Download or read book Disaster risk reduction in school curricula case studies from thirty countries written by and published by UNESCO. This book was released on 2012 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The linguistic integration of adult migrants from one country to another from one language to another written by Council of Europe and published by Council of Europe. This book was released on 2014-01-01 with total page 58 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The linguistic integration of migrants affects every aspect of settling in a new country (employment, health, etc.). The aim of this collection of texts is to propose a number of specific measures member states can take to help adult migrants become acquainted with the language of the host country. The main focus is on organising language courses that meet migrants’ real communication needs. It is not enough for authorities simply to consider the technical aspects of such courses, they should also design and conduct them in accordance with the fundamental values of the Council of Europe. A number of issues concerning the linguistic integration of adult migrants are presented here, beginning with the notion of linguistic integration itself. Family reunion, the nature of citizenship and the function of language tests, among others, are dealt with from the point of view of language and language use. Readers are invited to reflect on the type of language competences that need to be acquired as well as an appropriate use of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages. The collection also sets out approaches and instruments designed to assist in implementing effective policies.

Download or read book Aspects of Multilingualism in European Border Regions written by Andrea Abel and published by Accademia Europea di Bolzano. This book was released on 2007 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Gender Matters written by Dennis van der Veur and published by Council of Europe. This book was released on 2007-01-01 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "'Gender Matters' is a manual aimed to assist educators and youth leaders work on issues of gender and gender-based violence with young people. This publication presents theoretical information, methods and resources for education and training activities, along with concrete exercises that users can put into practice in their daily work. Violence is a serious issue which directly affects the lives of many young people. It often results in lasting damage to their well-being and integrity, putting even their lives at risk. Gender-based violence, including violence against women, remains a key human rights challenge in contemporary Europe and in the world. Working with young people on human rights education is one way of preventing gender-based violence from occurring. By raising awareness on why and how it manifests and exploring its impact on people and in society, gender-based violence will no longer go undetected. Gender really does matter, to women, to men, to young people - to all of us. This manual serves to explore these human rights issues and act upon them."--Book jacket.

Download or read book Regimes of Historicity written by Fran�ois Hartog and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2015-01-13 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fran�ois Hartog explores crucial moments of change in societyÕs Òregimes of historicityÓ or its way of relating to the past, present, and future. Inspired by Arendt, Koselleck, and Ricoeur, Hartog analyzes a broad range of texts, positioning the The Odyssey as a work on the threshold of a historical consciousness and then contrasting it against an investigation of the anthropologist Marshall SahlinsÕs concept of Òheroic history.Ó He tracks changing perspectives on time in Ch‰teaubriandÕs Historical Essay and Travels in America, and sets them alongside other writings from the French Revolution. He revisits the insight of the French Annals School and situates Pierre NoraÕs Realms of Memory within a history of heritage and our contemporary presentism. Our presentist present is by no means uniform or clear-cut, and it is experienced very differently depending on oneÕs position in society. There are flows and acceleration, but also what the sociologist Robert Castel calls the Òstatus of casual workers,Ó whose present is languishing before their very eyes and who have no past except in a complicated way (especially in the case of immigrants, exiles, and migrants) and no real future (since the temporality of plans and projects is denied them). Presentism is therefore experienced as either emancipation or enclosure, in some cases with ever greater speed and mobility and in others by living from hand to mouth in a stagnating present. Hartog also accounts for the fact that the future is perceived as a threat and not a promise. We live in a time of catastrophe, one he feels we have brought upon ourselves.

Download or read book Reading Sociology written by Lorne Tepperman and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2012 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Published in partnership with the Canadian Sociological Association (CSA), this reader offers students an engaging overview of the current state of sociology in Canada. With over 60 interesting, expertly-edited selections by both well-known and up-and-coming CSA members, the reader isorganized into 16 thematic parts that explore the main areas of sociological inquiry. This second edition includes a brand new cross-referencing guide to help students make conceptual connections among the readings and a new section addressing media issues exposes students to this ever-growing areaof study. Covering a broad spectrum of sociological thought, Reading Sociology: Canadian Perspectives, second edition, will engage students with cutting-edge research being conducted by Canadian sociologists.

Download or read book The Palgrave Handbook of Mass Dictatorship written by Paul Corner and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-09-22 with total page 469 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book offers a fresh and original approach to the study of one of the dominant features of the twentieth century. Adopting a truly global approach to the realities of modern dictatorship, this handbook examines the multiple ways in which dictatorship functions - both for the rulers and for the ruled - and draws on the expertise of more than twenty five distinguished contributors coming from European, American, and Asian universities. While confronting the immense complexities of repression and popular response under dictatorship, the volume also poses a series of wide-ranging questions about the political organization of present-day mass society.

