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Lina Markauskaite; Baruch Schwarz; Crina Damsa; Hanni Muukkonen – Journal of the Learning Sciences, 2024
The importance of engaging students with complex societal challenges has led to the adoption of various interdisciplinary teaching and learning practices in both K-12 and higher education. However, interdisciplinary learning is one of the most complex domains of contemporary educational practice, and, despite its significance, remains…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, Interdisciplinary Approach, Educational Practices, Social Problems
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Liu, John Chung-En; Szasz, Andrew – Teaching Sociology, 2019
Sociology has been slow in responding to the challenge of climate change. In this conversation, we advocate adding more climate change content to Introduction to Sociology courses. To support our arguments, we present data from a content analysis of the top 11 best-selling introductory textbooks in the United States, demonstrating that…
Descriptors: Sociology, Climate, Introductory Courses, Curriculum Development
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Ngar-Sze Lau; Thomas Kwan Choi Tse – British Journal of Religious Education, 2024
Starting with an initiative called Buddhicised education, there have been calls to reform Chinese Buddhism for a century. Based on documentary research of textbooks and in-depth interviews, this paper examines the reform of Buddhicised education in Hong Kong since 2000. Facilitated by the Hong Kong government's education reform, Buddhicised…
Descriptors: Buddhism, Religious Education, Social Change, Development
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Babaii, Esmat – Critical Inquiry in Language Studies, 2022
English language teaching has always been treated as a socio-cultural issue in post-revolutionary Iran. Fueled by anti-imperialist sentiment, the political authorities diagnosed Western influence as the major ailment of the society. Having to accommodate for the undeniable virtue of learning English for international communication, educationalists…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Textbooks
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Page, Richard C.; Shearer, Robert A. – Counselor Education and Supervision, 1980
Reviews current curriculum areas of counselor education programs relevant to correctional counselors, and suggests additional content to expand curriculums to better meet the needs of correctional counselors. (Author)
Descriptors: Correctional Rehabilitation, Counselor Training, Counselors, Curriculum Development
Wexler, Philip – Journal of Curriculum Theorizing, 1981
The development of a paradigm expressing social dissatisfaction was founded in the social movements of the late 1960s. Its result was to displace the individualistic, meritorious view of education with a structural one aimed at eliminating social inequality. (JN)
Descriptors: Capitalism, Cultural Context, Curriculum Development, Educational Change
Avis, James – Vocational Aspect of Education, 1993
Post-Fordism, a high-skills/high-trust economy/society, has transformative and emancipatory possibilities. However, exploitation and oppression are conveniently ignored. Education that focuses on critical and collective intelligence celebrates human potential. (SK)
Descriptors: Capitalism, Curriculum Development, Economic Development, Educational Change
Crase, Darrell – Health Education (Washington D.C.), 1981
Analysis of four trends in health education in the last decade focuses on: (1) shift from disease prevention to social concerns; (2) growing concern for quality of life-style; (3) greater emphasis on teacher preparation and curriculum development and less emphasis on program implementation; and (4) increases in the number of papers dealing with…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Educational Research, Futures (of Society), Health Education
Kilbourn, B. – Interchange on Educational Policy, 1980
The concept of "world view" is examined in relationship to the role of school curriculum and its possible contribution to social problems. The nature of curricula today is thought to contribute to the development of rigid belief systems which might have detrimental consequences for society. (JN)
Descriptors: Beliefs, Curriculum Development, Educational Philosophy, Elementary Secondary Education
Mason, Derek T.; Lusk, Mark W. – Human Services in the Rural Environment, 1992
To address social problems in rural areas, it is important to combine the generalist model of social work, which stresses intervention at the individual level, with a sustainable social development model that directs intervention efforts toward social institutions and cultural practices. Curriculum implications for social work education are…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Higher Education, Intervention, Models
Lindquist, Mary Montgomery, Ed. – 1980
This document examines specifically relevant issues and offers useful guidance in making decisions for elementary and secondary school mathematics education in the 1980's. The expertise of 19 authors is reflected in 14 chapters that provide an overview of mathematics today and recommendations for the future. The individual chapters are titled: (1)…
Descriptors: Content Analysis, Curriculum Design, Curriculum Development, Educational Research
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Wraga, William G. – Theory and Research in Social Education, 1993
Asserts that, for citizens in a democracy to understand and act upon complex societal issues, they must be able to integrate knowledge from a variety of subjects. Traces the history of interdisciplinary social studies education and examines arguments of its supporters and detractors. (CFR)
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Citizenship Responsibility, Course Content, Curriculum Development
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Geipel, Robert – Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 1979
Compares emphases of the American High School Geography Project with the West German curriculum development project. Notes the German project's stronger relationship to social issues and political education. Concludes that the German geography project has lost momentum, but that the ideas have reached most teachers. Journal availability: see SO…
Descriptors: Comparative Education, Curriculum Development, Educational Objectives, Foreign Countries
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Gundem, Bjorg B. – 1992
In its examination of the place of didactics in Scandinavian curricula, this paper discusses didactics as theory and prescription, at different levels of abstraction, and as scientific discipline. It focuses on the process of curriculum planning and selection in two areas: (1) preparing curriculum programs for teaching and learning nationally and…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Didacticism, Educational Philosophy, Educational Theories
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Freiberg, H. Jerome – Journal of Education for Teaching, 1981
The history and contributions of the Teacher Corps is traced from its inception in 1965 to the present. Teacher Corps projects throughout the country were responsible for developing such educational innovations as team teaching, individualized instruction, and multicultural education, and for providing quality education to the urban poor. (JN)
Descriptors: Change Agents, Curriculum Development, Educational Innovation, Elementary Secondary Education
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