(2008). Pleasurable Pedagogies: \Reading Lolita in Tehran\ and the Rhetoric of Empathy. College English, v70 n5 p506-521 May. In her audio essay for the the National Public Radio's series \This I Believe,\ Iranian-American author and professor Azar Nafisi celebrates the affective power of empathy. In the essay, Nafisi refers to actual people in Darfur, Afghanistan, Iraq, Algeria, Rwanda, and North Korea, but she turns to classic nineteenth-century American novel to provide her exemplary hero, Huckleberry Finn, who chooses not to turn in his friend, Jim, a runaway slave, despite social and religious pressure to do. Although Huck Finn does not play a prominent role in her bestselling book, \Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books,\ other famous characters from American and British literature do loom large, as does her argument about the privileged relationship between empathy and fiction. In this article, the author discusses \Reading Lolita in Tehran\ with Nafisi's audio essay in order to highlight the entanglements of consumer culture with self-representational practices and affective and \ethical… [Direct]
(1977). Architectural Education in Developing Nations: Case Studies in Tunisia and Afghanistan. Journal of Architectural Education, 30, 4, 19-22, Apr 77. Both countries have taken western models for their approach to architectural education. The responsibility that accompanies the imposition of a foreign system is to recognize local variations from the model and to evolve programs and curricula responsive to the situation. (Author/LBH)…
(1980). American Foreign Policy for the '80s: A Voter's Guide to the Facts and Issues. The purpose of this guide is to provide voters, officeholders, and candidates with background information on major foreign policy issues so that they can follow the 1980 presidential debates and reach their own informed conclusions. Thirteen major foreign policy topics are covered. The material is written in telegraphic style to get the essential information into a limited space. All facts have been carefully researched and the approach is strictly impartial and nonpartisan. Each topic includes a section tracing administration policy and concludes by presenting alternatives to present policy, with main arguments pro and con. A few additional readings are listed for each subject. Topics treated are: Leadership: President vs. Congress; U.S. Defense Policy; International Terrorism; Energy: U.S. Dependence on Foreign Oil; Trade and the Dollar; The UN and Third-World Development; Southern Africa; China and Taiwan; Cambodia, Vietnam and the Refugee Crisis; The Caribbean and Central…
(2006). Creative Associates International: Corporate Education and "Democracy Promotion" in Iraq. Review of Education, Pedagogy & Cultural Studies, v28 n1 p25-65 Jan. This article illustrates how global corporate education initiatives, though profit-motivated, sometimes function both as an instrument of foreign policy and as a manifestation of a broader imperial project. According to neoconservative scholars, as well as their critics, the events of September 11, 2001, allowed the implementation of pre-made plans to radically reshape the United States National Security Strategy to pursue more aggressively and openly global military and economic dominance, and to force any and all nations to submit to a singular set of American values. With the declaration of military response, the United States invaded Afghanistan (in 2001) and then Iraq (in 2003), in part, on the justification that these were fronts in the so-called "War on Terror." Following both invasions, the United States, through the Agency for International Development (USAID), contracted with a private for-profit corporation, Creative Associates International Incorporated (CAII),… [Direct]
(1996). The Effect of War on Children. Child Abuse & Neglect: The International Journal, v20 n9 p809-19 Sep. This paper discusses the effects of modern war on children in the 20th century, focusing on direct and indirect effects of World War II, Vietnam War, war in Afghanistan, conflicts in Africa and in Central America, and Persian Gulf War. The paper notes the devastating effects on children of disruption of education and other public services in conflicts where social infrastructures become targets. (CR)…
(1999). A Global Perspective on Virtual Reality. Grade Levels 9-12. Technology in the Classroom. This activity packet addresses technology in the classroom, specifically using the Internet. It presents three activities that use the Internet as a resource: (1) \Whose Point of View\ (the transfer of Hong Kong to Chinese control); (2) \Where to Look\ (an earthquake in Afghanistan); and (3) \Research Project: The Pros and Cons of Free Trade.\ Each activity lists student objectives, materials needed, and procedures. Includes two worksheets. (BT)… [PDF]
(1975). Education in Asia: Reviews, Reports, and Notes. Number 8. Reports on education in Thailand, Afghanistan, and the Philippines and reviews and reports of recent documents selected from the collection of the Unesco Regional Office for Education in Asia comprise this document. The first report, concerning educational reform in Thailand, presents recommendations of a governmental committee on curriculum, methods, administration, and equality. Afghanistan's attempts to increase opportunities for lifelong education, training, and literacy are described in the second report, followed by a discussion of national examinations for university admission in the Philippines. Reviews of recent publications on the following topics are presented: (1) social and educational reform in India; (2) science education in the Philippines; (3) the role of the university in Southeast Asia; (4) population and education in India; (5) rural development; (6) technical education in Bangladesh; (7) educational studies in the Republic of Korea; (8) education and development… [PDF]
