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Seixas, Peter – Journal of Curriculum Studies, 1993
Reviews the role of history in the U.S. social studies curriculum. Explains that differing interpretations of history and the purposes of history have had a significant impact on the structure of the K-12 social studies curriculum. Argues that the time is ripe for historians and social studies educators to renew cooperative efforts. (CFR)
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Curriculum Development, Educational Change, Educational Change
Michigan State Board of Education, Lansing. – 1987
The purpose of this paper is to establish the position of the Michigan State Board of Education regarding the humanities through a definition and an explanation of the purposes of the humanities within the schools. The humanities are most clearly identified with philosophy, ethics, comparative religion, history and criticism of the arts. In the…
Descriptors: Art Education, Citizenship Education, Curriculum Development, Educational Objectives
Leiding, Darlene – Principal Leadership, 2007
For students to achieve, they must be respected in their schools and visible in their curricula. A curriculum that respects and incorporates culture helps students develop the ability to make reflective personal and public decisions. The curriculum should be conceptual and interdisciplinary and should be based on higher levels of knowledge. Its…
Descriptors: Teachers, Knowledge Level, History, Multicultural Education

White, Rodney M. – OAH Magazine of History, 1994
Maintains that there is general consensus about recommended reforms in the teaching and learning of history but that it is unlikely that many will be adopted on a broad scale. Asserts that the emphasis on active, student-centered approaches to learning are the best ways to organize history instruction. (CFR)
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Discovery Learning, Educational Change, Educational Strategies
Palmer, Pamela – 1981
Academic libraries are particularly affected by current financial problems in U.S. higher education. Lack of funds to make transitions as rapidly as higher education has changed focus or added dimensions is a recurrent theme in academic library development. This article presents the major developments and critical points of U.S. higher education…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Development, Educational Change, Financial Support

Seefeldt, Carol – Theory and Research in Social Education, 1993
Asserts that history for primary-level children should be organized around key ideas that characterize the field of history. Maintains that such everyday concepts such as time, change, the continuity of human life, and the past can be taught to young children and can be used as a foundation for later historical thinking. (CFR)
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Cognitive Processes, Content Area Reading, Curriculum Development
King, David C. – Curriculum Update, 1987
There are two currents of social studies reform. One involves the search for an appropriate social studies core and is spearheaded by state governments and scholarly organizations. The second reform movement flows toward a social studies curriculum based on urgent domestic issues and the realities of global interdependence. The cross-purposes of…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Core Curriculum, Curriculum Development, Elementary Secondary Education
McGinn, Howard – Wilson Library Bulletin, 1987
Infrastructures and competitiveness are considered in the context of library networking, library service, and economic development in the state of North Carolina. The North Carolina Information Network, a network developed and maintained by the state library and responsive to the needs of the nonlibrary community, is described. (MES)
Descriptors: Competition, Economic Development, History, Library Networks
Ficklen, Ellen – Humanities, 1989
Examines the impact of the new California History Social Science Framework on the development of new textbooks. Provides an outline of this K-12 framework and discusses the question of whether the program will falter if textbook development is not adequate. (KO)
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Educational Change, Educational Planning, Educational Trends

Duoblys, Girvydas – European Education, 1993
Discusses the objectives of secondary school history instruction in Lithuania. Presents a comprehensive topic syllabus of world and Lithuanian history as currently taught in all Lithuanian schools. Includes selected titles from the 390 lessons allotted to the topics. (CFR)
Descriptors: Course Content, Course Organization, Curriculum Development, Educational Objectives

Flanagan, Constance; Gallay, Leslie S. – Perspectives on Political Science, 1995
Maintains that civic competence and socially responsible behavior have been among the 10 developmental tasks of adolescence since the 1950s. Contends that the decline of interest in political socialization must be shared by both political science and developmental psychology. Discusses community service as a measure of civic competence. (CFR)
Descriptors: Citizen Participation, Citizen Role, Citizenship Education, Civics
Santillanez, Elizabeth J. – 1995
This working paper discusses the critical role that higher education in the United States and Mexico must play since the implementation of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). The paper gives an overview of recent transformations in areas of economic development and business needs which require that higher education better prepare…
Descriptors: Economic Development, Economic Impact, Educational Change, Foreign Countries
Kneedler, Peter E. – 1988
Consisting of an audio-visual series and study exercises for cooperative, interdependent learning opportunities, this curriculum project is designed to provide in-depth learning and to develop positive attitudes about India in junior high school students. The project can also be used to influence curriculum development and to acquaint teachers…
Descriptors: Cooperation, Cultural Education, Curriculum Development, Foreign Countries
Custer, Rodney L.; And Others – 1994
This is a model technology course which offers a starting point for those administrators and prospective instructors who need ideas about the nature of a course to teach technology to non-technologists. This course is based on the premise that technology should be taught as part of the liberal arts or general education core at the undergraduate…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Evolution, Futures (of Society), Global Approach

Signori, Donna – Canadian Library Journal, 1985
Presents a brief overview of weeding history at the University of Victoria library, an outline and evaluation of criteria and methodology proposed by a deselection task group and adopted for 1982 weeding project, and a summary of results and observations from pilot projects and policy proposals. Sixteen references are cited. (EJS)
Descriptors: College Libraries, Foreign Countries, Guidelines, Higher Education