Peace Education: Understanding Conflict and Artistic Approaches to Peacebuilding Preparatory readings Learning to Abolish War‚ Reardon and Cabezudo (2002) Collaborative approaches to resolving conflict‚ Isenhart and Spangle (2000) Training for Transformation‚ Hope‚ Timmel‚ and Hodzi (1984) Working with conflict: Skills and strategies for action‚ Fisher et al (2000) Introduction: Conflicts occur every day‚ in multiple settings‚ and between parties of equal and asymmetrical power relations
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UNIT 1 Social Psychology Name _________________________Contents Introduction - course outline 3 Social Approach 5 Obedience Milgram Agency Theory Ethical Issues Meuss and Raaijmakers Hofling 7 7 10 12 13 17 Prejudice Social Identity Theory Sherif’s study of prejudice 20 20 22 Key Issue – social approach 26 How Science Works – social approach Social surveys Sampling techniques 28 28 31 Practical – social approach 35
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Tameeka Moody Instructor Hunt English 111‚ Section 01A 11 June 2013 The pursuit of a higher education has become a goal set by parents for our children throughout the country‚ and even the world‚ in order to help increase their chances for prosperity but in many cases‚ it is a standard that many adults fail to set for themselves. We become complacent with the ideas that we have reached the plateau of our career options or that we need to focus on our families rather than earning our degree and
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Higher Education: What’s the Big Deal? What do I want to do with my life? A common question asked by countless students between the ages of 18 and 24. A simple‚ yet tough question nonetheless. It can be frightening to think that at such a young age‚ we’re expected to know what we want to do for the rest of our life. Often‚ this question begs other tough and frightening questions. Is higher education even worth it? What if it is just a waste of time and money? While some may feel unsure about the
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TRANSLATING EDUCATION TO SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT Commissioner Nona S. Ricafort The Brundtland Commission of 1987 defined “Sustainable Development” as “meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.” Sustainable development is maintaining a delicate balance between the human need to improve lifestyles and feeling of well-being on one hand‚ and preserving natural resources and ecosystems‚ on which we and future generations
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work in a career that doesn’t feel like work is only human nature; college is the gateway to opportunity. My entire immediate and extended family has completed a maximum three years of post-secondary school‚I want to break that trend. Pursuing higher education isn’t an option for me‚ it’s the next step‚ Majoring in Biology with a minor in Chemistry is a dream for an aspiring Pharmacist. School is much more than grades and tests‚ the experiences gained from immersing myself into the material provided
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Higher Education in Nursing Should be a Requirement When people get sick‚ they are sensitive about the quality of care they receive. Today everybody looks for advanced health care from highly educated health care professionals. Is there any reality behind it? Could it be the high- education that enables nurses to provide high quality patient care? Although general nursing program provides basic education for nurses‚ higher education will equip the nursing professionals with skills‚ knowledge and
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that “opportunity in higher education is based on a faulty assumption about poverty.” He gives a clear example of Carlos‚ a gifted student who grew up in poverty‚ but was led to exceptional schools because he was lucky and was recruited into a program for low income students. This program brings talented lower class students to elite schools so they can advance in life. It is unfortunate that just because one is born into a lower income family‚ they cannot afford a quality education. The public school
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SMS-BASED GRADES INQUIRY SYSTEM IN HIGHER EDUCATION A Thesis Presented to the Faculty of the Graduate School UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHEASTERN PHILIPPINES Davao City In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements For the Degree of MASTER OF SCIENCE In INFORMATION SCIENCE ESMAEL V. MALIBERAN‚ CoE 2010 INTRODUCTION: The grade of a student is a scale which determines students who need more improvement and require more assistance which will help teachers in guiding them towards their development
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“The Conflicts of Globalization and Restructuring of Education” Douglas Kellner The September 11 terrorist attacks have generated a wealth of theoretical reflection as well as regressive political responses by the Bush administration and other governments (Kellner‚ 2003b). The 9/11 attacks and subsequent Bush administration military response have dramatized once again the centrality of globalization in contemporary experience and the need for adequate conceptualizations and responses to it for
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