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Pang, Valerie Ooka; Park, Cynthia – Social Studies, 1992
Discusses the contributions of issues-centered education to a multicultural education program. Suggests that middle school students will develop an open-ended attitude toward social problems that aids the development of problem-solving skills. Presents an example of a multicultural issue including background information and a script of a class…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Decision Making, Elementary Secondary Education, Middle Schools
Naylor, Michele – 1988
Studies have shown that employers have traditionally agreed on the behaviors and attitudes they expect from employees and on the security and benefits that they are willing to provide in return. Various factors, including rapid technological advancement and increased foreign competition, have changed this. Today's workers generally have less job…
Descriptors: Career Education, Critical Thinking, Decision Making, Employer Employee Relationship
Naylor, Michele – 1988
The educational excellence movement has made an academic curriculum a high priority for all high school students, including the 40 percent who do not go on to college. The joint efforts approach to incorporating basic skills into the vocational curriculum is based on the following assumptions: (1) academic skills are embedded in vocational…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Articulation (Education), Basic Skills, Competency Based Education
Wisconsin State Dept. of Public Instruction, Madison. Div. for Handicapped Children and Pupil Services. – 1991
The PARTNERS program is designed to assist educators in a problem-solving process and in making appropriate intervention decisions for students with learning and behavior problems. Through presentation, reading, discussion, and activities, participants have an opportunity to learn about and use an effective educational problem solving,…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Case Studies, Elementary Secondary Education, Faculty Development
Nolen-Parkhouse, Andrew – 1982
In resident outdoor education programs, students and their teachers attend an outdoor facility for two days or longer and use the outdoor environment as their primary classroom, focusing on natural sciences, outdoor recreation, social skills, and attitudinal and cognitive development. A resident program should have significant impact on social…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Cognitive Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Environmental Education