a special democratic experience for the humankind FIRSTPRESS STATEMENTS More than fifty organizations have now joined progressive forces worldwide to advocate for an extension of the human right to education. Teachers, educators, students and pupils,

Dama Mosweunyane (PhD)University of Botswana – Faculty of Education An American poet James Russell Lowell once asked, “Is ours a government of the people, by the people, for the people,” or a Kakistocracy rather for

Dr. Ayesha GautamAssistant Professor, Department of Philosophy, University of Delhi – INDIA The concept of ‘human rights’ pertains to all men at all times without distinction of any kind, such as race, color, sex, language,

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Marius Melzer GERMANY The Internet is not simply a new medium of communication, as was the case with radio and television at their time. Internet’s interactive functions are changing our common life in a way

Mariana Ramos Soares Beselga University of Coimbra, PORTUGAL João Pedro Freitas Gomes University of São Paulo, BRAZIL Introduction The Stern Review: The Economics of Climate Change (2006) was a milestone around the promotion of environmental

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Rama Kant RaiNational Coalition for Education – INDIA The Sustainable Development targets for 2030 calls for ensuring the completion of primary and secondary education by all boys and girls, and guaranteeing equal access to opportunities

Santo Di Nuovo & Rossana SmeriglioUniversity of Catania – ITALY The Didactic at Distance (DaD) aims at fostering students’ learning experience and effectiveness in terms of the achievement outcome (Davis & Wong, 2007). Due to

Sibiya Thandeka Patience PhD Candidate, Faculty of Psychology and Education, Eotvos Lorand University, Budapest Introduction This article emerges from a lacuna relating to teacher education and teaching for cultural diversity by higher education, with a

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Dr. Madhurima Chowdhury Assistant Professor, Department of South and Southeast Asian Studies, University of Calcutta – INDIA Policies are mostly needed for any kind of change. They give the framework of basic laws, regulations and