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Kurshan, Barbara – 1986
This review of the literature begins by exploring the development of computer literacy as a discipline since its introduction in colleges and universities around 1965 and in economically privileged high schools around 1970. The impact of a conference sponsored by the National Science Foundation and Human Resources Research Organization in 1980 on…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Literacy, Courseware, Curriculum Development
Clark, Joanna – 1999
As Holocaust study for youth becomes integrated into the U.S. educational structure, educators throughout the country are going to need resources that combine history and humanity to convey to young people the impact of tragedy and violence that World War II and the Holocaust had on the youth of a particular time in the 20th century. This paper…
Descriptors: Creative Expression, Curriculum Development, Diaries, European History
Carr, Tom – 1985
Current approaches to teaching culture which have adapted the anthropological model to contemporary life situations can serve as a guide to the organization of traditional civilization course material, from which exercises can be developed. Culture instruction should incorporate a cross-cultural dimension, be authentically contemporary, and be…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Background, Cultural Education
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Myers, John – History and Social Science Teacher, 1990
Cites the problems associated with teaching history: (1) lack of consensus on what and how to teach; (2) the adult perspective from which it is taught; (3) the abstract nature of history content; and (4) the concept of time. Concludes that efforts to include adolescent knowledge, skills, and attitudes should be considered in the history program.…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, History
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Lembcke, Jerry Lee – American Sociologist, 1993
Discusses classical theory as a modernist endeavor to apprehend the phenomenon of "unity of disunity." Presents three ways that classical theory approaches the philosophy views of Durkheim, Marx, and Weber. Concludes that postmodernism validates the relevancy of classical theory. (CFR)
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Economics, Educational Objectives, Epistemology