(1971). Conversational Dari: An Introductory Course in Dari (=Farsi=Persian) As Spoken in Afghanistan. This course in Dari, also known as Farsi or Persian, concentrates on development of conversational skills. Twenty-five lessons, reflecting current linguistic theories of language learning, include pronunciation drills, grammar study, vocabulary development, and exercises. Appendixes contain 14 sections of cultural material concerning Afghan social structure, geography, and verb review. Several indexes are included: (1) the Dari sound system, (2) words and phrases used in the lessons, (3) English words and phrases used in lessons, and (4) a subject index. (RL)… [PDF]
(2004). The Professional Development of Kosovan Leaders. Management in Education, v18 n1 p30-34. In this article the author provides a discussion around issues related to the professional development of educational leaders in a resource-free, post-conflict environment. Drawing upon the author's ongoing experiences (2001-present) in Kosovo, the author presents a series of vignettes concerning leadership development in the Balkans. Lessons learned from this and similar contexts may be found useful by administrators involved in the restoration of a coherent educational system in other post-war environments, such as Afghanistan or Iraq…. [Direct]
(2001). Intentional and Unintentional Afghan Humor: "Local Logic" at Its Best. Revised. This paper tells the story of its authors' living and teaching experiences in Afghanistan from 1967 to 1969. The paper explains that "Don" taught at Kabul University, "Alleen" taught at the American International School of Kabul, and their three young children were in elementary school. It describes their day-to-day activities and relates their sometimes unusual experiences and adventures in such an exotic place. It also focuses especially on the Afghan sense of humor and sense of play. (NKA)… [PDF]
(2004). PSYOP and Persuasion: Applying Social Psychology and Becoming an Informed Citizen. Teaching of Psychology, v31 n1 p27-30 Feb. This project teaches students about persuasion techniques, especially as governments use them. Most project examples came from the work of the U.S. military's modern Psychological Operations division. Social psychology students (a) reviewed influence techniques; (b) examined posters, leaflets, and other persuasion tools used in World War II, the Gulf War, Kosovo, and Afghanistan; (c) pondered legal and ethical issues related to persuasion campaigns; and (d) considered the differences between persuasion and propaganda. Finally, students considered ways to innoculate themselves against unwanted influence attempts….
(1998). CNN Newsroom Classroom Guides. June 1998. CNN Newsroom is a daily 15-minute commercial-free news program specifically produced for classroom use and provided free to participating schools. These daily classroom guides present top stories, headlines, environmental news, and other current events, along with suggested class discussion topics and activities to accompany the broadcasts for one month. Top stories for the month of June include: an earthquake in Afghanistan; the legal tug-of-war between Bill Clinton and Ken Starr; lift-off of the shuttle Discovery; relief efforts for earthquake victims in Afghanistan; United States Supreme Court rejection of Ken Starr's request for a hearing; the first global "Drug Summit"; death of Nigerian president Sani Abacha; violence on the border of Ethiopia and Eritrea; curbing supply as the focus of the Drug Summit; ethnic cleansing in Kosovo; Iraq and UNSCOM agreement on a plan to address disarmament; President Clinton's agenda for his trip to China; Albanians in Kosovo abandon…
(2002). The Meaning of Peace and the Role of Education in South Korea. Most people in South Korea expressed deep sympathy for the innocent victims of the September 11th attacks, but, unlike their government's official position that supported U.S. military action, many were opposed to the war the United States began in Afghanistan. The president asked for emphasis on peace and anti-terrorism education. Since the role of education has been stressed in every moment of crisis in South Korean history, it was only natural to think about what education could do to focus the world on peace, to reduce social conflicts, and to seek a more secure life. This paper does not focus upon why terrorists commit such massacres in a political and historical context, but acknowledges that suicidal terror, the U.S. war against Afghanistan, and the ensuing tension in the Middle East create conflicts among different groups with contrasting interests. The paper reviews a number of overt and covert factors that could cause serious conflicts inside and outside Korea. It… [PDF]
