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Download full textKerka, Sandra – 2000
Certificates are a valuable new currency in the information economy. Through a postbaccalaureate or postmaster's certificate, adults acquire market-demanded competencies in a short time. Many certificate-seekers are currently employed adults looking for focused, flexible, interdisciplinary, and highly relevant education opportunities. Certificate…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Career Education, Curriculum Development, Distance Education
Stotsky, Sandra – 1992
Civic education "means explicit and continuing study of the basic concepts and values underlying our democratic political community and constitutional order" (Butts 1988, 184). It draws its content chiefly from four disciplines: political science, jurisprudence, history, and economics. Political science and jurisprudence provide an…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Curriculum Development, Educational Objectives, Elementary Secondary Education
Curtain, Helena – 1990
Interest in elementary school foreign language programs has resurfaced in recent years, and the number of programs is increasing. Many states are requiring foreign language study at the elementary level. For a local school or community seeking to implement elementary school language programs, it is important that a rationale be developed to meet…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Curriculum Development, Educational Benefits, Educational Objectives
Riley, Cheryl L., Comp. – 1985
Emphasizing the ethics of conservation, this conference report compiles the following information submitted by conference presenters: (1) summaries of their presentations; (2) environmental ethics statements pertinent to their subjects; (3) activities; (4) favorite quotation; and (5) resources and references including books, journals,…
Descriptors: Adventure Education, Conservation Education, Conservation (Environment), Curriculum Development
Brown, Bettina Lankard – 1999
According to the school-to-work (STW) program philosophy, STW efforts should be comprehensive and begin as early as preschool. At the elementary school level, the developmental process of career education begins with career awareness designed to broaden student knowledge about careers and connect academic learning to the workplace. Developing…
Descriptors: Career Awareness, Career Education, Classroom Techniques, Curriculum Development
Blosser, Patricia E., Ed.; Helgeson, Stanley L., Ed. – 1987
Abstracts of most of the papers, symposia, and poster sessions presented at the 60th conference of the National Association for Research in Science Teaching (NARST) are provided. Subject areas addressed include: videodisc technology; problem solving; cognitive learning; attitudes toward science; teaching strategies; science, technology, society;…
Descriptors: Biology, Chemistry, Cognitive Processes, Computer Assisted Instruction
Blosser, Patricia E., Ed.; Helgeson, Stanley L., Ed. – 1989
This document contains the abstracts of most of the papers, symposia, and poster sessions presented at the 62nd Annual Conference of the National Association for Research in Science Teaching (NARST). Subject areas addressed include: teacher preparation; science, technology and society; classroom research, elementary science; process skills;…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Biology, Chemistry, Cognitive Processes
