Posts Tagged Village
Educating the Global Village: Including the Child in the World
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The second edition of this internationally focused book is based on the authors’ theme of “unity in diversity,” and encompasses twelve research-based principles that serve as a framework for bringing both global and multicultural education to preschool and school-age children. Around these principles, the authors build a broad-based set of teaching strategies that are inclusive of children with a wide range of learning styles, and that can be effectively use… More >>
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Works of Heart: Building Village through the Arts
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This full-color celebration of citizen artists revitalizing their communities profiles 10 exemplary grass-roots arts projects. Stories range from children building a mud façade on their Oregon school to an annual blessing procession and festival in north Philadelphia that brings to life dozens of the most derelict blocks in urban America. This collection of human-interest stories and resources about grass-roots community building offers a rare and appealing coun… More >>
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The Unknown Cultural Revolution: Life and Change in a Chinese Village
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The Unknown Cultural Revolution challenges the established narrative of China’s Cultural Revolution, which assumes that this period of great social upheaval led to economic disaster, the persecution of intellectuals, and senseless violence. Dongping Han offers a powerful account of the dramatic improvements in the living conditions, infrastructure, and agricultural practices of China’s rural population that emerged in this period. Drawing on extensive local i… More >>
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