Suchergebnisse

The aim of the article is to answer the question whether it would be appropriate to reduce the percentage of young people who decide to complete the higher education before taking up employment. Increasing lack of employees in Poland and the attempts undertaken by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education in order to improve the quality of academic education by moving away from mass education, make this question extremely current.
The research uses data for the years 2008—2017 taken from the resources of the OECD, Statistics Poland and the Public Opinion Research Center. The results of the conducted analyses, considering all levels of education, indicated that people who completed tertiary education, both in Poland and abroad, are characterised by the highest economic activity rate and are the most willing to take part in vocational programmes at an adult age. For many years, graduates of higher education institutions in Poland have been the least exposed to unemployment. Taking into account other benefits from education — in individual and social terms — the claim that the economic or social development of the country will be facilitated by the reduction of the percentage of young people obtaining higher education is not justified.

The "how" is as "important" as the "what". Hence, the teaching-learning approaches that are compatible with the goals of peace education are holistic, participatory, cooperative, experiential and humanist. Holistic education does not confine itself to the parameters of facts and concepts. Instead, it promotes cognitive, affective and behavioural goals of learning. Often, the focus of learning is the transmission of concepts. In peace education, the goals are three-fold. First is the building of awareness on the realities, roots and consequences of violence, and the building of awareness on the roots of peace. Second is the building of concern and the development of the values of empathy, compassion, hope and social responsibility. In 2003, Harris and Morrison call it the development of moral sensitivity culminating in the building of the capacity of learners to care for others. Third is the call to action beginning with the resolve to change personal mindsets and attitudes and doing something concrete about situations of violence. Participatory education means allowing learners to inquire, share and collaborate. It allows learners to engage in dialogue with the teacher or with their co-learners. The practice of articulating and listening to diverse points of view is an important exercise in broadening perspectives. Such a skill is necessary in a world where many conflicts remain unresolved because of peoples' refusal to hear one another. In participatory learning, teacher acts more as a facilitator rather than an authority figure. Even if teachers have definite stands on issues, they should encourage students to articulate their own perspectives before inviting them to take appropriate action on the issues discussed (Mcginnis, 1984). Participatory education also means veering away from the traditional indoctrination style. The observance of democratic processes in the classrooms can contribute to the development of knowledge, skills and attitudes necessary for democratic citizenship (Harris and Morrison, 2003). Carl Rogers and Abraham Maslow are proponents of a type of education that is humanist. A humanist classroom emphasizes the social, personal and affective growth of the learners. In a humanistic classroom, individuals are accepted for what they are. It develops the notions of the self to promote a sense of self-esteem. It sends the message that all are valuable and gifted. Mcginnis (1984) says that "without a positive self-concept or self-image, no one takes a stand, 'goes public', or works for change". He also posits that the more aware we are of our giftedness, the more willing we become to share our gifts with others. Teachers in a humanist classroom are empathetic and affirming. They show interest and concern for the well-being of their students. They encourage in the classroom care and respect for each other. They also encourage sensitivity to diversity in the classroom. Such approach will help breed in learners the seeds of love and compassion- values that are necessary in building a peaceable society.

This article is part of a research in progress which aims at defining a set of sustainability indicators that meets the specificities of a Higher Education Institution (HEI). The objective was to identify what is the responsibility of the HEIs before sustainability and the sustainable development from the managers' insights. This is a qualitative research with case study design. The collection techniques used were bibliographical and documentary research and semi-structured interviews with ten managers of the institution. It was determined that managers understand sustainability broadly. The managers mention the importance of applying the concepts to management practices in order to be an example to other institutions and to contribute to the sustainable development of the region where it operates. The respondents cited several actions developed in the HEIs. These results provide subsidies for the construction of a sustainability indicator system for monitoring and assessing the effectiveness of the actions developed.

