Introduction - Humans the Invaluable, But Often-Neglected Resource
Evolving Importance for Human Resource Development
Origin and History - Learning Across the Ages
Today's Context for the Development of Human Resources
Major Issues in Human Resource Development
Essential Strategies for Human Resource Development
Role of Education and Knowledge Management in Human Resource Development
Impact of Technology on Human Development and Workplace Learning
Human Life Systems, Diversity and Human Development
Human Development and Global Change
Consequences of Global Change on Development of Human Resources
Global Leadership in the Development of Human Resources
Future - Enriching the Quality of Human Life
The Seven Philosophical Foundations of HRD
In the Beginning: Survival through Labor and Learning
The Use of Tools and Mutual Cooperation
The Influence of the Greeks and Romans
Education and Training in the Middle Ages
Education and Training during the Renaissance
The History of Human Resource Development in Selected Countries
The Era of Computerization and Information Technology
Breakdown of Traditional Institutions
Emergence of Multiple Perspectives
Shift to an Information-Based Economy
Politics and Power in Organizations
Organizational Power: Power and Influence of International Organizations
The Concept and Dimensions of human Resources Development
Global environment for human resources development
Emerging Global Market Economy
Information and Communications Technology (ICT)
Radical Transformation of World of Work
Emergence of the knowledge and Learning as a Companys and Countrys Greatest Assets
New Roles and Expectations of Workers
Speed of Change - Moving from a Newtonian to a Quantum World of Chaos
Framework for Understanding Financial Aspects of HRD
General Findings Related to HRD Financial Analysis Methods
Early HRD Financial Analysis Classics
From Financial Analysis of Methods (FAM) to Forecasting Financial Benefits (FFB)
Recent Financial Analysis Research in HRD
Financial Assessment of the HRD Function and Organization-wide Efforts
Defining HRD and Theoretical Foundations
Economic Theory as Theoretical Foundation of HRD
The Theories of Human Capital and of the Firm and the Human Resource Development Discipline
Human Capital and the Individual: Training and HRD
Human capital: a form of capital
Education and human capital formation
The Theory of the Firm: Training and HRD
Introduction to Planning Strategies for HRD
Human Resource Development Objectives
Human Resource Development Activities
Human Resource Development Plans
Essential Elements of Strategic Planning For HRD
The Purpose of Needs Assessment
Steps Specific to Training Needs Assessment
Data Collection Techniques for Needs Assessment
The importance of human resource development
The challenge of defining HRD objectives
A conceptual model of HRD objectives
Machine and ecological activities
HRD as training, development and education
Training for performance improvement;
Training as HRD activity for organizational growth
Development as an HRD activity for individuals
The desired outcomes of HRD activities
Three dozen ways to polarize the conceptualization of HRD activities
Constructing HRD activities: an HRD activities development process
Planning as learning is the key skill for business success
Two planning strategies for HRD
Planning, a strategy of action plans
Fluency in implementing work plans
Essential elements of planning as a science
Resource requirements for HRD: Competencies
First Resource: HRD Professionals
Global Patterns of Human Variation
Human Adaptation to Climatic Extremes
Introduction to the Concept of Diversity
Multiculturalism and Cultural Diversity
The History of Diversity Efforts in the United States
The Civil Rights Movement in the U.S.
Group Process and the Personal Growth Movement
Technological Growth and Change
Ecological and Environmental Changes
The Tasks for Human Resource Development
Our uncertain knowledge of the environment
The Impact of population growth on the environment
What are the implications for population policy?
Political and administrative difficulties in developing a global environmental policy
Institutions and Trust in Early Societies
Democracy and Human Development
Economic Growth and Human Development in Nineteenth-Century Europe
Introduction: Human Resource Development and Environmental Change
Global Environmental Change: The Response of Human Systems
Future Trends: A Strategic Partnership between HRD and Environmental Management
What constitutes ‘global change’?
Different views of ‘global change’
Global change - opportunity or threat?
