Toward a Renaissance of Humanity: Rethinking and Reorienting Curriculum and Instruction
Editor: Terrance R. Carson
Contents
Acknowledgments ……………………………………………………………. v
Part 1 Introduction
Editor’s Introduction ………………………………………………………. 3
T. R. Carson
Greetings …………………………………………………………………. 7
N. V. Overly
M. Shoji
T. Araki
Voices of Hibakushi, Hiroshima Survivors ……………………………………… 10
T. Fujii
Presidential Address ……………………………………………………….. 19
WCCI: A Humanizing Force in Global Curriculum Building
E. C. Matriano
Part II. Rethinking Culture and Development: Questions Facing Curriculum and Teaching
Peace, Human Rights, and Development
Peace, Human Rights, and Global Development ……………………………………. 31
O. Kurino
Science, Technology, and Education
Education Today for Tomorrow’s World ………………………………………….. 48
H. Klein
Machine and Education ……………………………………………………….. 60
M-L. van Herreweghe
Response to van Herreweghe …………………………………………………… 70
J. Roderick and D. G. Smith
The Issues of Domination and Liberation in Education
Neocolonialism and Education in Anglophone Africa ………………………………. 75
W. H. Watkins
The Need for Western Education to Reorient its Curriculum ……………………….. 86
L. Hufford
Popular Culture and Education
Art is the Foundation of Education: Television as an Example …………………….. 99
P. van Stapele
Paradox Between Modernity and Tradition:
Case Study of Japan
Curriculum Decision Making: Practices and Beliefs in the Japanese System …………. 107
N. V. Overly
Curriculum Foundations for a New Age ………………………………………….. 122
Y. Ebitani
Values and Values Education
Values Education for Social Transformation …………………………………….. 130
V. Floresca-Cawagas
A Curricular View of Moral Education ………………………………………….. 139
F. M. Mina
Part III. Proposals and Practices for Humanizing Curriculum and Teaching
Curriculum Theory
Breathing Life into the Curriculum: The Paradigm of Mutuality ……………………. 153
S. Wilson
Personal Growth and/or Social Change: What Can Humanistic
Psychology Contribute to Practically-Oriented Education?
A Critical Analysis ………………………………………………………….. 169
F-M. Oertel
Classroom Practices
Spirit and Action of Citizenship: Alex Taylor Community School …………………….. 178
N. L. Haggerson, V. Macagnoni, and S. Ramsankar
Educating for a Future: Symbols of Life and Hope …………………………………. 191
R. Adrews
World Peace and Humanistic Instructional Strategies ………………………………. 205
S. Srivastava
Success and Responsibility in Peace Education ……………………………………. 215
R. W. Zuber
Nonformal Education: Community Involvement and Development
Nigeria’s First Distance Education Program: An Enterprise For the Forgotten Teacher ….. 229
A. N. D. Robinson
International On-the-Spot Early Childhood Training Courses ………………………… 239
L. Sperber Jasik
Community Involvement /Development Through a Process Of Lifelong Nonformal Education …. 246
G. Mendis
Teaching Peace to Adults: Dare We Practice What We Preach? ………………………… 254
A. Chetkow-Yanoov
Providing for Multilevel Needs in a Developing Country Through Distance Education ……. 266
A.N. Khan
Part IV. Conclusion: Toward a Renaissance of Humanity
Brighter Than a Thousand Suns: Facing Pedagogy in the
Nuclear Shadow ……………………………………………………………….. 275
A. G. Smith
The Lotus: A Metaphor for North-South Peace Education …………………………….. 286
S-H Toh
The Alice Miel Invited Lecture: Imagining, Changing, Stabilizing:
Maintaining Momentum ………………………………………………………….. 301
L. M. Berman
Network Reports
Introduction …………………………………………………………………. 315
H. D. Gideonse
Women in Education Network ……………………………………………………. 315
S. Wilson
Community Development Network …………………………………………………. 318
S. Ramsankar
Arts in the Curriculum Network ………………………………………………… 319
A. Mark
Early Childhood Education Network ……………………………………………… 321
F-M. Oertel
Ethics and Values Network …………………………………………………….. 323
R. Laor
Media and Technology Network ………………………………………………….. 324
Y. Nishimoto
Peace Education Network ………………………………………………………. 326
T. R. Carson
Curriculum Theory and Research Network …………………………………………. 328
F. M. Mina
Global Education Network ……………………………………………………… 329
F. Jackson
Lifelong Learning Network …………………………………………………….. 331
B. Baduel
Contributors