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Minnesota's 1990 Environmental Education Act, Mark A. Davis
Minnesota's 1990 Environmental Education Act, Mark A. Davis
Journal of the Minnesota Academy of Science
The development of new technologies and effective environmental management by communities, states, and nations will not be enough to arrest and repair the environmental degradation that exists in the world today. Nor will technology and management alone be able to prevent significant environmental degradation in the future. Extensive pollution and other types of environmental degradation have occurred because societies have not sufficiently understood and valued their environments. The development of environmentally sound societies will require changed attitudes and a citizenry which is informed about the environment. Thus, it is essential that environmental education be a part of the long range …
Education As A Strategy In Foreign Policy Of The United States, Ghulam M. Haniff
Education As A Strategy In Foreign Policy Of The United States, Ghulam M. Haniff
Journal of the Minnesota Academy of Science
The role of international education as an element in the foreign policy strategy of the United States is examined from the end of World War II until the late sixties. It is hypothesized that education was used as a convenient device during the period of the Cold War for conducting international relations when the battle for men's minds was being fought by the superpowers. Data presented indicates that with the intensification of the Cold War, a greater interest was expressed in international educational projects. As an instrument of the United States foreign policy, education was conceived as a convenient format …