What is Human Resource Development
Impact of global change on Human Resource Development
Broader consequences of global change
Information technology revolution
Review of the chapters in this topic
Conceptual Issues and Challenges
Global Markets, Rise of the West, Imperialism and Industrialization
International Organizations, Market Change, Cold War and Decolonization
Globalization, Market Triumphs and Life Support System Perils
Consequences of Economic Globalization for Ecology and Human Development
Taming the Market? Sustainable Human Development Alternatives
Technology Acceptance Model(TAM)
Introduction: The Nature of Virtual Work
Organizational Research and Virtual Teams: A Western View
Prevention and Control of Communicable Diseases
Prevention and Control of Non-communicable Chronic Diseases
Prevention and Control of Environment and Work-related Ill-health
Different Disciplinary Approaches to Social and Cultural Development of Human Resources
Social and Cultural Development of Human Resources
The Individual as Human Resource
Social Development of Human Resources
Social and Cultural Development Indicators
Conceptualizing Social Development
Current Trends of Social Development
The Global Expansion of Economy
The Creation of a World Culture
The Internationalization of Governance
Local Participation and Empowerment
Differences between a Domestic Group and a Family
The Developmental Cycle of the Domestic Group
The Universality Function of the Family
Social Development in Relation to the Family
Technology, Globalization, and Postmodernism
The Characteristics of Rural Communities
The Classification of Rural Societies
Types of Agricultural Activities
Political Struggles and Land Ownership
Variations in Rural Society: Time and Space
Distinctions between Policy and Development
Survival of the Rural Poor: Poverty, Hunger, and Sustainable Development
How Green is the Green Revolution?
Developments in the Informal Sector
The Functioning of Labor Markets in Developing Countries
Labor Markets: Differentiation and Segmentation
Agriculture in the forefront of European integration: The ‘60’s and ‘70’s and the tragedy of success
Introduction: Social Development and Ethnic Groups
The Nation State and Ethnicity: Cases of Third World Societies
Introduction: Culture, Religious Belief, and Worldview
Examples of Religious Belief and Worldview: Three North American Indian Tribes
Religious Beliefs Translated into Action: North American Indian Resource Management
Gender Differences in Health Status
Cultural Processes, Resources, and Change
Resource Use in Domestically Organized Cultures
Domestically Organized Use of Space
Resource Use in Politically Organized Societies
Politically Organized Use of Space
Scale Limits to Political Power
Resource Use in Commercially Organized Societies
Domestic Space in Commercially Organized Societies
Significance of Trends in Relation to Current and Future Problems
Basic Empirical Questions About Consumption
Ethical Arguments for Changing Consumption Patterns
Theories of Globalization and the Consumer Society.
Economic versus Social–Cultural Dimensions
The Methodology of Social Measurement
The Cases of Social Measurement
Policy Relevance of Indicators
Relations of Inequity: Poverty, Hunger, and Health.
Equity and Human Rights: Economic, Social, Cultural, Civil and Political Rights.
Equity, Inequity, and global ecological pressure.
Equity and Sustainable Development: Providing for Environmental Balance and Basic Human Needs.
A Framework for Core Indicators
North–South Perspective and the Debt Crisis
Impact of Population Pressure on Health
Recent Trends in Health Thinking
Human Aspiration and Sustainability
Sustainability Indicators and Accounting
Basic Features of the Functioning and Capability Approach
The Contrast between the Functioning and Capability Approach and Some Alternative Approaches
The Concept of Deprivation in the Functioning and Capability Approach
Justification of moral principles and weighting different functionings
Rules for aggregating individual welfare into social welfare
Social measurement, justice and Pragmatism
Welfare Economics and the Criticism of the capability approach
The Basics of Capability Approach
Approaches to Operationalisation
Model based Explanatory Methods
Knowledge for Sustainable Development
Foundations of Educational Systems: an Overview
Education Systems and Social Inclusion
Cultural and Financial Dimensions
Education Systems and Learning
Assessment in an Education System
The Trends in Education for Sustainable Development
Sustainable Development and the Disciplined Mind
Different Aspects of "Being Suited for Life"
Meeting Needs and Reducing Barriers to Learning
Ways of Expressing the Objectives of Education
The Twentieth Century in the Context of World History
The Twentieth Century -- the Century of Education
Education as a political and economical goal of a modern state
International cooperation in the field of education
Cognitive Model of Hypothetical Biorealism
Methods of Cognition in "Non-Statistical" Situations
Bio-Information Massives and the Factor of Causality in the Process of Education
Peculiarities of Transformation and Dissemination of Knowledge in a Sociocultural Environment
The Cognitive Model of Hypothetical Biorealism and Contemporary Concepts of Education
Concepts of "Surroundings" and "Alienation of Knowledge" in Education
Historical Knowledge and ‘Sustainability’: Part 1
The Road to Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Nuclear Weapons and the "Lessons" of History
Containment and Nuclear Weapons
The Curious Lessons of the Carter Administration
Knowledge of Energy and Information
Knowledge of Environmental Stability
Patterns of Geographic Variability of the Human Physique and Metabolism
Relationships of Human Adaptive Types with Ecological Forms of Animals and Plants
Structure and Objectives of Educational Programs
Organizational Models for Delivery of Instruction
Teacher Preparation and Enhancement
Funding Models for Educational Systems
Assessing Quality of Educational Systems
Goals and Objectives of Early Education
Contemporary Education and Society
The priorities of Early Childhood
A Model of Education: "Authoritarian" or "Democratic"?
