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Download full textNugent, Helen Jean M. – 1987
This ERIC Digest considers: (1) why U.S. students should learn about Canada; (2) where course content on Canada belongs in the curriculum; and (3) useful strategies and resources to improve the teaching of Canadian studies. The United States and Canada share the world's largest undefended border, and the United States trades more with Canada than…
Descriptors: Area Studies, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Enrichment, Elementary Secondary Education
Merryfield, Merry M. – 1988
This ERIC digest examines: (1) the origins and goals of the African Social Studies Programme (ASSP); (2) ASSP's organization and operation; and (3) ASSP's major achievements and current challenges. The ASSP is a non-political, non-profit intergovernmental organization of 17 African nations that stimulates, promotes, and monitors innovative…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Curriculum Enrichment, Developing Nations, Foreign Countries
ERIC Clearinghouse on Languages and Linguistics, Washington, DC. – 1995
With the purpose of highlighting the lessons to be learned from immersion programs, this digest presents selected findings from research carried out to evaluate the effectiveness of immersion programs in Canada and the United States. These lessons are related to the importance of: (1) integrating language with content instruction (when second…
Descriptors: Curriculum Design, Foreign Countries, Immersion Programs, Instructional Effectiveness
Oertel, Frithjof M. – 1984
Described in this document are three stages in the emergence and acceptance in West Germany of the situation-oriented approach to education for "kindergarten" children (ages 3 to 6 years). In brief, this approach stresses learning in real-life situations within the community and values the contributions of children, families, and…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Evaluation, Educational Change
Peer reviewedSchlene, Vickie J. – Journal of Geography, 1991
Presents a sampling of items from the ERIC database dealing with Asia and the Pacific Rim. Urges the inclusion of these countries in the curriculum as exchange of peoples, goods, and cultures increases. Emphasizes the growing importance of the region as a global force. Includes articles and books on culture, economies, and cultural exchange…
Descriptors: Cultural Interrelationships, Curriculum Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries
Ellington, Lucien – 2001
Japan's educational system, in particular its K-12 schools, remains one of the very best in the world. This digest provides an overview of the following topics: (1) Japanese educational achievements; (2) the structure of K-12 education in Japan; (3) the K-12 curriculum, with an emphasis on social studies education; (4) educational reform in Japan;…
Descriptors: Area Studies, Cross Cultural Studies, Curriculum Design, Educational Change
Wojtan, Linda S. – Southern Social Studies Quarterly, 1988
Examines (1) the meaning of the term Pacific Rim, (2) the reasons for emphasizing the Pacific Rim in the social studies curriculum, and (3) useful strategies for teaching about this part of the world. Provides a list of reference and ERIC resources dealing with this subject. (GEA)
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Instructional Improvement
Johnson, Jeffrey R. – 1991
Recent events in Europe suggest that the pattern of global ideological struggle that provoked the division of Korea is apparently dissolving, giving way to nationalist movements. The division of the Korean people now appears anachronistic. There are signs that reunification is possible. Despite the importance of the Korean peninsula in world…
Descriptors: Area Studies, Asian Studies, Curriculum Development, Educational Resources
Katz, Lilian G., Ed.; Rothenberg, Dianne, Ed. – Early Childhood Research & Practice, 1999
Early Childhood Research & Practice (ECRP), a peer-reviewed, Internet-only journal sponsored by the ERIC Clearinghouse on Elementary and Early Childhood Education (ERIC/EECE), covers topics related to the development, care, and education of children from birth to approximately age 8. ECRP emphasizes articles reporting on practice-related…
Descriptors: Church Role, Cultural Influences, Documentation, Early Childhood Education
Wojtan, Linda S., Ed.; Spence, Donald, Ed. – 1992
This collection of essays presents a rationale for incorporating teaching about Japan in the K-12 curriculum. The volume provides practical examples and guidelines about how to achieve this goal. The essays are organized into three main categories--professional development, curriculum design and enhancement, and exchange. The essays include:…
Descriptors: Area Studies, Curriculum Design, Curriculum Development, Educational Change
Hamot, Gregory E. – 1997
Many cooperative civic education projects among U.S. and Central/Eastern European educators have emerged since the end of Communist Party Rule in the former Czechoslovakia. This digest describes a collaborative curriculum development project, Civic Education for the Czech Republic (CECR). The objective of CECR is to revise the existing social…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Civics, Communism, Curriculum Development
Merryfield, Merry M., Ed. – 1989
Written by 25 African educators from 15 African nations that make up the African Social Studies Programme (ASSP), a Pan-African organization headquartered in Nairobi, Kenya, this document is designed to supplement the sparse material on Africa available in the K-12 curriculum and textbooks in the United States, and these 11 lessons encourage U.S.…
Descriptors: Area Studies, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Exchange
Weston, David – 1989
This ERIC Digest discusses: (1) reasons for learning about Inner Asia; (2) how to include Inner Asia in the curriculum; and (3) strategies for teaching about Inner Asia. U.S. students have difficulties in interpreting current events that occur in this region, because they lack knowledge of the history, geography, and cultures of Inner Asia. This…
Descriptors: Asian Studies, Curriculum Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries
Hume, Susan E. – 1996
People from African countries who visit the United States often are stunned by how little people know about African countries. Africa is a large continent more than 3 times the size of the continental United States, and it contains over 50 independent countries. One out of every three member states in the United Nations is an African country. One…
Descriptors: African Culture, African Studies, Area Studies, Course Content
Pharness, Gary – 1991
Despite increasing awareness of the need for workplace literacy programs to focus on adults' personal needs and interests and on long-term employment needs, many worker education programs for adults learning English as a Second Language continue to limit themselves to specific training for particular jobs. The Hastings Institute, Inc., a…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Foreign Countries, Literacy Education, Program Descriptions
