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Weiler, Robert M. – 1993
Reducing the incidence and severity of child and adolescent injuries requires a multifaceted approach involving broad-based health and social service agencies, including schools. Recognition of the need for injury prevention education began with the Industrial Revolution in the 1900s, and safety education was developed as a unit of health…
Descriptors: Accident Prevention, Accidents, Course Content, Educational Needs
Mellon, Constance A.; Sass, Edmund – Educational Technology, 1981
Discusses the relationship between Piaget's theory of cognitive development and Perry's theory of intellectual and ethical development, and recommends a framework for their application in course design. Involving students in examining not only course content, but also their beliefs and reasoning patterns, is recommended as a route for improving…
Descriptors: Beliefs, Bibliographies, Cognitive Measurement, Cognitive Processes
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Jewett, Ann E. – Quest, 1980
Recent efforts in physical education theory building are reviewed in relation to general curriculum theory. The relationship between curriculum and instruction is examined. A model illustrates the process of relating physical education curriculum theory to general curriculum theory and the need for adaptation to differing values. (Author/JN)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Course Content, Curriculum Development, Educational Technology
Anderson, Paul S. – 1986
An analysis of the content and methods of college courses in map use yields a three-section result. The first is a rather traditional overview of the general uniformity in content (scale, coordinates, symbols, relief, and directions) but some diversity in methods. The focus is usually on map use skills. The second part classifies and analyzes the…
Descriptors: Cartography, Course Content, Educational Technology, Geography Instruction
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Finkelstein, Judith M.; And Others – Social Education, 1993
Reviews reports from several professional organizations on recommendations about education for participatory citizenship. Reports on a study of 3,000 teachers in grades 1-3 from 7 midwestern states on the characteristics of social studies programs. Recommends four approaches to foster developmental social studies instruction. (CFR)
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Course Content, Curriculum Development, Educational Strategies
Porter, Andrew C.; Smithson, John L. – 2001
The purpose of this paper is to report on the progress of work done by the Consortium for Policy Research in Education on developing valid yet efficient measures of instructional content and its relationship to assessment and standards. The goal is to help develop new methodologies to assess the relationships between what is taught and what is…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Accountability, Course Content, Curriculum
Hope, Jack – 1990
The purpose of this report is to identify changes that need to be made in the Saskatchewan mathematics curriculum and to provide the curriculum writers and advisory committee with sufficient background information to develop a revised program and to evaluate teaching materials currently available. The purpose of Part 1 of the guide is to examine…
Descriptors: Course Content, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Guides, Curriculum Research
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Markee, Numa – English for Specific Purposes, 1986
Syllabus designers and materials writers in developing nations must treat English for specific purposes as a language-policy solution to language-policy problems. They must familiarize themselves with sociopolitical factors affecting course design and subsequently the relevance of courses produced. Examples are illustrated through a case study of…
Descriptors: Arabic, Course Content, Curriculum Development, Developing Nations
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Hoffman, Stevie – International Journal of Social Education, 1993
Asserts that the early childhood social studies curriculum should enable children to rethink and revise their tentative understandings of the world in light of new information and experiences. Argues that teachers must have knowledge of history, the social sciences, and cultural pluralism to design and teach social studies effectively. (CFR)
Descriptors: Course Content, Curriculum Design, Early Childhood Education, Educational Objectives
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Johnston, Sue – Journal of Curriculum Studies, 1994
Maintains that courses in curriculum studies should be evaluated on "why" they should be part of teacher education and "how" they should be taught. Asserts that curriculum studies occupies a more tenuous position in teacher education than do established disciplines such as sociology, philosophy, and psychology. (CFR)
Descriptors: Course Content, Course Descriptions, Curriculum Development, Educational Change
Langton, Helen; Blunden, Gillian; Hek, Gill – 1999
The knowledge and skills needed by cancer nurses and the content and strategies of England's existing cancer nursing education programs were examined. The study included a comprehensive literature review and an analysis of course documents from selected English National Board-approved post-qualifying cancer nursing and palliative care courses…
Descriptors: Cancer, Clinical Teaching (Health Professions), Competence, Core Curriculum