Children in Urban Environments
Relevance of Tertiary Education
Management and Financing of Tertiary Education
Peculiarities of Graduate and Postgraduate Education Systems in Western Europe and the USA
Graduate and Postgraduate Education Systems in Eastern/Central Europe
New Models of Interdisciplinary Graduate-Level Education in Russia
And more recently, in Cornell. R. & Ingram, K. (Eds.) (1997), its preface stated
Information technologies and human capital in post-Industrial society
Transition to a Public higher education and development of a system of educational services
Differentiation of fields of knowledge and unification of educational systems
Distance and transnational education
Organizational Patterns and Management
Examples of Curricula and the subjects Comprising Them
Evaluation of student Performance
Russian Engineering School: From the Technocratic Approach to Education for Sustainable Development
How Scientific Literacy Can Be Developed (Part A: Theory)
Salters Chemistry and Science Projects
Salters Advanced Chemistry Project
What Is Education for Sustainable Development?
The Ecological and Social Context
Aspects and Concept of Development
Humanistic Ideals, Education, and Development
Basic Education and Development
Developmental Aspects of Higher Levels of Education and Lifelong Learning
Education for the Dissemination, Sharing, and Advancement of Knowledge
Illiteracy and Functional Illiteracy among Women
Education and Population Health
Inclusive Education and School Reform
A Context for Education in the Twenty-First Century
Advertising, Television, and Consumption
The Central Role of Monetary Systems
Alternatives to the Consumer Society
Meaning of education for sustainable development
Philosophical foundations: tensions between anthropocentrism and biocentrism
Psychological foundations: from behaviourism to constructivism
Economics foundation: from neoclassical and weak and strong sustainability paradigms
Approaches to curriculum and instructional design in environmental education
Alternative perspectives in education for sustainable development
The Beginning: The First Thirty Years
Major Research Areas in Educational Technology
Review of Research Trends in Educational Technology
Review of Research Trends in Mobile and Ubiquitous Technologies Enhanced Learning
Review of Research Trends in Joyful, Fun and Game based Learning
Example Studies in Technology Enhanced Language Learning
Example Studies in Innovative Design of Learning Systems
Example Studies in Technology Facilitated Testing and Assessment
Approaches to Teaching Science
Research in Science Education 2008-2011
Place and History of Observation in Demography
A General Classification of Systems
The Continuous Registration Systems
Recent Tools: Aerial Photography and Remote-Sensing
Neglected Sources: Administrative Informations
Some Remarks about the qualitative Approaches
The demographic hierarchy of nations
The fertility decline : a universal-but often delayed-phenomenon
Population trends : numbers and age structure
From population profile to economic size
Global perspectives on the "human development"
European transitions : from Malthus to Pincus
The diversity of underlying circumstances
A diffusionist model of innovation
The international poverty line
The state of literacy by major region at the end of the 20th century: Breakthroughs and slumps
Economic progress and demographic transition in poor countries: fifty years of experience, 1950-1999
Secular growth in the industrial world
Two centuries of urbanization 1800-2000
About 2.8 billion city dwellers in 2000
Cities and slums in the third world
A further proliferation of megapolises : recent past and future
Family and the demographic approach
Food and Nutrition Rights in International Law
Today’s Young People: Issues and Challenges
Education, Population, and Development
Empowering Young People through Education and Participation
How did we get here? Evolution of Human Attitude to Nature and the Natural Environment
Objective and Scope of Environmental Education and Research
Environmental Education for Children
Development of Environmental Curricula for Children with Learning Disability
Environmental Education for Undergraduate Students
Instilling Environmental Awareness in Undergraduate Students
Environmental Education for Graduate Students
Proposal for the Environmental Curricular Content for Graduate Students
Importance of Teaching Environmental Education at an Early Age
Formal Curricula for Children’s Environmental Education
Approaches to early childhood education
Importance of education at an early age
Psychological perspectives on parenting, motivation and learning
Some affective factors of personality
Basic criteria for curriculum development
Mechanisms to introduce environmental curricula into secondary schools
Some psychobiological factors influencing teaching and learning
Children’s play and related issues
Design and implementation of common environmental activities
Key Features of a Special Educational Environment
Principles of the Environmental Curriculum
Development of Environmental Curricula for Undergraduate Students
Instilling Environmental Awareness in Undergraduate Students
Basic criteria for curriculum development
The "Content" Element Of Environmental Curricula
Development of the "pedagogic" element of environmental curricula
What is it that undergraduate students should be aware of?
