Ethics in Education

Human beings have an innate ethical sense that urges them to make predictable choices.  Although most people believe that their actions are guided by logic and reason, reason often acts only as a mechanism to justify these choices. Language allows people to construct sophisticated rationales which support what are often genetically driven decisions. Ethics education is about recognizing the real power of one’s innate ethical sense and how it influences our behavior. In this way we can free reason to become a tool to truly guide our actions.  Without the wisdom that results from understanding one’s innate ethical self, reason remains a powerful propaganda prop for unchallenged intrinsic human ethical imperatives … (What is Ethics 1/2).

Homepage;
Ethics Workbook: book one, 96 p and book two; 122 p, book two; Novels; Coat of Arms; Movie Jigs; Holocaust; FAQs;
Submissions (and a Contact possibility).

What is Ethics 2/2: … How do educators attack this problem? It is best to build on the beliefs, which students already bring with them, that ethics must be about individuals, and that the extent of individual freedom is a measure of what is right.  Continuer la lecture de « Ethics in Education »

African Elections Database

site hosted by Tripod.com, USA.

… The purpose of the African Elections Database is to provide a comprehensive archive of past and present election results for the 48 countries of Sub-Saharan Africa … (about the Database 1/2).

Homepage;
Authorities; Chronology; Updates; Terms, Definitions; Recents; Calendar;
Freedom, Democracy, Human Rights in Sub-Saharan Africa;
Contacts and addresses: for each country scroll down of any page and click on the link.

About the Database 2/2 (inkl. Sources and Links) /Election Pages & Results: Each country’s election page starts with a political profile.  Continuer la lecture de « African Elections Database »

African Elections Project

aussi en français

The African Elections Project :  your authoritative African Elections Information and Knowledge online portal, covering elections across the continent. (on the english Homepage).

Partners; Links; Countries: find most of them in the bottom line of each page;
Contacts online and some regional adresses.

About /Elections Project Scope (here after about West Africa):  Continuer la lecture de « African Elections Project »

Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research CGIAR

also in the 5 other UN languages

Linked on our blogs with International Food Policy Research Institute IFPRI.

The Consortium of CGIAR Centers is a new legal entity being established by the international Centers that are part of the CGIAR to lead, coordinate and support the Centers. The Consortium will provide leadership and coordination of activities among the Centers and lead the formulation of CGIAR’s Strategy and Results Framework, and the development of Mega Programs under the strategy. The Consortium is the counterpart of the Fund for implementing the performance agreements for Mega Programs signed with the Fund Council through Centers and their partners … (Consortium … ).

english Homepage; about this site; Sitemap;
Research, Impact; Meetings; Publications; News; CGIAR Databases: Core Collection, Recommendations, Decisions;
Address: CGIAR Fund Office, The World Bank, MSN G6-601, 1818 H Street NW, Washington, DC 20433, USA;
Contact.

About CGIAR /who we are: The Vision: To reduce poverty and hunger, improve human health and nutrition, and enhance ecosystem resilience through high-quality international agricultural research, partnershp and leadership.  Continuer la lecture de « Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research CGIAR »

Rising Sun Education and Welfare Society

Rising Sun Institute for Special children, a project of Rising Sun Education & Welfare Society, is in exact keeping of this United Nation’s Convention for the development of a mentally or otherwise retarded child. Mental retardation is a major health, social and educational problem and about 2-3% of the world population suffers from varying degree of mental disability. These special children are considered to be an extra burden and a stigma for the whole family and are ridiculed their whole lives … (about /History 1/2).

Homepage; Sitemap;
Members; The Institute; Education; Achievements; Activities; Publications;
Address: ,Defence Campus, 544/2 XX Sector, Phase III, D.H.A Lahore Cantt., Pakistan;
Contact.

About /History 2/2: … The foundation for RSI was laid in 1984 when a close friend of Dr. A. Tawwab Khan, founder of RSI, brought his daughter to him for treatment. Continuer la lecture de « Rising Sun Education and Welfare Society »