Improving the level of student learning in Latin America" examines recent advances in our understanding of policies and programs that affect student learning, and provides policymakers with effective options. This amount is based on indicators of national and international knowledge assessments on subjects plus intermediate training indicators, such as drop-out and completion rates

The book contains basic information about global diplomacy South-North, Seoul-Washington relations and development paradigm.

In this book, two Korean historical records are to be included in the Memory of the World Register. The 10th Meeting of the MOW International Advisory Committee in Manchester, UK on Tuesday recommended UNESCO add the Chosun-era royal journal "Ilseongnok" and documents on the Gwangju Democratic ...

In this gorgeous, well-executed, and beautifully photographed cookbook, you will learn about the basic ingredients and the flavors and spices used in Korean foods. Ms. Kim also includes sample menus and serving suggestions. This cookbook will enable you to prepare authentic Korean cuisine at home. Short sections also add some serving and etiquette tips. After seeing Ms. Kim live, it is clear that her vast knowledge and considerable charm would only have improved this book had more of it been included. It’s a small quibble, and shouldn’t prevent anyone from purchasing this book. If you get a chance to take a class with her, take it!

The uniqueness of Korean ceramics stems from the austere humility of the earthenware, the jade-green color of Goryeo celadon, the wit of Joseon buncheong ware and the refined beauty of Joseon white porcelain. This book consists of seven chapters. Chapter I introduces the elementary concepts of ceramics and ceramics making, and chapters II to VI trace the history of ceramics from the Neolithic Age to the Joseon period. The author has attempted to showcase ceramics pieces that have undergone academic verification, and delved into the excavation of kiln sites and historical records of ceramics from the Goryeo to the Joseon periods in an attempt to provide background information and convey the full picture of Korean ceramics. Chapter VII deals with the history of the term onggi, which encompasses Korea’s renowned food culture of fermentation and long-term storage.

This study examines the factors explaining middle class participation in the movement for democratization. It develops a complex argument to explain the participation of different sectors of the middle class in the democracy movement in the mid-1980s incorporating both structural and cultural explanations. Especially concerned was the author with the influence of Confucianism and Christianity and the development of post-materialist values on the political culture of Korea, and how the interaction of different but not necessarily conflicting sets of values has influenced different sectors of the middle class to take action against the authoritarian government and in support of democracy.

The theory and empirics of why someone moves out of poverty and stays out of poverty, while others remain in chronic poverty, are still in their infancy

ICT adoption in Asia : experiences and insights / Sun Sun Lim, Raymund C. Sison and Dong-Yeob Kim -- ASEAN's ICT policy and its implications for East Asian regional integration / Dong-Yeob Kim -- E-government in Vietnam : lessons for developing countries / Vo Van Huy -- ICTs and indigenous communities : a Philippine case study using PGIS in ancestral domain delineation / David E. De Vera and Raymund C. Sison -- Youths and new media : exploring, consuming, producing / Sun Sun Lim -- Consuming and exchanging Korean culture among netizens of Indonesia / Hyung-Jun Kim -- The development and practical use of visual media education : a case study of the southwestern area of Jeollanam-do, Korea / Seok-Joon Hong -- Improving marginalized community healthcare through the development of ICT-based telemedicine system : an Indonesian case study / Soegijardjo Soegijoko -- IT development and changes of banking : the case of internet banking in Korea / Choong Lyol Lee and Jong Ha Lee.

Description Why was Korea separated? Why have the Koreans been unable to overcome the line of demarcation separating them over the last 60 years? Why did the Korean War break out? Many scholars studying contemporary Korean history have been conducting a detailed analysis of these very subjects. Traditionalists tend to place blame on the Communist Bloc, including Soviet Russia, while revisionists see the responsibility lying with United States anticommunist imperialism. Throughout this controversial process, Korean scholars have been neglectful of a self in dealing with these issues. Basedon historicism, this book considers at its core a series of tragic Korean historical events as civil or internal conflicts and aims to reflect on Koreas own historical mistakes and errors. In this respect, this study can be categorized as being rerevisionist. This book was written with the conviction that the Korean Peninsula was not divided by other, external powers but separated from within.

Investing in ECD programs which integrate health and nutrition, care and nutrurance, and stimulation is both productive and positive for children and society