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3rd International Conference on New Horizons in Education (INTE) -- JUN 05-07, 2012 -- Prague, CZECH REPUBLIC ; WOS: 000313019500137 ; Recent developments in international relations, new perception types in public, international politics and social motion and emphasis on peace culture have made intercultural communication and dialogue concepts key role players. Giving a meaning to intercultural differences within the frame of tolerance and creating a dialogue atmosphere, at the same time requires a social education. The education about this topic to be given both in primary and secondary education institudes or media and universities and social responsibility campaigns will provide new perspecives particularly in the resolvation of the problems arousing due to intercultural differences. Mediation education is based on focusing the communication skills on resolving problems and involves negotioation and conflict resolution education as well. Educating the students as potantial future negotiators starting in primary school will both contribute to the concept of social communication significantly and help build the culture of concensus and living together peacefully concept in social, personal and cultural communications. In this notice titled "Dialogue and Mediation Education in Intercultural Communication", new education modellings and communication strategies about this topic will be constructed and an intercultural education perspective will be presented. (C) 2012 Published by Elsevier Ltd. Selection and/or peer-review under responsibility of The Association of Science, Education and Technology ; Sakarya Univ, Istanbul Univ, Suleyman Sah Univ, Natl Pingtung Univ Sci & Technol, Natl Univ Tainan, Inst Politecnico Guarda, Turkish Online Journal Educ Technol, Egitim Teknolojileri Arastirmalari Dergisi, Ohio Univ, Cleveland State Univ, Governors State Univ, Near E Univ, Cyprus Int Univ, Natl Cent Univ, Assoc Sci, Educ & Technol, Online Journal New Horizons Educ

This study analyzed the impact of pre- and postimmigration use of English- and native-language newspapers and TV on the relative size of education- and language-based political knowledge gaps among new U.S. immigrants. Results from a nationally representative survey of new immigrants in the United States (N = 3,319) suggested that pre-immigration use of English-language newspapers widens political knowledge gaps between immigrant groups with higher and lower English proficiency and groups with higher and lower preference to use English in social interactions. However, the gap in political knowledge between immigrant groups with higher and lower levels of education was leveled by post-immigration use of English-language TV. Interestingly, use of native-language media also had a leveling effect on the knowledge gap. Specifically, pre-immigration use of native-language newspapers and TV decreased the gap in political knowledge between groups with high and low education, and pre-immigration use of native-language TV decreased the knowledge gap between groups with high and low preference to use English. Implications are discussed.

Education is one of the most important determinants of socio-economic success in modern societies, but educational inequality remains an important societal problem. The aim of this study was to look at public attitudes towards the value of education and views on the opportunities to access education in Estonia. Using data from the Estonian Social Equality and Inequality Study (2010), the findings of the current study suggested that education is highly valued in Estonia, but the public also tends to think that access to education is not equally available to everybody. Furthermore, we found that there is a social-status-based structure in the views of the value of education and access to education. Lower social status groups tend to value education as less important for success in life, and these lower social status groups are also more likely to think that chances to access higher education are not equal for everybody, but that wealth, gender, ethnicity and social status matter. Similarly, inequality of opportunity is also felt more strongly within the ethnic minority group, the non-Estonians, than it is amongst Estonians.

Despite radical and fundamental reform of the Chinese higher education system, very little is known about this outside China. The past decade has seen radical reform of all levels of China's education system as it attempts to meet changing economic and social needs and aspirations: this has included transformation of university curricula, pedagogy and evaluation measures, rapidly increasing joint research and degree programmes between Chinese universities and universities abroad, and very large numbers of Chinese students studying at universities outside China. This book describes the historica.

Vocational Education and Training (VET) is an important element of the nation's Education initiative. It is related to productivity. Vocational education prepares individuals for jobs and it is the need of the hour for every country to have strong vocational education system. It can be defined as skilled based education. In India there is a need of vocational education which enhances skill development. The Indian education system recognizes the role of education and particularly vocational education. But there are so many challenges in implementation of vocational education. The present paper also looks into the insight of existing policies and initiatives taken by the Government of India to increase the quality of vocational education & skill development in India.

Although the structure and content of the sociology major has been addressed by a variety of scholars and several American Sociological Association (ASA) task forces over the past three decades, the structure, content, and even the purpose of the sociology minor has been ignored. In this article, we address this gap in the literature through two investigations. The first utilizes an examination of the websites and academic handbooks of 248 bachelor's degree-granting institutions to discern the structure and contents of the sociology minor. We identify four models for the sociology minor found in U.S. higher education. The second study utilizes data gathered through the ASA 2019–2020 Department Survey. Included in the survey were a variety of questions regarding department chairs' perceptions of the sociology minor. We conclude by suggesting that we should not only be concerned with what the sociology minor currently is but also consider what the minor could be.

Cover -- Copyright -- ABOUT THE AUTHOR -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- Glossary -- List of Figures -- List of Abbreviations -- Preface -- Chapter 1 Introduction To Hospitality Industry -- 1.1. Introduction -- 1.2. History Of Hospitality Industry -- 1.3. Nature And Characteristic Of Hospitality Industry -- 1.4. Growth And Development Of The Hotel Industry Around The World -- 1.5. Four Key Segments Of The Hospitality Industry -- 1.6. Technology In The Hospitality Industry -- 1.7. Significance Of Hospitality Industry In A Country's Economy -- 1.8. Advantage And Disadvantage Of Hospitality Industry

Discusses the politics and likely outcomes of privatizing public education. Conservatives decry the state of public education, but ignore causes such as underfunding of schools in disadvantaged areas. They also exploit political divisions on the left over school vouchers.