Download or read book The Myth of the Muslim Tide written by Doug Saunders and published by Knopf Canada. This book was released on 2012-08-21 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Even among people who would never subscribe to its more dramatic claims, the "Eurabia" movement has popularized a set of seemingly common-sense assumptions about Muslim immigrants to the West: that they are disloyal, that they have a political agenda driven by their faith, that their nhigh reproduction rates will soon make them a majority. These beliefs are poisoning politics and community relations in Europe and North America--and have led to mass murder in Norway. Rarely challenged, these claims have even slipped into the margins of mainstream politics. Doug Saunders believes it's time to debunk the myth that immigrants from Muslim countries are wildly different and pose a threat to the West. Drawing on voluminous demographic, statistical, scholarly and historical documentation, Saunders examines the real lives and circumstances of Muslim immigrants in the West: their politics, their beliefs, their observances and their degrees of assimilation. In the process he shatters the core claims that have built a murderous ideology and draws haunting historical parallels showing how the same myths stuck to earlier groups, such as Jews and Roman Catholics. His work will become a vital handbook in the culture wars that threaten to dominate North American and European elections and media discussions in 2012 and afterwards, and will provoke considerable debate over the actual nature of our polyglot societies.

Download or read book Connecting Histories of Education written by Barnita Bagchi and published by Berghahn Books. This book was released on 2014-03-01 with total page 261 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The history of education in the modern world is a history of transnational and cross-cultural influence. This collection explores those influences in (post) colonial and indigenous education across different geographical contexts. The authors emphasize how local actors constructed their own adaptation of colonialism, identity, and autonomy, creating a multi-centric and entangled history of modern education. In both formal as well as informal aspects, they demonstrate that transnational and cross-cultural exchanges in education have been characterized by appropriation, re-contextualization, and hybridization, thereby rejecting traditional notions of colonial education as an export of pre-existing metropolitan educational systems.

Download or read book Market Assessment Study of New Media Learning Materials written by Canada. Industry Canada and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Current Research in Bilingualism and Bilingual Education written by Piotr Romanowski and published by Springer. This book was released on 2018-07-24 with total page 247 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book covers research topics in bilingual education, language policies, language contact, identity of bilingual speakers, early bilingualism, heritage languages, and more, and provides an overview of current theory, research and practice in the field of bilingualism. Each chapter is written by a specialist in the field. Part I focuses on the numerous and heterogeneous relations between languages as well as the implications arising from bilingual speech processing. In Part II, a series of contextualized studies on bilingual classrooms are presented, with diverse research designs applied in different educational settings being a key feature of these studies. Part III bridges theory and practice by offering an insight into mono- and multilingual school settings showcasing examples of educational institutions where bilingualism successfully soared and depicts the needs related to language education.

Download or read book Inclusion is Dead written by Peter Imray and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-05-18 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Inclusion is Dead is a provocative polemic against the widely held notion that inclusion for all children and young people with SEN is both possible and desirable. For those with severe learning difficulties (SLD) and profound and multiple learning difficulties (PMLD), the authors argue, it is neither. Imray and Colley assert that the dominance of inclusion has meant that there has been no serious attempt to look at the educational difficulties faced by learners with PMLD and SLD. As a vision of egalitarianism and equality for all, they say, inclusion is dead. The authors controversially believe that unless education changes, it will remain as a disabling institution that does the exact opposite of its intention. The book presents the argument that theorists of inclusion have failed to provide practical solutions on how inclusion can be achieved when SLD and PMLD learners are involved, as well as discussing the drawbacks of the ‘inclusion for all argument’. With up-to-date references throughout, Inclusion is Dead will be an insightful read for teachers and SENCO trainers, as well as postgraduates and undergraduates studying courses on politics, philosophy and society.

Download or read book Equal is Not Enough written by Daniël Cuypers and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A carefully selected and rigourously peer reviewed set of papers from the Equal is not Enough conference hosted at Antwerp University in February 2015.

