One of the joys of learning about education in cross-cultural contexts is the discovery of how much we share in spite of our different backgrounds and predispositions. The beauty of the above photos, taken in China and Chile, bear testiment to the notion that it is possible for us to share a common understanding of the natural beauty that exists in our world and in our universe. The artwork that is exhibited below, illustrates the wonderful diversity in cultural expression that crytalizes our humanity.

Below are links to some of the more interesting websites involving children, schools, human rights, and educational policy around the world. If you would like to peruse my own course syllabus, Education and International Development, click here. ED 370 copy

 

1. Institute for International Education - http://www.iie.org/index.html

2. Unicef - http://www.unicef.org/

3.World Health Organization - http://www.who.int/home-page/

4. Unesco - http://www.unesco.org/

5. UN Joint Program on AIDS - http://www.unaids.org/

6. Save the Children - http://www.savethechildren.org

7. Children's Defense Fund - http://www.childrensdefense.org/

8. University of Hong Kong Comparative Education Research Center - http://www.hku.hk/cerc/

9. Union of International Associations - http://www.uia.org/website.htm

10. Comparative and International Education Society - http://www.cies.ws/default.html

11. War Child Projects - http://www.warchild.org/projects/projects.html

12. Human Rights Watch - http://www.hrw.org/

13. Human Rights in China - http://www.hrichina.org/

14. Cambodian Genocide Program - http://www.yale.edu/cgp/

15. China Education Homepage - http://www.hku.hk/cerc/china/.index.html

16. Current Issues in Comparative Education - http://www.tc.columbia.edu/cice/

17. The State of the World's Children: 2001 - http://www.un.org/Pubs/unicef/e01swc.htm

18. Scholars at Risk - http://scholarsatrisk.uchicago.edu/

19. Cultures of the Andes - http://www.andes.org/

20. World Bank - http://www.worldbank.org/