Instilling environmental awareness in undergraduate students
Sustainable development and related issues
Proposal for the environmental curricular content for graduate students
Lack of Progress towards Agenda 21 Objectives
Sustainable Development and Environmental Sustainability
Proposal for a Unique Operational Definition of Sustainable Development
Science, Technology and Environmental Sustainability
Proposed Environmental Subjects for Students in different Disciplines
What is an Environmental Manager?
Constraints External to the Enterprise
Brief Historical Background to Natural History and Naturalism
Evolution of Natural History films
The Production Capacity Enlargement Exercise
The Greenhouse Effect Exercise
Some Of The Issues All Environmental Professionals Need To Be Aware Of
Environmental Planning; What Environmental Planners Ought To Know
Environmental Management and the Environmental Manager
Environmental Impact Assessment
The Nature of Work of the Environmental Planner
Career Opportunities and Job Description
Case Studies Showing the Participation Of The Environmental Planner
Skills and knowledge requirements for the environmental manager
Typical requirements of professional education and training for environmental managers
Objectives of Environmental Impact Assessment
Career Opportunities and Job Description
Cases in which the Environmental Impact Evaluator Would Participate
The Role of Continuing Education
Human Knowledge and Some of its Salient Characteristics
Suggestions for the Curricular Content for the Continuing Education of Leaders of Society
Some Other Issues that Leaders of Society ought to be aware of with a view to addressing them
Starting the education process
Mechanism for continuing public education
Continuing education of the public and for informing them on specific issues
Why public awareness of environmental issues and problems is important, and the difficulties
Primary objectives of raising public awareness
Strategies for raising public awareness
The CEC — Its Vision, Mission and Objectives
International Centre for Conservation Education and Its Major Activities
ICCE's Educational Resource Base
The Environmental Liaison Centre International — Its Vision, Mission and Objectives
ELCI’s Links to and Relationship with International Organizations
Some of the Major NGOs for the Conservation of Africa’s Wildlife and their Habitats.
Indigenous Populations as Human Resources for Life Support Systems
Interconnections Between Culture and Practice in Relation to Nature
Conclusion to Introduction: "Limits to Growth" and Limits to Nature
Women as Human Resources for Life Support Systems: An Overview
Youth as Resource for Environmental Issues
Children and Environmental Issues
The Indigenous Perspective and Industrial Development
The Debate over Work, Nature, and Productivity
Salient Aspects of the Indigenous Perspective
The Debate on Tribal Autonomy and Life Support Systems
The Report on Tribal Self-rule
The Household - a Core of Human Economy
Cultivation—the Interface between Ecology and Economy
The Triangle of Economy for Human Needs
Introduction: "Gender Dimension"
Women and Environment—from Rio 1992 to Beijing 1995
Gender Differentiation in Resources Use and Management
Environment and New Generations
Sustainable Development and the Culture of Prevention: Challenges and Opportunities
The Reality of Environmental Education in Italy: Analysis of the Channels of Institutional Education
Youth and Environment in the Third Millennium
The Duty to Inform and the Right to be Informed
The Convention on the Rights of the Child
Expanded Program on Immunization
Introduction of Newer Vaccines
The Parameters for a Historical and Comparative Interpretation of Welfare Regimes
Toward a Philosophy for Human Development for the Twenty-First Century
Human Progress and Prospects at the End of the Twentieth Century
Concluding Remarks: Opportunities and Challenges
'human development': What it means
Traditionalism vs. Universalism in the definition of human rights
Diversity: Consequences for 'human development'
Why Measure 'human development'
Foreign Assistance and 'human development'
Prospects for 'human development'
Disciplinary Approaches to 'human development'
The Ways in which Anthropology Considers Issues of Development
Human Development and Agriculture: An Anthropological Analysis
The Hope for the Future: Counter-corporatization with a Human Face
The Natural Context of Human Development
Sustainable Human Development in Economic Development Thinking
Nation-State Building and Enhanced Stainable Development
Development Crisis and Structural Adjustment
Human diversity in recent times
Neuroscience Before the Twentieth Century
Equity and Growth: Exposing the Grand Theories to Data
The Double Misfortune of the Poor
Growth and Human Development: Learning from the Outliers
Global Interdependence: a New Global System?