Download or read book Besoins ducatifs particuliers written by Centre pour la recherche et l'innovation dans l'enseignement and published by OECD Publishing. This book was released on 2000 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cet ouvrage présente une approche totalement nouvelle des besoins éducatifs particuliers. La démarche consiste à comparer la situation des élèves handicapés, de ceux ayant des difficultés d'apprentissage ou présentant des troubles du comportement et des élèves défavorisés, en se référant aux moyens supplémentaires mis à leur disposition pour leur permettre de suivre le programme d'enseignement, ce qui, dans certains pays, concerne quelque 35 % des enfants d'âge scolaire. Afin d'améliorer la qualité des comparaisons, les pays ont procédé à une refonte de leurs systèmes de classification et de leurs données selon un cadre nouveau formé de trois catégories transnationales. La catégorie A comprend les élèves atteints de handicaps qui ont une origine organique claire. La catégorie B comprend les élèves ayant des difficultés d'apprentissage et de comportement qui ne sont imputables à aucune cause particulière. La catégorie C comprend les élèves défavorisés, dont les difficultés résultent d'inégalités sociales. A travers les multiples analyses qu'il contient, cet ouvrage s intéresse notamment au nombre d'élèves ayant des besoins éducatifs particuliers et aux lieux dans lesquels ils sont scolarisés (établissements spéciaux, classes spéciales ou écoles ordinaires), et présente une ventilation par sexe. Des données ont été fournies par les 23 pays suivants : Allemagne, Autriche, Belgique (Communauté flamande), Canada (Nouveau-Brunswick), Corée, Danemark, Espagne, États-Unis, Finlande, France, Grèce, Hongrie, Irlande, Italie, Mexique, Nouvelle-Zélande, Pays-Bas, Portugal, République tchèque, Royaume-Uni, Suède, Suisse et Turquie.

Download or read book Diversit s des besoins ducatifs written by Coordonnée par Claudine Rault and published by Editions L'Harmattan. This book was released on 2004-06-01 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mieux préparer les enseignants à répondre aux besoins éducatifs particuliers de certains élèves constitue un enjeu commun pour les systèmes éducatifs européens et s'inscrit dans une politique de lutte contre les discriminations. Faisant suite à une précédente étude sur les formes d'aide dans et hors la classe, cet ouvrage analyse pour les différents pays concernés ce que recouvre le concept de besoins éducatifs particuliers, dresse un état des lieux et étudie la place que les enseignants réservent à la prise en compte des besoins éducatifs particuliers.

Download or read book Education et handicap written by Denis POIZAT and published by Eres. This book was released on 2013-03-15 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cet ouvrage présente le regard croisé de spécialistes internationaux sur la question de l’intégration scolaire. Il trace des perspectives fondamentales dans le domaine de la comparaison internationale en éducation tout en permettant à un large public de se saisir des pratiques en cours hors de l’Hexagone. Le lecteur y trouvera une réflexion d’ensemble sur l’école et les situations de handicap à partir de quatre lignes de force : - Une posture socio-anthropologique : quelles sont les formes de désignation de l’élève en situation de handicap ? Quelles sont les différentes conceptions de l’inclusion au sein des systèmes éducatifs ? - L’optique de l’éthique, du droit et du politique : comment le droit national et international, la déontologie enseignante et plus largement l’éthique contribuent-ils à structurer le domaine ? Quelles en sont les tendances et surtout, quelles pratiques observe-t-on en regard de ces prescriptions ? - La voie des systèmes d’information : comment les Etats utilisent l’information relative à la scolarisation des enfants et des adolescents en situation de handicap ? Quels en sont les indicateurs ? Sont-ils pertinents ? Où et comment se situe la France ? - Le point de vue de la pédagogie et de la didactique. Il rend compte des perspectives d’amélioration des systèmes les plus fécondes et des travaux en matière de comparaison internationale. La question de l’inclusion scolaire est aussi décisive qu’exigeante. Décisive, car la place que nos sociétés accordent aux victimes de handicap révèle de coupables carences et de cruciales interrogations pour demain. Exigeante car elle engage à de profondes transformations de nos modes de penser et d’agir. Denis Poizat est maître de conférences en sciences de l’éducation à l’Université Lumière Lyon 2, où il dirige les relations internationales de l’Institut des Sciences et Pratiques d’Education et de Formation. Après avoir effectué de nombreuses missions à l’étranger pour le compte de diverses organisations internationales, il assure la vice-présidence du collectif de recherche sur les situations de handicap, l’éducation et les sociétés, chargé des questions internationales. Avec la participation de : Felicity Armstrong, Brigitte Belmont, Andrea Canevaro, Marie-Françoise Crouzier, Pierre Fonkoua, Charles Gardou, Lin Kuei Mei, Jean-Marc Lesain-Delabarre, Adriana Limaverde Gomes, Eric Plaisance, Fernand Sainte Rose, Marjolaine Saint-Pierre, Malika Tefiani, Aliette Verillon, Rita Vieira de Figueiredo.