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Paul Beaufait

EST: Emerging issues - 0 views

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    At present (2017.06.01), this page covers three emerging issues: 1) Price volatility, 2) Investments, and 3) Climate change.
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King's College London - International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation - 0 views

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    "The International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation (ICSR) is the first global centre for knowledge and leadership addressing the issues of radicalisation and political violence. It will produce world-class research and organise regular high-level meetings and outcome-driven dialogues on security issues" (¶1, 2015.03.28).
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Putnam (2001) on social capital - 0 views

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    "This paper starts with a discussion of definitions of social capital, then turns to issues in measurement, and finally, presents some evidence on the consequences of social capital" (¶ 1 [PDF]). Putnam, R. (2001). Social capital: Measurement and consequences. Canadian Journal of Policy Research, 2(1), 41-51. Retrieved from https://search.oecd.org/edu/innovation-education/1825848.pdf
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Welcome | Global Issues in Language Education - 0 views

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    The Japan Association for Language Teaching (JALT) GILE SIG "works to promote global awareness, international understanding, social responsibility and action to solve world problems through content-based language teaching drawing on fields such as global education, peace education, environmental education and human rights education" (Main page, Welcome, ¶1, 2014.07.10).
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Abe Fellowship - Fellowships & Grants - Social Science Research Council - 0 views

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    This page provides an overview of the Abe Fellowship Program, its purpose and research agenda: "The Abe Fellowship Program Committee seeks applications for research explicitly focused on policy-relevant and contemporary issues with a comparative or transnational perspective that draw the study of the United States and Japan into wider disciplinary or theoretical debates" (Policy-Relevant, Contemporary, and Comparative or Transnational Research, ¶2) from eligible candidates every year by September 1st.
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INTERVIEW: Peter Senge on Education, Systems Thinking and Our Careers - 0 views

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  • We live in a world of increasingly complex and intractable problems. These are especially evident in the environmental and social domains. They range from climate change and destruction of ecosystems, to scarcity of water and other critical natural resources, and to the disproportionate effects these growing scarcities are having on the poor of the world
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      In this book..., ¶1
  • We have deep intractable social issues, such as youth unemployment around the world and the growing gap between rich and poor. All these ultimately are economic in the same sense that all social and environmental issues ultimately show up in our economic system. No one is very happy with the ability of their economies to establish pathways of sustainable progress
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      Paul Beaufait on 29 Aug 14
       
      In this book..., ¶2
  • Without reflection, people tend to just assume their point of view is the right point of view and defend and argue from that point of view. Reflection is a key gateway that opens people to beginning to think together and move from just arguing for about who is right to collaboratively solving the problems we all face
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      Paul Beaufait on 29 Aug 14
       
      For professionals..., ¶3 learning systems thinking: reflection
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  • In terms of people’s careers and opportunities both as employees and entrepreneurs, I believe the combined foundation of social, emotional, and systemic intelligence will be pivotal
  • businesses know very well that the skill sets they need today and in the future are very different than those in the past
  • they will need students who can think for themselves, work in teams, work with cross-cultural boundaries, and especially work together to solve complex ill-defined problems
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    Author interview by Sharlyn Lauby (2014.08/10) sharing "rationale ... [for] incorporating focus-related skill sets into education" (¶2).
Paul Beaufait

Millennium Development Goals | Explore Taylor & Francis Online - 0 views

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    "Established following the Millennium Summit of the United Nations in 2000, the Millennium Development Goals were formed to galvanise efforts to meet the needs of the world's poorest. Eight goals were defined and twenty-one targets were set to be completed by 2015. / To mark the final year of this programme, Taylor & Francis Group are delighted to be offering free access to selected research related to each of the eight Millennium Development Goals" (¶¶1-2, 2015.11.17). The offer of free access apparently will expire at the end of November 2015 (Goal 7: Ensure Environmental Sustainability,¶3, http://goo.gl/zjYrCb).
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BBC Two - The Secret War on Terror, Episode 1 - 0 views

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    "This episode looks at how the West became involved in abductions, secret prisons and even torture...."
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93 Documentaries to Expand Your Consciousness - 0 views

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    "There are over 800 documentaries now cataloged in our library of social change films. ... The films cover a wide array of topics, from media to war to politics and sustainability" (¶1-2, 2016.06.16).
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Australian Curriculum | Global Education - 0 views

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    "The Australian Curriculum sets out the core knowledge, understanding, skills and general capabilities important for all Australian students. It describes what all young Australians are to be taught as a foundation for their future learning, growth and active participation in the Australian community" (Australian Curriculum, ¶1, 2016.07.20).
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Sea Surface Temperature | Climate Change | US EPA - 0 views

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    This page dated 2015 provided graphs and data on sea surface temperature changes since 1880.
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News | UN Women - Headquarters - 0 views

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    A directory of news and other items in categories by type, topic, region, and country
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Schooling the World: Resources: Essays & articles - 0 views

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    Essays on this Schooling the World resource page (2014.10.06) include: The Other Way of Knowing To Hell With Good Intentions Education is Ignorance Do Indigenous Peoples Benefit from "Development?" Indigenising Curriculum: Questions Posed by Baiga Vidya Indigenous Knowledge Systems / Alaska Native Ways of Knowing Childhood in an Indian Village
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Survival International - The movement for tribal peoples - 0 views

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    "Watch this short, satirical film, written by Oren Ginzburg and narrated by actor and comedian David Mitchell, which tells the story of how tribal peoples are being destroyed in the name of 'development'."
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Lord Nicholas Stern: The state of the climate - and what we might do about it | Talk Vi... - 0 views

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    "Economist Nicholas Stern lays out a plan, presented to the UN's Climate Summit in 2014, showing how the world's countries can work together on climate" (deck, ¶1, 2014.10.31).
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About the Ethnologue | Ethnologue - 0 views

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  • Ethnologue: Languages of the World is a comprehensive reference work cataloging all of the world’s known living languages
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      About the ..., ¶1
  • Language descriptions in the Ethnologue are organized by world area, UN region, and country indicate region of use within countries list alternate language and dialect names specify the three-letter code from ISO 639-3 estimate speaker populations give genetic classification of the language describe language use and viability identify writing scripts used cite availability of literature and other products of language development
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      About the ..., ¶3
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    Catalog of languages of the world
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Vision of Humanity - 0 views

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    "Vision of Humanity is a strong proponent of the need to further study, advocate and act on peace. It groups together a number of interrelated initiatives focused on global peace which enjoy the support of a wide range of philanthropists, business people, politicians, religious leaders and intellectuals. It brings a strategic approach to raising the world's attention and awareness around the importance of peace to humanity's survival in the 21st century" (A word from our founder, Steve Killelea, ¶3, 2014.08.26).
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About the Project | Global Freedom of Expression & Information @Columbia - 0 views

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    "The purpose of Global Freedom of Expression & Information @Columbia (Global FoE&I @Columbia) is to advance understanding of, and promote, international norms and institutions that protect the free flow of information and expression in an inter-connected global community with major common challenges to face and address" (Objectives, ¶1, 2015.03.17).
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Bill Gates: The next outbreak? We're not ready | Talk Video | TED.com - 0 views

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    A wake up call to use available know-how to save millions of human lives and trillions of dollars that future outbreaks could take.
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