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Tomaselli, Keyan G.; Shepperson, Arnold – Journal of Film and Video, 1997
Describes a course that addresses and relocates questions of representation and reconstruction in the context of reflexive explanations for ethnographic films. Examines questions of power/power relations; anthropological and media construction of the Other; and trends in visual anthropology. Contextualizes the course within the human experience of…
Descriptors: Anthropology, Course Descriptions, Documentaries, Ethnography
Soviet Education, 1987
Presents a rationale for the new Soviet biology curriculum. Explains guidelines for teaching methodology. Describes in some detail the goals and tasks for students in the new Soviet biology curriculum for grades six through eleven. (RKM)
Descriptors: Biological Sciences, Biology, Course Descriptions, Curriculum Development
Gagliardi, Raul – 1991
An increasing awareness of environmental issues and the implementation of environmental programs internationally has spurred a greater need for environmental education and training in many countries. This document is the first in a series of papers that will examine and provide insights into available national training programs for environmental…
Descriptors: Course Descriptions, Elementary Secondary Education, Environmental Education, Environmental Technicians
Seleti, Yonah – 1997
Seen as a vehicle for transforming the pre-tertiary education and training system of South Africa, the new Curriculum Framework of 1997 looks to empower people for participation in a democratic society. This paper contends that, although the Curriculum Framework policy document articulates the need for a partnership between parents, teachers, the…
Descriptors: Apartheid, Course Descriptions, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Problems

MacLean, Michael J.; Marcus, Lotte – Educational Gerontology, 1981
Presented at the fifth Annual Meeting of the Association for Gerontology in Higher Education, March 7-10, 1979, Washington, D.C., this paper describes and discusses an educational approach in which several elderly persons participated as consultants in a course on aging. (RC)
Descriptors: Consultants, Course Descriptions, Course Evaluation, Educational Gerontology

Li, Guangzhou – Physics Education, 1997
Describes the evolution of the seven major physics syllabi used in all secondary schools in China and analyzes the shifts of these syllabi in terms of objectives, content, instructional hours and teaching methods. Suggests changes for China's future secondary-physics education, including the need for modern experimental equipment such as computers…
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Course Descriptions, Curriculum Development, Foreign Countries
Szekely, Beatrice Beach – Soviet Education, 1987
Describes new secondary geography curriculum of the USSR. Curriculum is structured to provide four separate courses spanning 357 class periods over a number of school years. The translated documents include course descriptions along with teaching suggestions and evaluation procedures. (JDH)
Descriptors: Course Descriptions, Curriculum, Curriculum Development, Foreign Countries
Development of a Course on Instructional Strategies for In-Service Science and Mathematics Teachers.
Chang, Ching-Kuch – 1998
An investigation-based course on teaching strategies for in-service science and mathematics teachers has been developed. The purpose of this course was to learn how to teach science or mathematics from the constructivist perspective. The course development was based on constructivism, especially social constructivism. Major adjustments concerning…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Cooperative Learning, Course Descriptions, Elementary Secondary Education
Hart, Maurice – 1983
After noting that research and development reports indicate that there are strong psychological arguments for approaching algebraic concepts through the use of computer programming, the work of the Nottingham Programming in Mathematics Project with pupils aged 11-13 is briefly described. What is meant by understanding of a concept and how pupils…
Descriptors: Algebra, Computer Oriented Programs, Computers, Course Descriptions
Janke, Bruno; And Others – 1988
A global survey was conducted by Unesco in 1986 on the place occupied by the teaching of science, mathematics, and technology, with the data indicating that mathematics and science are firmly entrenched in school curricula worldwide, but the place of technology is much more tentative. It was decided to probe more deeply into the adequacy of these…
Descriptors: Course Descriptions, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries
United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, Paris (France). Div. of Science, Technical and Environmental Education. – 1988
A global survey was conducted by Unesco in 1986 on the place occupied by the teaching of science, mathematics, and technology, with the data indicating that mathematics and science are firmly entrenched in school curricula worldwide, but the place of technology is much more tentative. It was decided to probe more deeply into the adequacy of these…
Descriptors: Course Descriptions, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries