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Download full textNderu-Boddington, Eulalee – Online Submission, 2008
This article compares and contrasts the theories of three major writers on societal change: Chirot discusses the economic power struggles within and among core, peripheral, and semiperipheral societies, Toffler exposes a future in which major power shifts could have cataclysmic results, and Bruner emphasizes the importance of education to temper…
Descriptors: Social Theories, Social Change, Ethics, Power Structure
Litynsky, Walter; And Others – 1986
A continuation of the study of those factors that lead to persecutions and acts of genocide is presented. As students read the materials included in the case studies, they should be referred to the organizing concepts discussed in "Teaching about the Holocaust and Genocide: Introduction. The Human Rights Series, Volume I." Unit 1 in that…
Descriptors: Civil Liberties, Collective Settlements, Developing Nations, Ethnic Discrimination
Critical Games: Four Games To Help Develop Critical Perspectives on Economic and Social Development.
Cumming, James A., Ed. – 1994
The four games in this booklet are designed to stimulate critical thinking about the effects of structural and cultural issues on society and on the process of social change. The first and original game, "The Growth Game," gives participants a hands-on experience with the basic theoretical constructs of a Marxian critique of the mainstream tenets…
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Developing Nations, Disadvantaged Environment, Economically Disadvantaged
Crowther, Jim, Ed.; Hamilton, Mary, Ed.; Tett, Lyn, Ed. – 2001
These 15 papers share a common theme: seeking to promote literacy as a powerful tool for challenging existing inequalities and dependencies. "Powerful Literacies" (Jim Crowther et al.) is an introduction. Section 1 establishes the theoretical and policy frameworks that underpin the book and shows how literacy is situated in different…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Programs
Cooke, Anthony, Ed.; MacSween, Ann, Ed. – 2000
This book, which focuses on the relationship between adult education institutions and social movements, contains 31 papers originally presented at a 1998 conference on the history of adult education. Following an Introduction (Cooke), the papers are: Mobilisation, Popular Participation and Sustainable Development: Themes in the Recent History of…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Change Agents, Community Cooperation, Context Effect
