Choices
A Family Global Action Handbook
McConkey, David
Publisher: The Marquis Project, Brandon, Canada
Year Published: 1987
Pages: 116pp Price: $6.00 Resource Type: Book
Cx Number: CX3496
Choices is aimed particularly at parents who want to instil social awareness in their children, and who are looking for ideas, activities, and ways of initiating discussion.
Abstract:
David McConkey says that he wrote this handbook "because I believe in the importance of individuals and families becoming more aware and taking action on global concerns. The chapters are about choices open to us: in values, political action, celebrations, education, and more." Choices is aimed particularly at parents who want to instil social awareness in their children, and who are looking for ideas, activities, and ways of initiating discussion. Many readers will want to turn to the chapter on "The Non-Sexist Family", or to the chapter on celebrations, which looks for ways of escaping the commercialized holidays society seeks to impose on us. The chapter on TV is called "The Battle for the Mind". This booklet isn't the answer to all your problems, of course, but is contains a range of helpful ideas.
Table of Contents
Preface
Acknowledgements
Introduction
1. Family Global Awareness and Action
2. Questioning and Empowerment
3. The Personal is the Political
4. Hope in the Nuclear Shadow
5. The Non-Sexist Family
6. Let's Celebrate
7. Values- Caught More Than Taught
8. TV- The Battle for the Mind
9. The World in the Classroom
10. Education for Global Responsibility
Conclusion
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Notes
Subject Headings
