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Okumura, Shinji – Intercultural Education, 2020
Telecollaboration involving children around the world allows them to develop international understanding (IU). This paper reports on the design and implementation of a telecollaboration project between Japanese and Australian primary school students. The main purpose of the project, which integrates the contents of Social Studies and foreign…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Curriculum Implementation, Computer Mediated Communication, Elementary School Students
Spann, Sammy J. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
This study examined the impact of a service-learning program on college students in an inclusive camp environment. Participants in the study completed a pre-post questionnaire to determine the impact of service-learning on the students' self concept, personal growth, and understanding of diversity as it relates to working with children with…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, College Students, Learning Activities, Self Concept
Nagai, Jiro – International Understanding at School, 1979
Discusses trends in education for international understanding in Japan since World War II. Information is presented on curriculum development, objectives, student attitudes toward international understanding and human rights, efforts to develop lifelong learning programs, and experimental activities in the area of international understanding. (DB)
Descriptors: Comparative Education, Curriculum Development, Educational History, Educational Trends
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Schlene, Vickie J. – Social Studies and the Young Learner, 1992
Lists some of the citations in the ERIC database dealing with teaching global studies in elementary school. Includes teaching methods, works on individual countries, curriculum suggestions, and student activities. Suggests that students need a foundation for a consciousness and acceptance of multicultural realities. (DK)
Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, Cultural Differences, Curriculum Development, Elementary Education
Martin, Robert A., Ed. – 1990
The need to develop an awareness of the global nature of the agriculture industry is one of the major issues that students must begin to understand. A packet of instructional materials was developed to help teachers infuse a global perspective into units of instruction about agriculture and related topics. This document offers a series of…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Agricultural Production, Agricultural Trends, Agriculture
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Williams, Mary Louise – Update on Law-Related Education, 1993
Presents a lesson plan about case studies of the environmental disasters of Minamata, Japan and Love Canal, New York. Compares how the legal cases were handled in two constitutional democracies. Provides six handouts that include maps, role descriptions for simulations, and student readings. (CFR)
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Educational Strategies, Environmental Education, Environmental Influences
Des Chenes, Kathryn; Bhavnagri, Navaz P. – 1992
This report describes an intervention to improve American kindergarten children's understanding of Japanese culture. The intervention consisted of a curriculum unit presented in a kindergarten class of 14 American and 7 Japanese children in Brookline, Massachusetts. Before and after the intervention, the American children's knowledge of Japanese…
Descriptors: Childhood Interests, Childrens Literature, Cultural Awareness, Curriculum Development
Kurfman, Dana; And Others – 1968
The school trials of the materials developed by this project yield information relevant to three evaluative criteria: student attitude toward the material, teacher attitude, and the attainment of unit objectives. Eleven teachers were selected involving approximately 300 ninth through twelfth grade students. Estimates of verbal aptitude were…
Descriptors: Activity Units, Area Studies, Concept Teaching, Curriculum Development
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Sesow, F. William; Wunder, Susan – Social Studies, 1995
Asserts that examining cultural artifacts brings important learning opportunities to the classroom. Describes the planning process for a trip to Japan and the collection of cultural artifacts for a social studies curriculum kit. Includes suggested classroom activities using the kit. (CFR)
Descriptors: Active Learning, Class Activities, Classroom Techniques, Cooperative Learning