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Nine Weeks: a teacher’s education in Army Basic Training
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Nine Weeks tells the honest story of Army Basic Training. Rich Stowell left his career as a high school teacher and college education professor as an enlistee in the United States Army. At the barracks of F Battery, 1/40 Field Artillery at Fort Sill Oklahoma, he trained for just over two months as a Soldier in the most powerful Army in the world. His story is exceptional. As the oldest man in his training battery (of over 200 soldiers) and the most educated, … More >>
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International Perspectives on the Goals of Universal Basic and Secondary Education
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Universal schooling has been adopted as a goal by international organizations, bilateral aid agencies, national governments, and non-profit organizations. Yet little sustained international attention has been devoted to the purposes or goals of universal education. What is universal primary and secondary education intended to accomplish? This book, which grew out of a project of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences, offers diverse views from Asia, Africa, Europe,… More >>
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“Children’s Views of Basic Concepts of Morality”: A research study on character and values- based education
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Building upon the work of Piaget, Kohlberg, Vygotsky, and Gilligan, this research explored middle school students’ views of some basic concepts of morality. This is a unique research study on character and moral education. The study gathered data via individual, in-depth interviews using an interview protocol and seven vignettes designed by the researcher (patterned after Piaget and Kohlberg?s moral dilemmas in interviewing children) and corresponding to the seven… More >>
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