(2007). Regional Planning Meeting on Literacy Initiative for Empowerment. Online Submission This publication presents an overview of the Asia-Pacific Regional Planning Meeting on the Literacy Initiative for Empowerment (LIFE). Countries in Asia and the Pacific that participate in the LIFE initiative are Afghanistan, Bangladesh, China, India, Indonesia, Iran, Nepal, Pakistan and Papua New Guinea. The purpose of the meeting was to assist the participating countries with the organization of preparatory activities for implementing the LIFE initiative following creation of Country Profiles in 2005. This publication includes comments presented during question and answer sessions, plenary discussions and group discussions. The agenda items of the meeting are (1) Global Background and Development of LIFE; (2) Literacy Challenges in the Asia-Pacific Region; (3) Presentations and Discussion in Plenary of Bangladesh and Pakistan Country Papers; (4) Proposed Framework of Support Mechanism for LIFE Implementation; (5) Proposed Guidelines of LIFE Needs Assessment; (6) Country Group Work… [PDF]
(2007). Yale's "Taliban Man" and Other Tales. Academic Questions, v20 n2 p113-121 Jun. In August 2001, the author relates his first encounter with Sayed Rahmatullah Hashimi when he visited the "Wall Street Journal." Sayed Rahmatullah Hashimi was then the ambassador at large and the deputy foreign minister for the Taliban regime of Afghanistan. Ten years before, in 1993, Rahmatullah Hashimi's people tried to blow up the World Trade Center and failed. Years after that encounter in 2001, the author assumed Rahmatullah Hashimi either to be in prison, a fugitive, or dead. Then, opening up the "New York Times," the author saw a February 2006 cover story titled "The Freshman," featuring Rahmatullah Hashimi, now an undergraduate at Yale University. Technically, he was in a non-degree granting program, but the point of the article was that, after a bit of orientation, he would be mainstreamed into the undergraduate population. The goal of this was a degree, presumably because he had been marked for "leadership" in the Middle East. In… [Direct]
(2001). Open File: School Autonomy and Evaluation. Prospects: Quarterly Review of Comparative Education, v31 n4 iss 120 Dec. The editorial, "Some Aspects of the Educational Change Dynamic: Setting School Autonomy and Evaluation in Context" (Cecilia Braslavsky), explains the focus of this issue. This "Open File: School Autonomy and Evaluation" section contains: "Introduction to the Open File" (Norberto Bottani; Bernard Favre); "IPES The System of Indicators for Secondary School Management in France" (Philomene Abi-Saab; Patrick Alt); "Use of 'Value-Added' Measures in School Evaluation: A View from England" (Lesley Saunders); "School Self-Evaluation in the Netherlands: Development of the ZEBO-Instrumentation" (Maria A. Hendriks; Simone Doolaard; Roel J. Bosker); "Analysis of School's Functioning, Assessment and Self-Assessment: Primary Schools in Geneva" (Bernard Favre); "Self-Governing Schools and Accountability in New Zealand" (Edward B. Fiske; Helen F. Ladd); "On the Politics of Performance in South African Education:… [PDF]
(2004). Torture and the War on Terror. Social Education, v68 n7 p453 Nov-Dec. In this article, the author examines another dimension of human rights–the problem of torture. He looks at U.S. commitments to international conventions prohibiting torture in light of the abuses at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq. He shows how a position adopted by the Bush administration that these international conventions did not apply to the war against terrorists resulted in the development of interrogation practices at Guantanamo Bay that ignored the conventions. These practices later carried over into Iraq. The U.S. has signed the four Geneva Conventions, which expressly prohibit any kind of physical or psychological coercion and torture or inhuman treatment of prisoners of war. In 1996, Congress also passed the War Crimes Act to ban all war crimes, which are referred to as grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions? But does the Geneva Convention apply to the War on Terror? The U.S. government had previously taken the position that such covenants did not apply to the prisoners…
