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Peer reviewedShort, Edmund C. – Theory into Practice, 1986
Exemplary curriculum designs from the past that have provided models for implementation are reviewed in order to lend perspective to designs for today's and tomorrow's curricula. (MT)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Curriculum Design, Curriculum Development, Educational Theories
Peer reviewedWolforth, John – Canadian Geographer, 1982
In Germany during the 1970s, a largely descriptive and encyclopedic approach to geography instruction was replaced by a global approach which used world regions as vehicles for examining themes. The role of three instruments of curriculum change--an official syllabus, a textbook series, and a curriculum project--is examined. (Author/RM)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Comparative Education, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Guides
Download full textBrooks, Kevin – 1996
Understanding the absence of composition in western Canada is predicated upon understanding the presence of composition in the United States, the only country in the world with a highly visible tradition of composition. This absence in western Canada, between 1900 and 1950, is largely a matter of appearance--composition in both countries was an…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Curriculum Development, Educational Development, Educational History
Peer reviewedUnks, Gerald; And Others – High School Journal, 1979
In the 1930s, the best known and most heavily funded effort to reform American secondary education was the Eight Year Study. This article examines the study not only for what its results showed but also because it prompted a debate over curriculum innovation that is still relevant. (Author/SJL)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Comparative Analysis, Curriculum Development, Educational Change
Loomis, A. K.; Lide, Edwin S.; Johnson, B. Lamar – Office of Education, United States Department of the Interior, 1933
This manuscript in two parts is one of the larger ones of the National Survey of Secondary Education. Part I was prepared by A. K. Loomis and Edwin S. Lide. It deals with the program of studies in junior and senior high schools; the purpose, principally, is to trace the trends. For instance, the programs of studies in 60 junior high schools were…
Descriptors: School Organization, High Schools, Private Schools, Junior High Schools
Johnston, Betty – 2002
A project that focused on how the field of adult numeracy education had been shaped in Australia over the last 20 years sought answers to these research questions: (1) What does the past tell about adult literacy and numeracy policy, provision, and research? (2) Are Australians numerate? (3) What sort of numeracy activities do Australians engage…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Educators, Adult Literacy, Basic Skills
Castleton, Geraldine; McDonald, Marya – 2002
The literacy programs and policies implemented in Australia over the past decade were reviewed to identify initiatives that have and have not had a positive impact on vocational education and training (VET) and lifelong learning opportunities. Policies and practices in seven other countries were also reviewed. The following themes received…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Educators, Adult Literacy, Adult Programs
