Wednesday, November 21, 2007

Tuesday, November 20, 2007

Global Positioning Systems Join Fight in Animal Conservation

How DNA Maps Could Save Animals

Singer, Emily
Mar 1, 2007

Whooping it up over a Crane's Unlikely Survival

Cheney, Peter
The Globe and Mail
Feb 11, 2007
pg. D2

Ijime (Bullying) in Japanese Schools: A Product of Japanese Education Based on Group Conformity

Mino, Tamaki
University of Queensland
Pub. Feb 25, 2006
Acc. Mar 30, 2006

Bullying: Information for Parents and Teachers

Center for Children and Families in the Justice System
Pub. 1996
Acc. Apr 1, 2007

"Ijime": An Exploratory tudy of a Collective Form of Bullying among Japanese Students

Maeda, Rie
Education Resources Center
US Department of Education
Pub. Mar 1, 1999
Acc. Mar 29, 2007

The Problem of Bullying in Schools

Sampson, Rana
C.O.P.S.
US Department of Justice
Pub. Mar 22, 2002
Acc. Mar 2, 2007

Bullying in Japanese Schools

Kobayashi, Futoshi
Education Resources Information Center
US Department of Education
Pub. Sept 1, 1999
Acc. Mar 22, 2007

Bullying - Aggressive Behavior Among Students

Neto, Aramis A. Lopes
Jornal de Pediatria (Rio J)
Aug 2005
pgs. S164-S172

Addressing 'The Age Factor': Some Implications for Languages Policy

Johnstone, Richard
Council of Europe Education
Pub. 2002
Acc. Mar 29, 2007

Characterization, Narrative Structure and Mythopoeia in the Films of Hayao Miyazaki

Sherwood, Aaron
Regent College, Vancouver
Mar 2006

Studio Ghibli Feature Films and Japanese Artistic Tradition

McDonald, Roslyn
Online Anime Journal
May 2004
pgs. 1-10

Mickey Mouse and Faith?

Pinsky, Mark
www.markpinsky.com

Interview with Hayao Miyazaki

Midnight Eye: The Latest and Best in Japanese Cinema
2003

Walt Disney's True Love

Wurfel, Marlene
Z Magazine Online
Sept 2002

Disney's Portrayal of Culture and Race in Film

Sherman, R.
University of Ohio, Miami
2006

Asian Pop Feelin' Ghibli: Why Disney has a Thing or Two to (re)learn from Japanese Animation Kings Miyazaki and Takahata

Yang, Jeff
SFGate.com
Jun 9, 2005

'The Disney Characters are..the Very Embodiment of Consumer-fetishism': A Critical Reading

Keller, Sabine
Dave Harris & Colleagues: essays, papers, courses
www.arasite.org
Nov 2000
pgs. 23-9

Anime in America: Japan's Animated Movies Have Risen from Cult Status to Cultural Force in the US

Gardiner, Debbi
Japan Inc. Communications
2003

Japan's Gross National Cool

McGray, Douglas

Japanese Youth and Popular Culture

Koh, Barbara et al.
Newsweek
1999

Matter Out of Place: Carnival, Containment, and Cultural Recovery in Miyazaki's Spirited Away

Napier, Susan J.
Journal of Japanese Studies, 32:2
Society for Japanese Studies
2006
pgs. 287-310

Earlier is Better: Do you want your children to learn a second language? Start them before puberty!

Foust, Linda
Parents' Press
Pub. 2003
Acc. Apr 3, 2007

France's Conflicted Relationship with Globalization

Felsing, Evan
International Political Economy
Volume 6, Number 20
Oct 25, 1999
pgs. 8-12

Americanization, Globalization, and the Disruption of Traditional Culture: Should Business Care?

Zonis, Marvin
International Political Economy
Volume 6, Number 20
Oct 25, 1999
pgs. 3-7

Americanization

Millett, Frederick C
Michigan State University
2002

American Culture is not Dominating the Globe - We Aren't the World

Freund, Charles Paul
Reasononline
Mar 2003

Culture and Globalization

www.globalization101.org
Pgs. 1-32

Globalization and Culture

The Cato Institute
May/June 2003

In 2000 Years, Will the World Remember Disney or Plato?

Rice-Oxley, Mark
Christian Science Monitor
Jan 15, 2004
Pgs. 31-5

Cultrual Diversity or Global Monoculture: The Impacts of the Information Age

Keniston, Kenneth
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
1998

Principles of Adult Learning

Lieb, Stephen
Faculty Development at Honolulu Community College
Honolulu Community College
Pub. Fall 1991
Acc. Apr 3, 2007

Early Foreign Language Learning as a Strategy for Closing the Achievement Gap

McLean, Patricia and Laura Boss
International Education Washington
Washington State Coalition for International Education
Pub. 2003
Acc. Apr 3, 2007

Myths and Misconceptions about Second Language Learning

McLaughlin, Barry
Center for Applied Linguistics
Pub. Dec 1992
Acc. Apr 3, 2007

The Debate Over Genetically Modified Foods

Sakko, Kerryn
American Institute of Biological Sciences
2002
www.actionbioscience.org

Greener than you Thought

The Economist
Jan 20, 2005

Top of the Crops

McFadden, Johnjoe
Guardian
Aug 23, 2005

Situation Report: Genetically Modifid Foods in the African Context: Behind the Smokescreen of the Current Debate

Clover, Jenny
Institute for Security Studies
Oct 19, 2002

GM: Facts Versus Fears

Driessen, Paul and Cyril Boynes, Jr.
www.aworldconnected.org
Mar 2005

Risks of Genetic Engineering

Union of Concerned Scientists
2005

Education: Foundation for Growth and Prosperity

Japan Fact sheet
Japan Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Acc. Aug 29, 2006

Germany Assesses its Education Reform: Has Germany Learnt its Lessons from the PISA Studies?