(2007). Education under Attack: A Global Study on Targeted Political and Military Violence against Staff, Students, Teachers, Union and Government Officials, and Institutions. United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) This report details how political and military violence targeting educational systems is depriving a growing number of children of the right to education. This study focuses on targeted violent attacks, carried out for political, military, ideological, sectarian, ethnic or religious reasons, against students, teachers, academics, education trade unionists, education officials and all those who work in or for education institutions such as schools, colleges and universities. It also includes attacks on educational buildings, such as the firebombing of schools. It urges the international community to address the issue of violent attacks, press for an end to impunity for such attacks and extend the application of human rights instruments to cover violence against education. It recommends the establishment of a publicly accessible global database to facilitate the examination of trends in the scale, nature and targeting of attacks as well as qualitative research into their motives. It… [PDF]
(1960). LEXICOGRAPHICAL PROBLEMS IN PASHTO. PROBLEMS IN DEVELOPING SUITABLE DICTIONARIES OF PASHTO WERE REPORTED. PASHTO WAS DESCRIBED AS A MEMBER OF THE IRANIAN BRANCH OF THE INDO-EUROPEAN LANGUAGES SPOKEN IN EASTERN AND SOUTHERN AFGHANISTAN AND IN NORTHEASTERN PAKISTAN. FIVE TOPICS DEALING WITH THE PASHTO LANGUAGE WERE DISCUSSED–(1) STATISTICS, (2) WRITTEN CORPUS AND LEXICAL STUDIES, (3) DIALECTS, (4) FOREIGN LOAN WORDS, AND (5) SUCH NONLEXICAL PROBLEMS AS TRANSLITERATION, TRANSCRIPTION, AND GRAMMATICAL IDENTIFICATION. THIS REPORT IS ONE OF A SERIES OF 13 PAPERS PRESENTED AT A CONFERENCE ON LEXICOGRAPHY, INDIANA UNIVERSITY, NOVEMBER 11-12, 1960. (GC)…
(1970). Near East and North Africa: An Annotated List of Materials for Children. This is an annotated bibliography of materials appropriate for kindergarten through ninth grade children. The Near East as used here is all of North Africa, the Arabian Penninsula, Iran, Afghanistan, Greece, and Turkey. A section is devoted to each nation with some of the works in the native languages of the Near East. They include nonfiction, fiction, study guides, geography books, history books, travel guides, and folklore books. In addition, some attempt is made at evaluating the works based on how well they are written. An index and list of publishers are also provided. (CWB)…
(1972). Higher Education in the Asian Region. Bulletin of the UNESCO Regional Office for Education in Asia, V7, N1 Sep. The present issue of the Bulletin comprises articles that review broadly the development of higher education in 10 countries of the Asian region. Though not all countries are covered in the articles, those that are represent developments that have parallels in many other countries of the region. The countries covered by the articles are Afghanistan, Burma, Ceylon, India, Iran, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, the Phillippines, and Thailand. A bibliographical supplement is contained within the text of the document, and a separate supplement presents an annotated list of documents on education in Asia. (HS)… [PDF]
(1972). Situation Reports–Afghanistan, Cyprus, Iran, Kenya, Lebanese Republic, Malagasy Republic, Malaysia (West), People's Democratic Republic of Yemen. Data relating to population and family planning in eight foreign countries are presented in these situation reports. Countries included are Afghanistan, Cyprus, Iran, Kenya, Lebanese Republic, Malagasy Republic (Madagascar), Malaysia (West), and People's Democratic Republic of Yemen. Information is provided under two topics, general background and family planning situation, where appropriate and if it is available. General background covers ethnic groups, language, religion, economy, communication/education, medical/social welfare, and statistics on population, birth and death rates. Family planning situation considers family planning associations and personnel, government attitudes, legislation, family planning services, education/information, training opportunities for individuals, families, and medical personnel, research and evaluation, program plans, government programs, and related supporting organizations. Bibliographic sources are given. (BL)… [PDF]