Author: Peace Corps (U.S.)
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Economic development projects
Languages : en
Pages : 150
Book Description
Programming and training
Author: Peace Corps (U.S.)
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Economic development projects
Languages : en
Pages : 150
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Economic development projects
Languages : en
Pages : 150
Book Description
The Death of Idealism
Author: Meghan Elizabeth Kallman
Publisher: Columbia University Press
ISBN: 023154846X
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 154
Book Description
Peace Corps volunteers seem to exemplify the desire to make the world a better place. Yet despite being one of history’s clearest cases of organized idealism, the Peace Corps has, in practice, ended up cultivating very different outcomes among its volunteers. By the time they return from the Peace Corps, volunteers exhibit surprising shifts in their political and professional consciousness. Rather than developing a systemic perspective on development and poverty, they tend instead to focus on individual behavior; they see professions as the only legitimate source of political and social power. They have lost their idealism, and their convictions and beliefs have been reshaped along the way. The Death of Idealism uses the case of the Peace Corps to explain why and how participation in a bureaucratic organization changes people’s ideals and politics. Meghan Elizabeth Kallman offers an innovative institutional analysis of the role of idealism in development organizations. She details the combination of social forces and organizational pressures that depoliticizes Peace Corps volunteers, channels their idealism toward professionalization, and leads to cynicism or disengagement. Kallman sheds light on the structural reasons for the persistent failure of development organizations and the consequences for the people involved. Based on interviews with over 140 current and returned Peace Corps volunteers, field observations, and a large-scale survey, this deeply researched, theoretically rigorous book offers a novel perspective on how people lose their idealism, and why that matters.
Publisher: Columbia University Press
ISBN: 023154846X
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 154
Book Description
Peace Corps volunteers seem to exemplify the desire to make the world a better place. Yet despite being one of history’s clearest cases of organized idealism, the Peace Corps has, in practice, ended up cultivating very different outcomes among its volunteers. By the time they return from the Peace Corps, volunteers exhibit surprising shifts in their political and professional consciousness. Rather than developing a systemic perspective on development and poverty, they tend instead to focus on individual behavior; they see professions as the only legitimate source of political and social power. They have lost their idealism, and their convictions and beliefs have been reshaped along the way. The Death of Idealism uses the case of the Peace Corps to explain why and how participation in a bureaucratic organization changes people’s ideals and politics. Meghan Elizabeth Kallman offers an innovative institutional analysis of the role of idealism in development organizations. She details the combination of social forces and organizational pressures that depoliticizes Peace Corps volunteers, channels their idealism toward professionalization, and leads to cynicism or disengagement. Kallman sheds light on the structural reasons for the persistent failure of development organizations and the consequences for the people involved. Based on interviews with over 140 current and returned Peace Corps volunteers, field observations, and a large-scale survey, this deeply researched, theoretically rigorous book offers a novel perspective on how people lose their idealism, and why that matters.
Standards for Peace Corps Training
Author: Peace Corps (U.S.). Office of Training and Program Support
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
Nonformal Education (NFE) Manual
Author: Peace Corps (U.S.). Information Collection and Exchange
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Adult learning
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Adult learning
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
Culture Matters
Author: Craig Storti
Publisher: Government Printing Office
ISBN: 9780964447233
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 268
Book Description
Peace Corps Information Collection and Exchange Publication No. T0087. Provides a map to guide Peace Corps volunteers through their cross-cultural experience and also a way for them to record thoughts and feelings as they live and work in a host country. Contains a variety of exercises, as well as stories and quotations from Volunteers who have served in the past, from experts on cross-cultural training, and from the kind of people a volunteer might expect to meet in a new country.
Publisher: Government Printing Office
ISBN: 9780964447233
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 268
Book Description
Peace Corps Information Collection and Exchange Publication No. T0087. Provides a map to guide Peace Corps volunteers through their cross-cultural experience and also a way for them to record thoughts and feelings as they live and work in a host country. Contains a variety of exercises, as well as stories and quotations from Volunteers who have served in the past, from experts on cross-cultural training, and from the kind of people a volunteer might expect to meet in a new country.
PACA
Author: Peace Corps (U.S.)
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 188
Book Description
This idea book was designed to give a focused history and description of Participatory Analysis for Community Action (PACA), while sharing excellent examples from the field that illustrate how volunteers and their communities, host country organizations, and Peace Corps projects have used these tools successfully.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 188
Book Description
This idea book was designed to give a focused history and description of Participatory Analysis for Community Action (PACA), while sharing excellent examples from the field that illustrate how volunteers and their communities, host country organizations, and Peace Corps projects have used these tools successfully.
Handbook of Intercultural Training
Author: Dan Landis, Janet Bennett
Publisher: SAGE
ISBN: 9780761923329
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 532
Book Description
This handbook deals with the question of how people can best live and work with others who come from very different cultural backgrounds. Handbook of Intercultural Training provides an overview of current trends and issues in the field of intercultural training. Contributors represent a wide range of disciplines including psychology, interpersonal communication, human resource management, international management, anthropology, social work, and education. Twenty-four chapters, all new to this edition, cover an array of topics including training for specific contexts, instrumentation and methods, and training design.
Publisher: SAGE
ISBN: 9780761923329
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 532
Book Description
This handbook deals with the question of how people can best live and work with others who come from very different cultural backgrounds. Handbook of Intercultural Training provides an overview of current trends and issues in the field of intercultural training. Contributors represent a wide range of disciplines including psychology, interpersonal communication, human resource management, international management, anthropology, social work, and education. Twenty-four chapters, all new to this edition, cover an array of topics including training for specific contexts, instrumentation and methods, and training design.
Environmental education in the schools creating a program that works.
Author:
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 1428927603
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 333
Book Description
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 1428927603
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 333
Book Description
Setting Up and Running a School Library
Author: Nicola Baird
Publisher: Heinemann International Incorporated
ISBN: 9780435923044
Category : Library planning
Languages : en
Pages : 137
Book Description
Diagrams and practical examples from teachers' experiences around the world illustrate the advice given. Shows how to choose books, a room and resources.Explains how to establish a simple classification and cataloguing system.Shows how to encourage active teacher and student involvement.Explains how to make the most of limited resources.Ideal for teachers and others who are not trained librarians.
Publisher: Heinemann International Incorporated
ISBN: 9780435923044
Category : Library planning
Languages : en
Pages : 137
Book Description
Diagrams and practical examples from teachers' experiences around the world illustrate the advice given. Shows how to choose books, a room and resources.Explains how to establish a simple classification and cataloguing system.Shows how to encourage active teacher and student involvement.Explains how to make the most of limited resources.Ideal for teachers and others who are not trained librarians.
Roles of the Volunteer in Development
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Electronic government information
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Electronic government information
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description