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Hytten, Kathy; Stemhagen, Kurt – Educational Studies: Journal of the American Educational Studies Association, 2020
In this article, we discuss the rise of what we call ABC schools: Anything but Civics. These are STEM/STEAM schools and programs that orient their focus around teaching science, technology, engineering, and math subjects (sometimes adding the arts). We trouble the tendency toward individualistic and narrowly economic orientations in these programs…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Art Education, Civics, Role of Education
Hinton, Samuel – Online Submission, 2011
The purpose of this paper is to review ethnic diversity, national unity and multicultural education in China with graduate students in a multicultural education course and pose some questions for discussion. China is a rapidly developing multiethnic country facing several challenges, including pollution, growing income inequality and low political…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Multicultural Education, Equal Education, Hidden Curriculum
Cummins, Catherine L.; And Others – 1989
Many science educators have called attention to the need for teachers to prepare all types of students for a rapidly changing, technological world. Curriculum theorists have called for changes in a hidden curriculum of science they described as class specific and presenting science as a consensus arrived at by positivistic methods. This paper…
Descriptors: Educational Environment, Educational Objectives, Educational Theories, Elementary Secondary Education
Makedon, Alexander – 1992
This paper argues for radical perspectivism in education and provides an introduction to the goals of perspectivist education, the teaching methods, and the curriculum along with addressing moral education and the underlying assumptions of the theory. Radical perspectivism stresses that to really understand something, it must be considered from a…
Descriptors: Curriculum Design, Curriculum Development, Educational Objectives, Educational Philosophy
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Blake, Nigel – Oxford Review of Education, 1996
Maintains that spirituality, by reason of its very nature and essence, is antithetical to the goals of state education. Argues that efforts to define spirituality as separate from religion are disingenuous and driven by a specific political agenda. Discusses the conflicting goals of spirituality and secular institutionalization. (MJP)
Descriptors: Beliefs, Educational Objectives, Educational Philosophy, Elementary Secondary Education
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Carr, David – Oxford Review of Education, 1996
Argues against the limited definition of spiritual education as strictly concerned with the mystical and transcendental. Maintains that a broader application of spiritual education can and should be offered. Asserts that this application needs to be developed in terms of curricular objectives and assessment. (MJP)
Descriptors: Beliefs, Curriculum Development, Educational Objectives, Educational Philosophy
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Moulder, Frances V. – Teaching Sociology, 1997
Summarizes the response to complaints that a class examining the sociology of minorities unfairly emphasized negative behavior. The course was restructured to include an examination of resistance and interracial cooperation against racism. This new perspective was incorporated into writing assignments, class discussions, and instructional…
Descriptors: Consciousness Raising, Controversial Issues (Course Content), Course Content, Educational Objectives
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Long, David Alan – Teaching Sociology, 1995
Articulates an approach to teaching sociology that creates connections between the personal and political lives of the students and the sociological concepts studied. Includes descriptions of class assignments designed to induce alienation and empowerment. Considers pedagogical alternatives to traditional instruction. (MJP)
Descriptors: Activism, Consciousness Raising, Educational Innovation, Educational Objectives
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Tippins, Deborah J.; And Others – Journal of Moral Education, 1993
Asserts that the ethical dimensions of teaching involve complex decisions found in the sense-making process and deeply embedded in teachers' professional lives. Reports on a study of a middle school science teacher and how emancipatory learning, control, and social expectations influence teaching behaviors. (CFR)
Descriptors: Beliefs, Classroom Environment, Classroom Techniques, Codes of Ethics
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Portelli, John P. – Journal of Curriculum Studies, 1993
Contends that curriculum theorists often distinguish between the formal or official curriculum from the actual or hidden curriculum. Argues that the hidden curriculum always has a normative, or moral, component and that educators have a responsibility to make the hidden curriculum as explicit as possible. (CFR)
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Educational Anthropology, Educational Environment, Educational Objectives
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Tappan, Mark B.; Brown, Lyn Mikel – Journal of Moral Education, 1996
Contends that traditional moral education's lack of critical perspective has resulted in its unwitting perpetuation of the status quo. Proposes adopting a critical postmodern approach addressing the fundamental interrelationship between language and power. Recommends sharing knowledge, power, and ideas between teachers and students. (MJP)
Descriptors: Activism, Critical Thinking, Educational Objectives, Educational Philosophy
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Alexander, Hanan A. – Theory and Research in Education, 2005
It is generally supposed that a curriculum should engage students with worthwhile knowledge, which requires an understanding of what it means for something to be worthwhile: a substantive conception of the good. Yet a number of influential curriculum theories deny or undermine one or another aspect of the key assumption upon which a meaningful…
Descriptors: Ethics, Curriculum Development, Value Judgment, Educational Theories
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Graham, Jim; Barnett, Ronald – Oxford Review of Education, 1996
Attempts to make some sense of the Byzantine matrix of governing agencies, accreditation boards, and the objectives and goals of teacher education programs in England. Significant ideological differences exist between the academic accrediting boards and the governing agencies. Discusses the implications of this for higher education and educational…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Accrediting Agencies, Educational Administration, Educational Assessment
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Steinberg, Shirley R.; Kincheloe, Joe L. – International Journal of Social Education, 1996
Illustrates the ways that a cultural studies approach to teacher education can expand the vision of democracy and citizenship. Analyzes the development and subsequent breakdown of the economic foundations of 20th-century life and offers new understandings that can be used to inform a democratically aware teacher education program. (MJP)
Descriptors: American Dream, Capitalism, Citizenship Education, Citizenship Responsibility