(1971). A Short Course in Conversational Dari. This intensive language course in Dari, also known as Farsi or Persian, was originally prepared for medical workers of the International Afghan Mission. This course in Dari, one of the two official languages of Afghanistan, normally requires 10 days' study in a concentrated program. Principal instructional objectives are development of oral comprehension and speaking skills. Forty-four sections treating Dari script, grammar, and cultural materials are included. (Several pages may be light.) (RL)…
(1975). Human Resources Development Through Literacy in Afghanistan. Functional Literacy Project of Pacca. Indian Journal of Adult Education, 36, 6, 13-4, Jun 75. …
(1996). The Literature of Vietnam and Afghanistan: Exploring War and Peace with Adolescents. ALAN Review, v23 n3 p6-9 Spr. Addresses ways of developing a curriculum of caring that helps students connect themselves to others in ever-widening circles of understanding. Describes how, through reading and discussing Walter Dean Myers'"Fallen Angels" and Oleg Yermakov's "Afghan Tales: Stories from Russia's Vietnam," students come to see two unpopular wars as having much in common, including the pain returning soldiers suffered. (RS)…
(1978). Faces of Change. Five Rural Societies in Transition: Bolivia, Kenya, Afghanistan, Taiwan, China Coast. The multidisciplinary film project focuses attention on what is happening to rural populations of the world, particularly among developing countries. The roles of women, education, social and economic systems, and the effects of modernization on values are themes explored in each of five rural settings–Bolivian highlands, northern Kenya, northern Afghanistan, Taiwan, and the Soko Islands off the China coast. The project draws upon visual evidence of people at work and play, in social, economic, and political roles, as individuals and in groups. The program features 26 films designed for use in college classes and an accompanying text which contains sets of essays which complement the films. The instructional materials are arranged in a format which covers the five cultures and five themes listed above. A film link symbol in the text indicates a direct relationship to a scene in the film, and the designation "film dialogue" is used to indicate direct quotations from the… [PDF]
(1975). Biomedical Social Science, Unit II: Health, Culture and Environment. Student Text, Part Two: Aq Kupruk. Revised Version, 1975. This student text presents instructional materials for a unit of social science within the Biomedical Interdisciplinary Curriculum Project (BICP), a two-year interdisciplinary precollege curriculum aimed at preparing high school students for entry into college and vocational programs leading to a career in the health field. This particular unit deals with world cultures and their relationship to health and environment. Reading, illustrations, and activities are presented that deal with the social structure of Afghanistan. (CS)… [PDF]
(2007). Justifying Torture: Explaining Democratic States' Noncompliance with International Humanitarian Law. Frontiers: The Interdisciplinary Journal of Study Abroad, v14 p51-95 Mar. On June 28, 1951, France ratified the 1949 Geneva Conventions, which prohibited the torture of prisoners of war. On August 2, 1955, the United States of America ratified the same document. Between 1954 and 1962, France fought a war against Algeria, which sought its independence from colonial rule. From September 11, 2001 until the present, the United States has been engaged in what its government has termed "The Global War on Terror," which has involved wars in Afghanistan, Iraq and holding detainees for interrogation at Guantanamo Bay. Although the two cases must be distinguished from one another based on different situational, ideological, and historical characteristics, there are critical commonalities. This study focuses on two distinct research questions: first, what explains the rationale by which France and the United States, two democratic states, violated international and domestic law by torturing prisoners of war? Second, how did these two states justify this… [PDF] [PDF]
(1968). Criteria for Appraising Educational Planning in Underdeveloped Countries (With Examples from the Experience of Afghanistan). IIEP Occasional Papers No. 1. This paper discusses some of the factors affecting educational planning in underdeveloped countries and attempts to identify and formulate evaluation criteria suitable for appraising educational planning in such countries. Although the analytical framework proposed is applicable to any country, it is designed specifically for use where lack of data and shortage of qualified planners make it impossible to apply sophisticated mathematical models that demand the analysis of detailed statistics. To illustrate the discussion, the author makes frequent use of examples drawn from his experience with the use of educational planning for the first and second levels of education in Afghanistan. (JG)… [PDF]
(2010). International Aid to Education. Comparative Education Review, v54 n1 p105-124 Feb. Recent evidence highlights several worrisome trends regarding aid pledges and disbursements, which have been exacerbated by the global financial crisis. First, while overall development assistance rose in 2008, after 2 years of decline, the share of all sector aid going to the education sector has remained virtually unchanged at about 12 percent since 2000. By contrast, aid to the health sector increased in the 2000-2008 period from 11 percent to 17 percent. Second, members of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) Development Assistance Committee (DAC) disbursed approximately US$10.8 billion of overall aid to education in 2007, up from US$5.2 billion in 2002. However, the share of aid going to basic education declined from 41 percent to 38 percent during the same period. Third, the number of donors providing aid to education is concentrated among a small group of donors: only five donors account for over 60 percent of all aid commitments to basic education…. [Direct]