A History of UNESCO

A History of UNESCO

Author: Poul Duedahl

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2016-04-12

Total Pages: 344

ISBN-13: 1137581204

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The mission UNESCO, as defined just after the end of World War II, is to build 'the defenses of peace in the minds of men'. In this book, historians trace the routes of selected UNESCO mental engineering initiatives from its headquarters in Paris to the member states, to assess UNESCO's global impact.


Einstein:

Einstein:

Author: Ronald W. Clark

Publisher: Harper Collins

Published: 1984

Total Pages: 571

ISBN-13: 038001159X

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A description of the scientist's personal life and career.


UNESCO Without Borders

UNESCO Without Borders

Author: Aigul Kulnazarova

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2016-06-23

Total Pages: 328

ISBN-13: 1317281586

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The United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) was established in 1945 with twin aims: to rebuild various institutions of the world destroyed by war, and to promote international understanding and peaceful cooperation among nations. Based on empirical and historical research and with a particular focus on history teaching, international understanding and peace, UNESCO Without Borders offers a new research trajectory for understanding the roles played by UNESCO and other international organizations, as well as the effects of globalization on education. With fifteen chapters by authors from cross-disciplinary and diverse geographical areas, this book assesses the global implications and results of UNESCO’s educational policies and practices. It explores how UNESCO-approved guidelines of textbook revisions and peace initiatives were implemented in member-states, illustrating the existence of both national confrontations with the new worldview promoted by UNESCO, as well as the constraints of international cooperation. This book provides an insightful analysis of UNESCO’s past challenges and also indicates promising future research directions in support of international understanding for peace and cooperation. As such, it will be of key interest to researchers, postgraduate students, academics in the fields of international and comparative education, education politics and policies, and to those interested in the historical study of international organizations and their global impact. The book will also appeal to practitioners, especially those who conduct research on or work in post-conflict societies.


World Heritage Sites

World Heritage Sites

Author: Unesco

Publisher:

Published: 2011

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781554078271

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Each site has an entry explaining its historical and cultural significance, with a description and location map.


The New Guide to the Diplomatic Archives of Western Europe

The New Guide to the Diplomatic Archives of Western Europe

Author: Daniel H. Thomas

Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press

Published: 2016-11-11

Total Pages: 456

ISBN-13: 1512807621

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This is a scholar's Baedeker for locating and using most efficiently the documents in the diplomatic archives of Western Europe, including Greece and Finland. Some 22 historians and archivists collectively provide chapters on 16 countries, four international organizations, and the Vatican. Countries and organizations covered by the Guide: The Netherlands Switzerland Luxemburg German Belgium Finland France Spain Italy Great Britain Vatican City Portugal Denmark Sweden Norway Austria Greece Italy The United Nations The League of Nations The International Labour Organisation The International Telecommunication Union UNESCO The New Guide to the Diplomatic Archives of Western Europe is a comprehensive, up-to-date tool for locating and using most efficiently the documents in the depositories of Western Europe (with Greece and Finland included). Besides its obvious utility for doing research in diplomatic and political history, the Guide is most useful in such fields as political and commercial history, biography, and organizational behavior. Some 22 historians and archivists collectively provide chapters on 16 countries, 4 international organizations, and the Vatican.


Manual for Developing Intercultural Competencies (Open Access)

Manual for Developing Intercultural Competencies (Open Access)

Author: Darla K. Deardorff

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2019-08-16

Total Pages: 81

ISBN-13: 0429534817

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This book presents a structured yet flexible methodology for developing intercultural competence in a variety of contexts, both formal and informal. Piloted around the world by UNESCO, this methodology has proven to be effective in a range of different contexts and focused on a variety of different issues. It, therefore can be considered an important resource for anyone concerned with effectively managing the growing cultural diversity within our societies to ensure inclusive and sustainable development. Intercultural competence refers to the skills, attitudes, and behaviours needed to improve interactions across difference, whether within a society (differences due to age, gender, religion, socio-economic status, political affiliation, ethnicity, and so on) or across borders. The book serves as a tool to develop those competences, presenting an innovative adaptation of what could be considered an ancient tradition of storytelling found in many cultures. Through engaging in the methodology, participants develop key elements of intercultural competence, including greater self-awareness, openness, respect, reflexivity, empathy, increased awareness of others, and in the end, greater cultural humility. This book will be of great interest to intercultural trainers, policy makers, development practitioners, educators, community organizers, civil society leaders, university lecturers and students – all who are interested in developing intercultural competence as a means to understand and appreciate difference, develop relationships with those across difference, engage in intercultural dialogue, and bridge societal divides.


UNESCO’s Utopia of Lifelong Learning

UNESCO’s Utopia of Lifelong Learning

Author: Maren Elfert

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2017-09-05

Total Pages: 229

ISBN-13: 1315278111

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With a focus on lifelong learning, this book examines the shifts that UNESCO’s educational concepts have undergone in reaction to historical pressures and dilemmas since the founding of the organization in 1945. The tensions between UNESCO’s humanistic worldview and the pressures placed on the organization have forced UNESCO to depart from its utopian vision of lifelong learning, while still claiming continuity. Elfert interprets the history of lifelong learning in UNESCO as part of a much bigger story of a struggle of ideologies between a humanistic-emancipatory and an economistic-technocratic worldview. With a close study of UNESCO’s two education flagship reports, the Faure and Delors reports, Elfert sheds light on the global impact of UNESCO’s professed humanistic goals and its shifting influence on lifelong learning around the world.


A Future in Ruins

A Future in Ruins

Author: Lynn Meskell

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2018

Total Pages: 401

ISBN-13: 0190648341

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Utopia -- Internationalism -- Technocracy -- Conservation -- Inscription -- Conflict -- Danger -- Dystopia