Deutsche Welle
Pub. Jul 14, 2005
Acc. Aug 15, 2006

Japan's Schools Get Harsh Lesson as Grades Slip; Rote Drills Make Comeback as 'Loose Education' Flops; Parents Hail Mr. Kageyama

Fackler, Martin
The Wall Street Journal
Pub. Nov 3, 2004
Eastern Edition
pg. A10

Education

Flippo, Hyde
The German Way & More (site name)
Acc. Aug 16, 2006

Japanese Education

Ellington, Lucien
Japan Digest
National Clearinghouse for US-Japan Studies
Update: Sep 2005
Acc. Aug 18, 2006

The Educational System in Germany: Case Study Findings

National Institute on Student Achievement, Curriculum, and Assessment
Office of Educational Research and Improvement
US Department of Education
Pub. Jun 1998
Acc. Aug 21, 2006

Japanese Fast Food: East Meets West at Speed

Palmer, Henry
The Independent
Pub. Feb 4, 2005
Acc. Sept 1, 2006

Fast Food Takes a Bite out of Chinese Culture: Consumers Crave Convenience of Western Carryout Choices

Goodman, Peter S.
Washington Post
Dec 26, 2004

Japan's Junk-Food Obsession

Hilton, Dan
CBC News
Published Jul 5, 2006
Accessed Sept 1, 2006

Science, Technology and Society

Exline, Dr. Joseph
Houghton-Mifflin
2002

Electronics and the Future of Education

Odlyzko, Andrew

Education Lite - The Impact of the Internet on Education

Laruita, Paula

The Impact of the Internet on Education

Rojem, Karen
2002

Are Virtual Worlds the Future of the Classroom?

Olsen, Stefanie
CNET News.com
Jun 12, 2006

McDonald's: A Japanese Phenomenon

Trygestad, Dr. JoAnn
National Council for the Social Studies
accessed Sept 14, 2006

Japanese Ads Require Finesse, Not In-Your-Face Antics, Speaker Says

McCulloch, Liz
Medill News
Northwestern University
Apr 9, 2004

Television Advertising and Child Consumer: Different Strategies for US and Japanese Marketers

Gaumer, Carol and Amit Shah
The Coastal Business Journal
Volume 3 Number 1

The Sense of "Nonsense": Japanese TV Advertising

Johansson, Johny K.
Journal of Advertising
Volume 17 (4)
Mar 1994
pgs. 12-26

The American Culture Defined by Television Commercials

Salberg, Lawrence
www.forerunner.com
2003

Advertising Goes West

ACCJ Journal (Japan)
Jul 2002

A Study of Japanese TV Commercials from Socio-cultural Perspectives: Special Attributes of Nonverbal Features and Their Effects

Akiyama, Koji
Intercultural Communication Studies III: 2
1993
pgs. 87-113

Transcending Cultural Barriers: Context, Relationships, and Time

O'Hara-Devereaux, Mary and Robert Johansen
excerpt from "A Multicultural Perspective: Transcending the Barriers of Behavior and Language"
Jossey-Bass 1994
pgs. 28-33

A Stateless Language that Europe Must Embrace

House, Juliane
Guardian Unlimited
Apr 19, 2001

Shared Global Language: Salvation or Threat?

Forrest, David
Innovation Watch
Aug 2000

English yes, but equal language rights first

Phillipson, Robert
Guardian Unlimited
Apr 19, 2001

Can English be Dethroned?

Breton, Roland J.-L.
UNESCO Courier
Mar 2000

English as the Global Language: Good for Business, Bad for Literature

Centre for Economic Policy Research
http://www.cepr.org/press/DP2055PR.htm

Online, and Off, English's Hegemony is Challenged Globally

James, Barry
International Herald Tribune
Feb 12, 2001
pg. B3

Chinese Whispers as Lingua Franca

Aglionby, John
Guardian Weekly
Sept 23, 2005

The Older Language Learner

Schleppegrell, Mary
ERIC
Sept 1987 (accessed Apr 3, 2007)

Single-Sex Versus Coeducation Schooling: A Systematic Review

United States Department of Education
September 2005

Mainstreaming ESL: Case Studies in Integrating ESL Students into the Mainstream Curriculum

Clegg J (ed)

Hooper, Hugh
Chapter 9
Mainstream Science with a Majority of ESL Learners: Integrating Language and Content
Clevedon
1996
pgs. 217-36

The Language, Ethnicity and Race Reader by Harris R and Ramption B (eds)

Hewitt, Roger
Chapter 14
Language, Youth and the Destabilisation of Ethnicity
Routlege
1992
pgs. 188-98

Making EMAG Work by Jones C and Wallace C (eds)

Franson, Charlotte
Repositioning EAL: the way forward (chapter 9)
Trentham
2001

Linguistic Imperialism

Phillipson, Robert
Chapter 3
Theoretical Foundations
Oxford University Press
1992
pgs. 38-77

Language Discourses and Identity Construction in a Multilingual South African Primary School

Makoe, Pinky
English Academy Review 24 (2)
2007
The English Academy of Southern Africa
Routledge
pgs. 55-70

Language Choice and Cultural Imperialism: a Nigerian Perspective

Bisong, Joseph
ELT Journal Volume 49/2
April 1995
Oxford University Press 1995
pgs. 122-32

Linguistic Imperialism: African Perspectives

Phillipson, Robert
ELT Journal Volume 50/2
April 1996
Oxford University Press 1996
pgs 160-7