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Stephanie D. Hicks, Editor; Donna Rich Kaplowitz, Editor – Teachers College Press, 2024
This much-needed guide provides the specific skills and materials necessary to facilitate effective dialogues across identity differences. We are living through arguably one of the most divisive times in our country and the world. People do not know how to communicate across differences in a way that advances the public good--from the…
Descriptors: Race, Controversial Issues (Course Content), Group Discussion, High School Students
Dion, Susan D. – University of British Columbia Press, 2022
The Truth and Reconciliation Commission and Indigenous activism have made many Canadians uncomfortably aware of how little they know about First Nations, Métis, and Inuit peoples. In "Braided Learning," Lenape-Potawatomi scholar and educator Susan Dion shares her approach to learning and teaching about Indigenous histories and…
Descriptors: Indigenous Populations, Canada Natives, Indigenous Knowledge, History
Keith, Bill – 1982
This book, written by a member of the Louisiana State Legislature (who authored a bill during the 1981 legislative session mandating balanced treatment for creation-science wherever evolution-science is taught to public school children), takes a step toward answering the question: Should the scientific evidences for creation be given equal time…
Descriptors: Controversial Issues (Course Content), Creationism, Elementary Secondary Education, Evolution
Haas, Mary E., Ed.; Laughlin, Margaret A., Ed. – 1997
This book focuses on the 10 social studies strands recognized by the National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS). The book is intended to help social studies educators design, implement, and assess social studies teaching and learning practices. This publication consists of a series of articles reprinted from a variety of sources and includes…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Anthologies, Course Content, Criteria
McCabe, Don – 1991
This book describes how to organize and run a course for adults who want to learn how to tutor their own children, their spouse, or friends and relatives. The book begins with a detailed discussion of how to set up the course, a sample form letter for principals to send home, lists of course objectives and free or inexpensive materials, and a…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Class Activities, Course Content, Lesson Plans
McCollister, Betty, Ed. – 1989
The creation/evolution controversy can be best thought of as a contest over control of a portion of educational policy. Scientists do not dispute the right of fundamentalist Christians to believe that Genesis is a history and a science textbook. The difficulty arises when fundamentalists seek to bring their sectarian religious faith into biology…
Descriptors: Biological Sciences, Controversial Issues (Course Content), Creationism, Evolution
Lovell-Troy, Larry; Eickmann, Paul – 1992
This is a workbook that assists college faculty to design their own courses. The process is organized in a series of stages each of which is given a chapter: gathering, planning, implementing, teaching and evaluating. The first chapter on gathering describes the process for collecting as much information about the course as possible by describing…
Descriptors: College Instruction, Course Content, Course Descriptions, Course Evaluation
Bowler, Peter J. – 1986
The question of human origin has always been disputed by evolution theorists. This book provides a comprehensive survey of the debates over human evolution from the time of Darwin to the 1940s. Part 1 discusses the early controversies, noting that they focused on philosophical issues rather than causes or details of the evolutionary process. A…
Descriptors: Ancient History, Anthropology, Biological Influences, Biological Sciences
Eriksen, Karen; McAuliffe, Garrett – 2001
This book offers suggestions for transforming the specific courses in the counselor education curriculum. Each chapter includes an introduction--using anecdotes or student quotes; an overview of the impact of constructivism on the course content; an outline of the course structure, assignments, and activities, with the accompanying constructivist…
Descriptors: Career Counseling, Constructivism (Learning), Counselor Training, Course Content
Percoco, James A. – 2001
This book is intended to assist teachers in dealing with sensitive and controversial topics in secondary U.S. history classes. The book explores topics such as gender, race, Vietnam, and civil rights. It provides specific lessons teachers can use to study conflict. All manner of resources are explained, with an emphasis on how to access those…
Descriptors: Civil Rights, Conflict, Controversial Issues (Course Content), Cultural Context
Gaughan, John – 2001
Instead of ignoring the controversial issues that emerge from discussions of gender, race, and sexuality, the author of this book addresses these issues head-on through the literature and writing he assigns. The book is about creating opportunities in the English classroom for students to become thoughtful, committed citizens. It is about…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Controversial Issues (Course Content), Cultural Context, English Instruction
Horton, Sarah – 2000
This book outlines an approach to putting course content on the Web. It explains how to make current course materials Web-ready and describes Web-enabled teaching tools that educators may not currently use but that they might wish to incorporate into the teaching approach. The book explains how to combine these materials and tools to create a…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Course Content, Curriculum Development, Distance Education
O'Brien, Sara Talis – 1998
This guide is designed to help secondary school teachers include African literature in their classes. It furnishes English and social studies teachers with a foundation for teaching African literature by offering critical commentary on the texts themselves. A synthesis of anthropological and historical material is presented to help both teachers…
Descriptors: African Literature, Authors, Black Culture, Black Literature
Posner, George J.; Rudnitsky, Alan N. – 1994
In presenting the concepts and skills of curriculum development and showing how to apply them to actual course planning, an attempt is made to bridge theory and practice in curriculum development. By developing a greater awareness of the important decisions to be made and the alternative courses of action available at each decision point, teachers…
Descriptors: Course Content, Curriculum Design, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Guides
Roberts, Helen; And Others – 1994
This book explores successful teaching and learning approaches in multicultural college or university classrooms. Chapter 1, "Once You Accept, Then You Can Teach" (Juan C. Gonzalez), challenges instructors to think about how the students' cultural backgrounds relate to their educational goals and achievement and describes what faculty…
Descriptors: College Faculty, College Instruction, Course Content, Cultural Differences
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