Chapter 1: Introduction; Gabriele Capelli, David Mitch -- Part I: Global religious activity and schooling.-Chapter 2: Religion, colonialism and missions in Africa; Felix Meier zu Selhausen -- Chapter 3: The long legacy of missions in Latin America; Felipe Valencia -- Part II: Colonial legacies, local elites and schooling -- Chapter 4: Universal public schooling in colonial Korea and Taiwan; Sun Go -- Chapter 5: Racial exclusion and school development in Colombia; Irina Rosa España Eljaiek -- Part III: Global migrations and human capital accumulation -- Chapter 6: Brain drain, and brain gain in the age of mass migration: Italy and Ireland; Cormac Ó Gráda and Matteo Gomellini -- Chapter 7: Emigration and the development of schooling in Sweden; Johannes Westberg -- Chapter 8: German migration to Brazil and human capital accumulation; Bruno Witzel -- Part IV: Global forces and institutions in the era of mass education -- Chapter 9: Education in the U.S. as nationalist policy in a competitive global economy, 1876 – 1907; Nancy Beadie -- Chapter 10: Western-style education and schooling in China, 20th century; Pei Gao -- Chapter 11: Schooling and human capital in Iran; David Mitch

The world needs workers with more and better skills. Conventional apprenticeships and old methods of professional training are not providing enough skilled workers, so governments, companies and colleges are all using open and distance learning to fill these gaps. This unique international review of experience looks at the policies needed in both the private and the public sector for effective vocational education and training at all levels, from basic skills to continuing professional education. It goes on to examine the new roles of information and communication technologies, establishing what we know about their performance, and identifying the choices to be made in applying technologies to vocational education and training.

Bibliography: pages 103-109. ; This document suggests and then illustrates a neglect in the study of American civil religious ritual. It argues that a primary carrier for American civil religion has been the public school system and that one vehicle used in the task of perpetuating the American identity has been the civil religious ritual of saying the Pledge of Allegiance which most American school children routinely perform at the start of each school day. The methodological approach used in this study of the Pledge ritual is a process analysis formulated by Ronald Grimes which combines the concern of sociology with that of history. Three key questions are dealt with: the process of change (a historical study); the social process effecting the ritual (this centers on the legal conflicts) and the processes which the ritual affect (this concentrates on grassroots responses to the ritual and the power, positive or negative, which it generates. The negative power behind the ritual is a dynamic force which has left its mark in the legislature of the country and in the attitude of the adult population towards the Pledge of Allegiance. This paper identifies and explains four motivators which underlie much of the ritual processing, namely, consensus, conflict, crisis and control. It concludes that the Pledge of Allegiance ritual is a dynamic force which reflects the growth and development of the civil-religious dimension of the American nation.

This is a case study of diversity initiatives at the New York State Education Department. Analysis of data collected from public and internal reports and semistructured interviews revealed three types of barriers to diversity: structural, cultural, and semantic. Results of the present study supported barriers to diversity identified in extant literature. Civil service requirements and the agency's culture stymied diversity efforts. The effects of social networks, limited accountability in hiring, and inadequate communication of the vision for diversity also impeded the diversity initiative.

In the traditional (pre-colonial) African society, education was regarded as a means to a end and not as an end in itself. That is, education was not an end in itself. That is, education was mainly functional in objective and achieved through the apprenticeship or on-the –job training system. Both the young and the old were practically trained for specific occupation and professions. That type of education, that emphasized social responsibility, relevance to the needs of society and moral values. The ultimate good of traditional African education was to "produce a man or woman of character, with the useful skill appropriate to his or her status in life" Fafunwa (1982). As a result, there was no question of unemployment then, and where it existed at all, it was very minimal. The major aim of education in all societies should be a preparation of Youths for a productive working life. In line with these, the paper looks into government policies and the way it affects education and world of works. The paper also discussed the ravaging unemployment in the society, and the causes. And it came to a conclusion that unless the new 9-3-4 system of education is faithfully implemented, Nigeria might be faced with a very explosive school leaver problem. Article visualizations: