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Local History of Ethiopia: Jinaasene - Juru
Available from: The Nordic Africa Institute
East Africa, Ethiopia, Montessori schools, Southern Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa
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Abstract/Notes: Under the heading Jinka... "Laid out with wide streets and benefiting from a mild climate - which has encouraged an exuberant growth of mango and other trees - Jinka is one of Ethiopia's most pleasant small towns. -- with an airstrip, petrol station, Montessori kindergarten, and bank, it also serves the surrounding countryside with a large and colourful Saturday market. This market is well worth a visit, as is the South Omo Research Centre (still under construction in early 1994) with its museum. The centre is situated on the Bulat hill, overlooking the town with a spectacular view, and will be a resource for anthropologists, tourists, and townspeople." Jinka's best hotel is the Orit, right next to the airstrip. The Omo Hotel across the road is a close second. If it's the season for fruit, ask for fresh papaya juice. [Camerapix 1995, p 177-180]
Language: English
Published: 2005
Article
Proposal by Sylvia Pankhurst for an Ethiopian Women’s College, 1959: A Suggested Curriculum for a College of Education for Young Women
Available from: Taylor and Francis Online
Publication: Gender and Education, vol. 20, no. 1
Date: 2008
Pages: 67-75
Africa, East Africa, Ethiopia, Sub-Saharan Africa, Sylvia Pankhurst - Biographic sources, Trainings
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Education System and Teacher Training in India
Available from: African Journals Online
Publication: Ethiopian Journal of Education and Sciences, vol. 3, no. 1
Date: 2007
Pages: 97-102
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Abstract/Notes: Education is the basic necessity to any society. According to a Tamil poet, the deeper we dig, the more we discover. The role of teacher also involves the character building of the taught apart from designing and implementation of the curriculum. Teachers cause desirable and anticipated revolution in the society silently. In short, a teacher inspires and shapes the destiny of the nation in class rooms. Realizing the above facts, the teaching profession is considered as the noblest profession in India. Ethiopian Journal of Education and Sciences Vol. 3 (1) 2007: pp. 97-102
Language: English
ISSN: 1998-8907
AudioRecording
Richards, Barbara (Rich Main) (1967-1969): Oral history interview
Available from: JFK Library
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Abstract/Notes: Barbara Richards (formerly Rich Main) served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Ethiopia from June 1967 to June 1969 as an English teacher. Richards attended training in Utah for the TESL (Teaching English as a Second Language) program. She discusses her life as a TESL teacher in two different communities. Her first station was in a geographically isolated area. Richards also described the effect that the Peace Corps had on her eventual career as a Montessori teacher. Interviewed and recorded by Paul Kinsley, September 23, 2010. 2 tapes (web streaming files combined into 1 file). This is part of the Returned Peace Corps Volunteer collection at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum.
Language: English
Book Section
Bericht über die Montessori-Pädagogik in Afrika (1968-1976) [Report on Montessori Education in Africa (1968-1976)]
Book Title: Die Montessori-Pädagogik und das behinderte Kind: Referate und Ergebnisse des 18. Internationalen Montessori Kongresses (München, 4-8 Juli 1977) [Montessori Pedagogy and the Handicapped Child: Papers and Results of the 18th International Montessori Congress (Munich, July 4-8, 1977)]
Pages: 384-386
Africa, Conferences, East Africa, Ethiopia, Ghana, International Montessori Congress (18th, Munich, Germany, 4-8 July 1977), Kenya, Mauritania, Montessori method of education - History, Nigeria, Seychelles, Somalia
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Language: German
Published: München: Kindler, 1978
ISBN: 3-463-00716-9
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Reports of National Montessori Societies and Other Reports on the Years 1977 and 1978
Publication: Communications (Association Montessori Internationale, 195?-2008), vol. 1979, no. 2-3
Date: 1979
Pages: 69-78
Africa, Americas, Asia, Botswana, Central America, England, Ethiopia, Europe, Germany, Ireland, Kenya, Latin America and the Caribbean
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Language: English
ISSN: 0519-0959
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Report from Africa 1968-1976
Publication: Communications (Association Montessori Internationale, 195?-2008), vol. 1977, no. 3-4
Date: 1977
Pages: 26-28
Africa, East Africa, Ethiopia, Kenya, Muriel I. Dwyer - Writings, Sub-Saharan Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, ⛔ No DOI found
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Language: English
ISSN: 0519-0959
Doctoral Dissertation
Race and Childhood in Fascist Italy, 1923-1940
Available from: ProQuest Dissertations and Theses
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Abstract/Notes: This dissertation explores the evolution of Italian Fascist ideas of racial identity between 1923 and 1940 and contends that those ideas led to some of the most significant Fascist policies, such as the invasion of Ethiopia and the passage of the 1938 racial laws. Common belief holds that racism played no role in the doctrine of Benito Mussolini's government. On the contrary, from the very beginning of their regime, Fascists worked to infuse the Italian population with concrete conceptions of their national identity—their italianità—and its superiority over all others. The education of Italian children vividly illustrates the racial project at the heart of Fascist doctrine. One of the regime's earliest priorities was to restructure the national education system in order to more effectively inform the population of the ideals of the new Fascist order. The administration centralized the existing infrastructure and founded the new institutions of the National Organization for the Protection of Mothers and Children (ONMI) and the National Balilla Organization (ONB). Thus, the state embraced all aspects of the young Italian's life, from the cradle to school, on the weekends and during summer vacations. Contemporary textbooks, teaching manuals, pedagogical journals, and government documents reveal an early and lasting commitment to instilling Italy's youngest generations with a collective identity based upon inherited historical, cultural, and spiritual characteristics that resulted in a belief in racial entitlement. As the regime solidified its power, it initiated further changes to the education system with the goal of turning children into ideal Fascists. As it militarized the population and sent Italians to civilize foreign lands, officials created a more direct language that mobilized the nation's youth to protect the fatherland against its enemies. Such a curriculum was unavoidably racist in content, and when Mussolini legalized discrimination against 'non-Italians' in 1938, the pre-existing pedagogy allowed for a relatively smooth transition between pre-racial-law education and post-racial-law education. When Italy entered World War II in 1940, the values were set for Italians to wage a war for national pride and racial privilege.
Language: English
Published: New Haven, Connecticut, 2010