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This bibliography focuses on both the contributions of many cultures to mathematics and the ways in which culture may affect mathematics teaching and learning. It was produced at the University of Georgia Department of Mathematics Education in 1994. The bibliography is organised in 3 major sections: General, Mathematics, Science and each sections is subdivided into Theory, Practice and Research.
http://jwilson.coe.uga.edu/DEPT/Multicultural/mebib94.html
The European Documentation in Education (Council of Europe) EUDISED database records research projects being undertaken throughout the European Union. Entries pre 1994 and post 1994 are accessed by separate pages. Some of the pages are incompletely translated into English but the user can probably guess much of the functionality. Each record consists of researcher's name, institution, project title, descriptors and abstract. An online search engine and a list of selectable descriptors is available. A search for the word 'value system', post 1994, has yielded 36 items.
http://dante.bdp.it/europa/eudisedindex.htm
A general article entitled "Education" from the Catholic Encyclopedia. The Encyclopedia is a source document representing early-20th century Catholic educational views (this 15 vols. 1907-1912 edition, chosen because later editions are under copyright) is being put online integrally at the New Advent Catholic Supersite by Kevin Knight). The article represents Catholic views on education during this period. The encyclopedia is not currently searchable.
http://www.knight.org/advent/cathen/05295b.htm
EXPLORE is a quarterly journal examining Catholic identity and Ignatian character in higher education. The current issue and 4 previous issues are archived on this site. Recent articles include Interactions between Religion and Psychology, Jesuit Activities, Jesuits and the Sciences. The Bannan Institute is based at the Santa Clara University.
http://www.scu.edu/BannanInstitute/ExploreIndex.html
The History of Education and Childhood offers an international collection of links to online information about the history of education and childhood: from simple short overviews to academic papers. The rationale for the site is a belief that online history of education sources are often hard to find. This website is hosted by Nijmegen University, Netherlands. Subject categories include: 'important people', 'childhood history', 'schooling history', 'themes' (such as thought & theory, curriculum, religion) and 'history of education research' (such as 'archives', 'journals', 'conferences').
http://www.socsci.kun.nl/ped/whp/histeduc/index.html
This site, produced by Alaska Native Knowledge Network, contains information about eight different traditional knowledge systems, including in relation to education.
http://www.ankn.uaf.edu/IEWW.html
A collection of 6 papers about John Baptist De La Salle (the Founder of the Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools and author of many pedagogical and catechetical works) and his work in schools. De La Salle is a controversial and important figure in the development of French spirituality. The papers are entitled: The Gospel Journey of John Baptist de La Salle (1651-1719); The Origin and Spirituality of Teaching Orders in the Church; The Lasallian Charism in Religious Life Today; The Vision of De La Salle and the Management of Schools; RESOURCES: A Supplement to The Vision of De La Salle and the Management of Schools; Annotated Bibliography of Lasallian Studies Materials. The collection is hosted by the De La Salle University - Manila.
http://www.dlsu.edu.ph/text/sjbdls/
Journal of Philosophy of Education publishes articles representing a wide variety of philosophical traditions. They vary from examination of fundamental philosophical issues in their connection with education, to detailed critical engagement with current educational practice or policy from a philosophical point of view. The contents index has access to abstracts of articles.
http://www.blackwellpublishers.co.uk/asp/journal.asp?ref=0309-8249
Home page of the Center for Educational Research at the Max Planck Institute for Human Development. "The specific concern of the Center for Educational Research is to investigate development and learning from the perspective of institutionalized education. In three research areas it is studied how aspects of schooling affect learning within and across subject domains, impact on the intra- and interindividual differentiation of personality traits, and guide career-forming processes". The site describes the work of the Center with descriptions of the current research programme and individual projects, including lists of publications. There are also links to information on TIMSS, the Third International Mathematics and Science Study, which continues the series of international comparative school achievement studies carried out by the International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA). A descriptive summary of the report is provided which presents findings for the Federal Republic of Germany in international comparison. The report is available in html and postscript formats.
http://www.mpib-berlin.mpg.de/en/forschung/eub/index.htm
A massive bibliography of all kinds of information and resources concerning Indigenous Cultures from every continent. This resource is managed by the Center For World Indigenous Studies, the Australian National University's Aboriginal Studies WWW Virtual Library and the Nunavut Implementation Commission's Circumpolar and Aboriginal North American WWW Virtual Library. The Fourth World Documentation Project Archives are browseable. The Archives contain educational policy documents and position papers. Parts of this resource, such as the Archive search facility) are not fully operational.
http://www.cwis.org/
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