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Are the values of students and their teachers threatened each time
they enter the unchartered waters of the Internet's popular culture
content? The Internet has indeed "come of age," and as was the case
with traditional mass media, the Internet has been increasingly
examined for its positive and negative effects, particularly on
children. What triggered the present study was a newspaper article
that described a ban on computers and the Internet imposed in
October 1999 on its followers by the Belz Hasidic, an Israeli
Ultra-Orthodox (or Haredi) religious sect. This edict was also
endorsed by 30 leading Ultra-Orthodox rabbis from various other
religious communities in Israel. Explaining that this original
prohibition against computers and the Internet was later revised to
permit computer use but continue the ban on Internet access, the
article noted, the Belz Hasidic sect determined that, "computers
have proved valuable in teaching the Bible and in running
businesses." The Internet, however, was declared "out of bounds,"
largely because the information it exposed conflicted with
Ultra-Orthodox principles rejecting modernity, popular culture and
especially "its proliferation of links to pornographic sites." This
study examines the convergence of religion, elementary education,
Internet technology, and popular culture messages within Jewish
elementary school classrooms in Israel. This research examines the
methods used by Israeli computer coordinators to manage the
convergence of Jewish (or humanistic) values with potentially
conflicting Internet generated popular culture messages. It asks
what values, whether Jewish values or human values at the core of
the Jewish educator's belief system are important to transmit to
their students? It questions what types of popular culture messages
carried by the Internet conflict with these values? More
importantly, this study surveys how educators and students evaluate
these conflicting messages in relation to the values they hold, and
the manner in which these conflicts are managed. This is an
important book for those in communication, education, Jewish
studies, and sociology of religion.
Many urban areas around the world suffer from similar problems:
heavily congested traffic, lack of effective public transportation,
exploding populations, insufficient housing, overwhelming
pollution, rampant corruption, and other issues. Ineffective
government exacerbates these problems. The city of Curitiba, in the
Parana State of Brazil, found creative ways to transform a small
town into a thriving metropolis. Exactly how did Curibita achieve
this success? Which policies and programs were effective and which
ones weren't? What roles did the public play in the transformation
process? Using interviews with urban planners, politicians,
scholars, and residents, and analyzing hundreds of policy
documents, pieces of legislation and scholarly studies, this book
offers an analytical model based on the idea that public
entrepreneurs are powerful catalysts for change in the urban arena.
The chronicles of Curitiba's journey provide a guide for urban
planners and administrators worldwide. "This book should be a must
for anyone interested in Latin American urbanization and urban
planning/administration. If you are a professor who teaches Latin
America or urban planning, this book should be placed on your
reading list for your students. It should become a guidebook for
those involved in the governing of Latin American cities and other
cities in middle-income economies, which share many similar
problems." - Michael McAdams, Professor of Geography, Fatih
University, Istanbul, Turkey
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