Books to Vietnam - Ask for help & support (fwd)
Peter Smagorinsky (psmagorinsky who-is-at uoknor.edu)
Thu, 15 Aug 96 16:23:41 -0500
>Dear Colleagues:
>
>Although Vietnam belongs to the nations with the strongest economic
>growth, it is still a very poor developing country.
>
>After recent dramatic changes in economy, there is now also a trend
>toward changes in scientific orientation, education, and university
teaching as well as a need for scientific cooperation and integ
>ration into international networks.
>
>However, there is an extreme lack of appropriate teaching and
>research material, especially of BOOKS, TESTS and JOURNALS. According to my
experiences as a guest professor in Vietnam - I have spent a
>couple of months in Vietnam during the last two years and will return
>to Hanoi in October, 1996 - this is particularly true in the fields of
PSYCHOLOGY, EDUCATION, SOCIOLOGY, and STATISTICAL METHODS.
>
>
>I have myself seen that the libraries of universities and research
>institutes are not only extremely small; they consist primarily of some
very old, sometimes even rotten books, [besides Vietnamese]
>mostly in Russian or German (many Vietnamese colleagues used to study
>in the former GDR and USSR), and predominantly written from a Soviet,
marxistic point of view. Empirically oriented books and jou
>rnals in the above-mentioned domains are very rare. There are
>practical no textbooks dealing with the state of the art of the mentioned
disciplines.
>
>Many colleagues as well as students from several Vietnamese
>universities have therefore asked me to help them in building a basis of
scientific books and journals in order to enhance the training and
> education of teachers, psychologists, sociologists and other
>professions as well as enable the colleagues to inform themselves about the
state of the art.
>
>So, if you or your colleagues have any books or journals on
>PSYCHOLOGY, EDUCATION, or SOCIOLOGY (in ENGLISH or GERMAN) availabe or left
(older editions and used books are very welcome also!!) and if
>your institution can afford the postage (surface mail is sufficient),
>it would be great if you could support the Vietnamese colleagues. I am sure
that they would be very grateful to receive this kind
> of help by the international scientific community.
>
>I have been asked by the Ministry of Education and Training of the
>Socialistic Republic of Vietnam to start a support action for our
Vietnamese colleagues. The Vietnamese partner institute which is r
>esponsible for collecting and distributing received material (books,
>journals) to other universities and institutes is the
>
>NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT (NIED).
>
>Please, send any material to this institute (the exact address is
>below). To facilitate the organization, it would be helpful to address the
material to one of the following persons according to the
>language of the material:
>
>Prof. Dr. Dang Ba Lam (material in ENGLISH)
>Dr. Vo Thi Anh Tuyet (material in GERMAN & other languages)
>
>NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
>106, Tran Hung Dao
>Hanoi
>VIETNAM
>
>In the name of my Vietnamese colleagues, I would like to thank you
>very much in advance.
>
>
>Yours sincerely,
>
>Andreas Helmke
>===============>my address<====================
>
>Andreas Helmke
>University of Landau
>Department of Psychology
>Im Fort 7
>D-76829 Landau
>Phone +49 6341 280 227
>Fax +49 6341 280 217
>E-Mail: helmke who-is-at uni-landau.de
>
>home: +49 6341 81573 (Phone + Fax)
>
>
Peter Smagorinsky
University of Oklahoma
College of Education
Department of Instructional Leadership and Academic Curriculum
820 Van Vleet Oval
Norman, OK 73019-0260
office phone: (405)325-3533
fax: (405)325-4061
psmagorinsky who-is-at uoknor.edu