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International and Comparative Education

Samuel Hinton

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Street Children In Sierra Leone Who Forgive Those Who Physically And Sexually Abuse Them, Samuel Hinton Dec 2008

Street Children In Sierra Leone Who Forgive Those Who Physically And Sexually Abuse Them, Samuel Hinton

Samuel Hinton

Adults in Sierra Leone and some other sub-Saharan countries who are in combat in various groups have unashamedly used and abused children in selfish and dastardly wars, says Hinton (educational studies, Eastern Kentucky U., Richmond). He conducted a study involving 36 street children from the provincial capital Bo and the national capital Freetown, interviewing them not so much about their experiences during the war, but how they felt later about those who had wronged them. He reports his findings here in such chapters as the problem and its setting; children in crises, theology, theory, and poverty; failed peace and retrospective …


Comparing Problems In International Education: Street Children, Citizenship, And Cultural Heritage, Samuel Hinton Dec 2005

Comparing Problems In International Education: Street Children, Citizenship, And Cultural Heritage, Samuel Hinton

Samuel Hinton

This book significantly contributes to the literature in international education by offering unique perspectives on specific issues of the discipline, particularly in the areas of civic education, democratization of the curriculum, and the internationalization of multicultural education. Specific post-modernist issues in international education are analyzed in a style that is free from oblique jargon. The multidisciplinary nature of international education invites contributions to the literature from scholars in different disciplines. Selected topics in international education are discussed under the theme “Problems in International Education.”