Social inclusion of ethnic minorities through non – formal education

Health Education through Non – Formal Education

The non-availability of health care in the rural area leads to the problems like infant mortality, infectious disease deaths and malnutrition. Rural health can be promoted both at preventive and promotive levels through non-formal education.

Bilingual Education for China’s Ethnic Minorities

Electronic Non Formal Education: A Case Study of Tehran Municipality

Considering the emergence of brand-new educational needs, non-formal education as a prerequisite of a knowledge-based society is increasingly going popular among nations in view of its continual nature. However, life-long learning as a key concept of the modern education system stands clearly at odds with traditional learning in every way of philosophy, objectives,...

On the Xenophobia of non-discriminated Ethnic Minorities

Sometimes the leaders of ethnic minority groups behave in a way that may promote xenophobia. A simple two-subject model is used to find out when this behaviour is rational. The conditions are briefly discussed with reference to the Italian case. An appendix illustrates the definition of xenophobia adopted in the paper. JEL Classification number: D70

The Aspect of Culture in the Social Inclusion of Ethnic Minorities: Assessing Language Education Policies under the EU’s Open Method of Coordination

The aim of this article is to highlight a change in the European Union’s ‘Lisbon Strategy’ since its launch seven years ago, in terms of putting more emphasis on culture as an important aspect of social inclusion. The article focuses on a research project coordinated in 2006 by the European Centre for Minority Issues (ECMI), which reviewed and assessed cultural policies aimed at the social incl...