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Peer reviewedRothe, J. Peter – Canadian Social Studies, 1993
Describes the community participation facet of the eleventh-grade social studies curriculum for British Columbia. Proposes a four-stage model to identify, study, and propose recommendations about a community issue or problem. Suggests that social action based on empirical research improves social studies instruction. (CFR)
Descriptors: Citizen Role, Citizenship Education, Community Involvement, Curriculum Design
Peer reviewedEnns, Carolyn Zerbe – Teaching of Psychology, 1993
Reviews literature related to learning styles and gender differences. Determines that abstract and reflection are associated traditionally with mind or masculine, whereas concrete experience and active experimentation are associated with the body or female. Calls for additional experiential activities to provide a more gender-balanced approach to…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Style, Course Content, Curriculum Design
Peer reviewedAlleman, Janet; Brophy, Jere – Social Science Record, 1993
Reports on a study of memorable elementary school, social studies activities experienced by college students. Finds that the responses reflected the influence of the expanding communities curriculum when viewed across grade levels. Argues that experiential and higher order thinking activities were remembered most favorably. (CFR)
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Course Content, Curriculum Design, Educational Strategies
Peer reviewedFouts, Jeffrey T.; And Others – Theory and Research in Social Education, 1993
Reports on a study of the classroom environment and student attitudes in 38 secondary Chinese classrooms. Finds that, despite considerable cultural and political differences, the classroom environment in social studies is remarkably similar to that in the United States. Concludes that diverse activities and active student involvement are related…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Classroom Environment, Curriculum Design, Educational Research
Peer reviewedAlleman, Janet; Brophy, Jere – Social Science Record, 1994
Continues an article from an earlier issue that reported on a study of memorable social studies activities experienced by college students when they were in elementary schools. Finds that activity-oriented instruction was remembered most positively. (CFR)
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Course Content, Curriculum Design, Educational Strategies
Peer reviewedPayne, Margaret – Journal of Art and Design Education, 1993
Asserts that the pedagogical approach proposed by Friedrich Froebel in the 1930s can be found in the Art National Curriculum in England. Describes the Art National Curriculum and links it to Froebel's integrated and sequenced approach to curriculum development and instruction. (CFR)
Descriptors: Art Education, Class Activities, Curriculum Design, Curriculum Guides
Download full textJutras, Phillip F. – 1994
Regis College (Massachusetts) has expanded student learning skills through through changes in the management program toward increasing integration of management and liberal arts disciplines and increased opportunities for cooperative and experiential learning. The program stresses making conceptual connections and part/whole relations in…
Descriptors: Business Administration Education, College Faculty, College Instruction, College Students
