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Download full textWalstad, William B., Ed.; Soper, John C., Ed. – 1991
The Developmental Economic Education Program (DEEP) was launched in 1964 by the Joint Council on Economic Education as an experimental program in three school districts. By 1989 there were 1,836 school districts enrolled in DEEP, covering some 39 percent of the precollege student population. This book tells the story of DEEP, an effort to improve…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Curriculum Evaluation, Economics Education, Educational Change
Hanna, Paul R. – 1987
This book stresses that the social studies curriculum in U.S. elementary and secondary schools is the basic core for conveying to new generations the concepts, values, and abilities that will allow the society to survive and prosper. In the 1950s, the concern was over the adequacy of courses being taught and the lack of a cohesive structure that…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Core Curriculum, Curriculum Evaluation, Educational Quality
Kamerman, Sheila B., Ed. – 2001
This report is the result of the first consultative meeting of international and U.S. experts in the field of early childhood education and care (ECEC). In addition to providing information on international developments in ECEC, a primary objective of the meeting was to identify possible policy, program, research, and demonstration ideas of…
Descriptors: Child Care Occupations, Child Caregivers, Day Care, Early Childhood Education
Huck, Daniel F.; Mundel, David S. – 1978
Discussing the related problems of military recruitment and civilian youth unemployment and inadequate education and training, this paper is intended to provide a framework for the consideration and analysis of alternative approaches to these problems. Without offering recommendations, the paper also reports the effects of three prototypical…
Descriptors: Community Services, Cooperative Programs, Coordination, Demonstration Programs
Schuyten, G., Ed.; Valcke, M., Ed. – 1990
This book is the result of a cooperative project of several European countries--Belgium, Greece, Ireland, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, and the United Kingdom. Each country involved provides a chapter outlining a national project or a specific organization presents its own approach and initiatives to teacher education, with particular…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Uses in Education, Constructivism (Learning), Education Courses
Chenault, JoAnn; Mermis, William L. – 1976
Commissioned by the Office of Career Education (OCE), this monograph provides a perspective from which the OCE could (1) examine the human services education model implemented by the authors, and (2) consider its possible usefulness in OCE's future planning and development. The focus is on the potential alliance of career education and human…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Career Education, Concept Formation, Cooperative Planning
Peck, Jamie – 2001
This book discusses the evolution of workfare policies in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom. Chapter 1 defines the term "workfare" and examines the concepts of transnationalizing workfare and workfarist labor regulation. Chapter 2 establishes workfare's theoretical context and explores the relationship between welfare…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Definitions, Education Work Relationship, Employment Opportunities
