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A Social Studies Professional Library.
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Hass, John D. – Social Education, 1987
Offers a listing of 80 books considered to be important for a professional library in social studies. The categories included are: (1) foundations of social studies education; (2) social studies curriculum; (3) social studies instruction; (4) change processes in social studies; and (5) sources on sources. (JDH)
Descriptors: Books, Curriculum, Elementary Secondary Education, Library Collection Development
A Century of Educational Reform in China.
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Davis-Friedmann, Deborah – History of Education Quarterly, 1986
Reviews three books on education in China: "Educational and Social Change in China: The Beginnings of the Modern Era" (Borthwick, 1983), "Education and Popular Literacy in Ch'ing China" (Rawski, 1979), and "Education under Mao: Class and Competition in Canton Schools, 1960-1980" (Unger, 1982). (JDH)
Descriptors: Culture, Curriculum, Educational Change, Educational Development
Requiem for Cultural Internationalism.
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Ninkovich, Frank – History of Education Quarterly, 1986
Reviews Mary Brown Bullock's 1980 book,"An American Transplant: The Rockefeller Foundation and Peking Union Medical College." Far more than a narrow, scholarly history, this book is a case study of the far-reaching cultural impact of international educational exchange efforts. (JDH)
Descriptors: Culture, Curriculum, Educational Change, Educational Development
The Mental Development of Younger Schoolchildren in the Process of Learning Activity.
Davydov, V. V. – Soviet Education, 1988
Provides chapter six from V. V. Davydov's "Problems of Developmental Teaching." Discusses research done on the link between learning activity theory and the structuring of elementary level curricula. Reviews teaching methods for mathematics and the Russian language based on Davydov's theories. (CH)
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Curriculum Research, Educational Psychology, Educational Research
A Responsive Curriculum for Severely Handicapped Preschoolers.
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McCormick, Linda; Noonan, Mary Jo – Topics in Early Childhood Special Education, 1984
The article discusses procedures for development and implementation of a curriculum to shape functional skills for severely multiply or severely profoundly disabled preschoolers. Five response levels of increasing complexity are suggested. Teachers urged to be sensitive to child-determined instructional occasions in early assessment and…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Curriculum Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Multiple Disabilities
Notable 1985 Children's Trade Books in the Field of Social Studies.
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Social Education, 1986
Recommends 98 books, coded for reading level, which emphasize human relations and present original theme or fresh slant on traditional topic. Topical categories are: American history, culture and life (23 titles); world history and culture (13 titles); biographies (6 titles); folktales, storytelling, and poetry (22 titles); contemporary interests…
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Cultural Education, Curriculum Enrichment, Elementary Education
The Common School and American Society: A Reappraisal.
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Tyack, David – History of Education Quarterly, 1986
Reviews Carl F. Kaestle's 1983 book, "Pillars of the Republic: Common Schools and American Society, 1780-1860." Maintains that this work synthesizes and refocuses both old and new interpretations of the political and institutional history of the common school before 1860 in the United States. (JDH)
Descriptors: Culture, Curriculum, Educational Change, Educational Development
Civic Virtue and the Irony of School Reform.
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Graham, Hugh Davis – History of Education Quarterly, 1986
Reviews "Managers of Virtue: Public School Leadership in America, 1820-1980" (Tyack & Hansot, 1982), and "Public School in Hard Times: The Great Depression and Recent Years" (Tyack, Lowe & Hansot, 1984). Maintains that the strength of these two works lies more in their balanced synthesis of the scholarly literature than on the direct policy…
Descriptors: Civics, Curriculum, Educational Change, Educational Development
The Mental Development of Younger School Children in the Process of Learning Activity (Contd.).
Davydov, V. V. – Soviet Education, 1988
Presents the conclusion of chapter 6 ("The Mental Development of Younger Schoolchildren in the Process of Learning Activity") from V. V. Davydov's "Problems of Developmental Teaching." Examines experimental teaching methods for elementary art education. Reviews research on effects of Davydov's developmental teaching, concluding…
Descriptors: Aesthetic Education, Art Education, Art Expression, Cognitive Development
Learning Styles in the ESL/EFL Classroom.
Reid, Joy M., Ed. – 1995
A selection of essays in learning styles in English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) instruction includes: "Cultural Differences in Learning Styles" (Gayle L. Nelson); "Difficulties with Cross-Cultural Learning-Styles Assessment" (Patricia A. Eliason); "Gender Differences in Language Learning Styles: What Do They Mean?" (Rebecca L. Oxford); "Cognitive…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Ambiguity, Class Activities, Classroom Techniques