bcolegiuldearta.wordpress.com/ . Abstract: The creative communication aims expression in an original manner and facilitates better understanding of the message. A creative community primarily means to think creatively. Whether it is in relationships with colleagues or in family contexts, the quality of communication with others depends […]
Education All Children for Nonkilling
Francisco Gomes de Matos an applied peace linguist, President of the Board, Associação Brasil-América (ABA) fcgm@hotlink.com.br / http://www.estudenaaba.com/ . If you want to communicate peacefully with these two principles you could comply: “Friendly interaction always CREactivate” “Communicate Peace commit to apply” . If you want to communicate peacefully ideas, views, feedbacks freely exchange interpret disagreements respectfully […]
