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ERIC Number: ED077804
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1972
Pages: 4
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Social Studies Labs: Enfield's Exciting Alternative. Profiles of Promise 2.
Capron, Barbara; Haley, Frances
The social studies labs described in this profile are non-classrooms where kids come during study halls or after school. There are no teacher assignments and no required content. Faculty people serve the labs as participants and advisors. Students develop lab carts, work in the Living History Center, review curriculum materials in the Materials Analysis Center, engage in research and develop materials on the environment, and assist in the lab publication program. The lab cart program is most successful. A lab cart looks like a bookcase on wheels, and contains books, periodicals, filmstrips, descriptions of human and community resources, slides, and a slide-tape presentation that serves as an overview of the topic. The Living History Center, has student-developed audiovisual units focusing on aspects of Enfield's history. In the Curriculum Materials Analysis Center, new and revised materials are reviewed by student-teacher teams and rated for interest, accuracy, objectivity, relevance and value. Dig-Discuss-Do is an action-oriented program concerned with improving local and national environmental quality. Equipment and space for the labs are located in one room of the social studies department at each high school. All decisions are made jointly by students and faculty as a team. Over 200 students are involved in the labs on a voluntary basis--Enfield personnel think of this as an indicator of success. (A short listing of other resources for information on this program conclude the profile.) (JLB)
Social Science Education Consortium, 855 Broadway, Boulder, Colorado 80302 ($10.00, 1 copy of 30 issues; $20.00, 5 copies of 30 issues)
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Sponsor: National Inst. of Education (DHEW), Washington, DC.
Authoring Institution: Social Science Education Consortium, Inc., Boulder, CO.; ERIC Clearinghouse for Social Studies/Social Science Education, Boulder, CO.
Identifiers - Location: Connecticut
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