Evening star., 1942-07-05
Workshop Course
On War 10 Be Given
Al American u.
World Problems Institute
Will Help Teachers
Prepare Courses

A workshop course in which
teachers will prepare material for
use in the classroom next year will
be q feature of the Institute on
World Problems to be conducted by
the World Federation of Education
Associations at American University
from July IL to August is.
The course will be given under
the direction of DR.. j. Grin Powers,
in cooperation with leading educa-
tors from many parts of the coun-
try. The members of the institute
will study the whole range of topics
dealing with the war from basic
backgrounds and causes of the war
to fundamental readjustments pro-
posed for the postwar period. The
materials to be used will be the IN
stitutes courses and lectures and
statements of many eminent au-
thorities in Interpretation of world
problems today.
Task of Workshop.
The task of the workshop will be
to select, evaluate, analyZe, organize
and adapt the substance of the con-
ference for practical use in the
classroom from elementary to col
lege level and for the community
forum. The workshop will provide
an unusual opportunity for its
members to work on curriculum
problems with the assistance of uni
versity staff members and outside
experts.
The workshop also will present
comparative analysis of courses of
study on world problems as these
courses have been developed and
are in use in a number of school
systems throughout this country,
Canada and Great Britain. Each
member of the workshop will select
and develop a specific problem in
keeping with certain educational
and social objectives, including the
reasons for teaching the unit or
topic, the desired outcomes, the
most essential content material, the
most effective methods of teaching
the subject, the general activities
for classes and the specific approach
by individual students to the topics,
and a photography of sources of in
formation.
Topics for Study.
Topics from which workshop
members may select one include:
Basic causes of wars, agencies for
world peace, economic bases for
world peace, teacher responsibilities
in wartime, propaganda agencies
and programs, democracy's leaders,
teaching international hatreds, re-
sistance in conquered countries,
preserving cultural treasures, world
control of natural resources, contri-
buttons of countries to democratic
ideals, international labor co-opera-
tions, geographic barriers to world
peace, the elements of proposed new
world orders, preservation of native
| cultures, the rice economy in China,
standards of living among trans
planted laborers, exploitation of ex-
tra-territorial resources, the good
neighbor policy" the policy of iso-
lationism, distribution of world pop
ulation, racial barriers to world
peace, language barriers and world
peace, family life among various
peoples or races, co-operatives here
and abroad, outstanding leaders of
democracy in various lands. housing
in many lands, the conflict of ma
tional ideologies.
internationally famous authori-
ties in the field of education will
participate in the institute. These
include DR.. Henri Bonnet, director
of the Bureau of Intellectual Co
operation of the League of Nations
DR.. Concha Romero James, chief OF
the Division of Intellectual Cooper
alton of the Pan-American Union
DR.. Paul Monroe, former director Of
the International Institute of Co.
lumbia University: DR.. HUI Shih
Chinese Ambassador to the United
States; DR.. George Finch, director
of the Carnegie Endowment for In
ternational Peace.
In addition, members of the work.
shop class of the institute will have
first-hand contact with the agen.
cies, in and out of the Government
that are engaged in the production
of teaching materials giving full
and accurate information abou
the war.