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Souto-Manning, Mariana – Teachers College Press, 2013
This unique book features an array of approaches, strategies, and tools for teaching multiculturally in the early years. The teachers and classrooms portrayed here provide young children with rich educational experiences that empower them to understand themselves in relation to others. You will see how amazing teachers engage in culturally…
Descriptors: Multicultural Education, Early Childhood Education, Preschool Education, Kindergarten
Larson, Kenneth L. – 1977
Designed for elementary school teachers in Santa Cruz, California, this book outlines an experiential approach to community study. Because the term community can encompass a scope as narrow as the school or as wide as the region, these guidelines are adaptable to several elementary grade levels. The book is arranged in six sections. The first…
Descriptors: Community Characteristics, Community Resources, Community Study, Elementary Education
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Stuhr, Patricia L.; And Others – Art Education, 1992
Presents six position statements for developing a multicultural arts curriculum. Suggests strategies for implementing curricula and resources for gathering community information. Provides examples of implementation, including a sample interview to use with artists and sample questions to ask students when analyzing works of art. (KM)
Descriptors: Art Education, Art History, Artists, Community Resources
Peters, Richard O. – 1991
This paper discusses the importance of using community resources to supplement classroom instruction in the social studies to enhance the students' comprehension of the importance and immediate application of classroom instruction to the real world. Community resources can be used by classroom teachers in all subject areas, and at all grade levels…
Descriptors: Community Resources, Community Schools, Curriculum, Ecology
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Branen, Karen; Congdon, Kristin – Art Education, 1994
Asserts that multicultural approaches to art education have increased in number and variety in recent years. Describes an in-school museum elementary art program that teaches students to appreciate the everyday art found in their ethnically diverse homes. (CFR)
Descriptors: Art Education, Class Activities, Community Resources, Cultural Pluralism
Townsend, Catherine M., Ed.; McAbee, Patti, Ed. – 1992
These materials are designed to serve as an in-service program for South Carolina teachers interested in using local history and culture in their classrooms. The materials are organized around four different topics, each of which stems from an interview with educators expert in the incorporation of local culture in the classroom. The four topics…
Descriptors: Community Resources, Cultural Education, Educational Resources, Elementary Secondary Education
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Finkelstein, Judy; And Others – Social Education, 1985
How museums have changed to accommodate young children is described, the importance of pre-visit preparations is discussed, and strategies and activities to enhance the concepts gained from museum experiences are presented. (RM)
Descriptors: Community Resources, Data, Data Collection, Data Interpretation
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Walker, Betty – Business Education Forum, 1985
The author suggests alternative methods of teaching accounting in order to bring the community into the classroom: compiling lists of possible field trips, speakers, and other sources of information; a questionnaire for students; field trips; speakers in the classroom; individual interviews; analyzing records of small businesses; and using…
Descriptors: Accounting, Community Resources, Field Trips, Guidelines
Husmann, Ann – Innovation Abstracts, 1983
Inviting carefully selected guests into the classroom can help students recognize the blending of theory and practice and involve students more intimately in the learning process. For example, a first-person account by a mother of a handicapped child might have a greater impact on the listener than books, films, or lectures. Effective…
Descriptors: College Instruction, Community Resources, Discussion (Teaching Technique), Educational Resources
Corsini, Irene; Solity, Jeanne – 1987
This article collects some of the many ideas that were generated in one of the workshop options at the Adult Literacy and Basic Skills Unit Materials Conference. The ideas it presents illustrate the purpose of the workshop, which was to explore, discuss, and plan ways of using objects and visual material as a source for generating ideas and…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Community Resources, Curriculum Development
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Schneider, Allan F. – Journal of Geological Education, 1989
Discussed is a geology education program which includes hikes, lectures, naturalist training sessions, workshops, writing, collecting, upgrading park facilities, and producing exhibits in state parks in the Lake Michigan District of Wisconsin. The importance of public education and sources of public information are stressed. (CW)
Descriptors: Community Resources, Earth Science, Field Studies, Geology
Peters, Richard – 1994
This paper is a collection of learning activities that can be used by social studies teachers from K-12 to enrich the social studies curriculum. Field trips and excursions are discussed as ways to utilize community resources and resource persons. Community service by various groups is suggested as a way of focusing on participatory citizenship.…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Community Resources, Curriculum Enrichment, Ecology
Little, Judith Warren; Haley, Frances – 1982
The importance of following prescribed principles in the implementation of an effective law-related education (LRE) program is emphasized. Based on research findings that law-related education is a delinquency-prevention technique, the fact sheet lists six prescriptions for providing effective law-related education programs: (1) the use of…
Descriptors: Community Resources, Delinquency Prevention, Educational Principles, Elementary Secondary Education
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Bucher, Katherine T.; Fravel, Mark, Jr. – Social Studies and the Young Learner, 1991
Offers ways to use postcards as a tool to teach local history. Outlines steps for class projects involving field trips and student research. Incorporates innovative methods to teach a community's visual history in which students utilize a wide spectrum of community resources. Provides tips on how to obtain old postcards. (NL)
Descriptors: Community Resources, Elementary Education, Field Trips, History Instruction
Taylor, Howard Eugene – 1996
This Digest draws on current practices in global education to provide teachers with practical suggestions regarding instructional and technological resources as well as the use of cooperative learning approaches. Readily accessible instructional resources for teaching global education include: (1) local communities, e.g., volunteer organizations,…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Community Resources, Cooperative Learning, Educational Resources
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