Finance and the Privatization of Risk
Governance: the Changing Roles of National Authorities
Prospects for Human Development in the Emerging Global Village
Globalization, "Price Rightism," and Free Markets/Trade
Globalization and the Slowing Down of the Engine of Economic Growth and Human Development
The Twenty-First Century and the New Frontiers
Population Change 1950 to 2000
Population Prospects 2000 to 2050
Sources of Pollutant Emissions and Emission Controls
Health and Economic Development
The Effect of Development on Disease - Some Negative Consequences
Health, Nutrition and Education
Water Supply, Sanitation and Health
Water and Economic Development
Theories of Belief and Attitude Change
Implications of Attitude and Belief Change for Human Development
Concern with Economic Structures
From the Economic to the Human versus the Social
Evolution of the Concept of Human Development
Extension of the Concept of Efficiency
Measuring Educational Outcomes and Household Wealth
The Wealth Gap in Educational Attainment and Enrollment
The Gender Gap in Educational Attainment and Enrollment
Physical and Behavioral Objectives
Introduction: Education for Sustainability
Education and Sustainability: Problems and Obstacles
Education for Sustainability: the Evolution of a Concept
Growing Momentum for Educational and Cultural Change
The Content and Structure of this Theme
The Role of Theory in the Aims of Education
Utilitarian and Duty-Oriented Approaches to Environmental Issues
The Limits of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) as a Measure of Well-Being
The Paradigm Shift Perspective
Task-based Perspectives: Social, Environmental and Educative
What is the role of tradition in the creation of a sustainable culture and educational system?
What is the role of historical knowledge?
What is the relationship between tradition and history?
What should be the role and function of history and tradition in the educational system?
Individualism and Ethnocentrism
From Nurturing Parents to the Education of All Children
Early Education for Sustainability: A North American Overview of Literacy Education
Major Issues in Secondary Education
Sustainable Development and Education
The Human Capability Approach: A promising initial path to Education for Sustainable Development
Promotion of Sustainability in Universities
Differential Demand and Differential Sustainability
The Psycho-emotional Dimension and Its Avoidance in Environmentalism
Ecological, Cultural and Psycho-Emotional Dimensions of Environmental Problems
Ecological, Cultural and Psycho-Emotional Dimensions of Human Development
Behaviour as Expression of the Desire for Well-Being
The Emotional and Psychological Challenge for EfS/ESD
Enhancing EfS/ESD with Attention to Emotions and Psyche
Curriculum as part of the whole
A connective pattern - curriculum, learning and sustainability
From Environmental Education to Education for Sustainability: A Troubled History
The Genocidal Nature of Development
The Rise of the Alien National Pattern (and Genocide) in Europe
History of International Conferences and Conventions Related to Education
The Link between Education and Sustainability
Thresholds of Education and Sustainability
What is Education for Sustainability
Societal Barriers to Literacy and Schooling
The Fluid Nature of Nationalism and the Creation of the Rural
The Case for the Basque: Globalization and the Struggle for Rural Identity
Economic Backwardness – The Basque Example
Modernization: the Basque Response
Indigenous and Neotraditional Knowledge
The Development of Alternative Knowledge Systems
Traditional Ecological Knowledge
Effects of Globalization on Indigenous and Neotraditional Knowledge Systems
Electronic Media and Open and Distance Education
Challenges for Media Use in Open and Distance Learning
Concluding Considerations: Comparing Media Use in Differing Contexts
Situating Contemporary Poverty
Introduction: Concepts, Measures, and Assessment
Modern Poverty: Multidimensional, Avoidable, and Unfair.
Why Concepts Matter: Understanding the Purposes for Which Poverty Is Defined
Beyond Money: Dimensions, Resources, And Capabilities
Beyond Measurement: Subjective Experience, Participatory Assessment, And Qualitative Research
Why Measure Poverty from a Multidimensional Perspective?
Operationalising a Multidimensional Perspective into Measurement
Issues in Measuring Multidimensional Poverty
Axiomatic Multidimensional Poverty Measures Proposed in the Literature
