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Pena, Richard – Journal of Film and Video, 1985
Examines how movies have formed history by (1) analyzing theories of history; (2) comparing historical perspectives in certain films; and (3) exploring how film language and techniques reflect history. Focuses on films from the United States, Europe, Japan, or Brazil. (PD)
Descriptors: Course Content, Course Descriptions, Film Criticism, Film Study
Feuer, Jane – Journal of the University Film and Video Association, 1983
Provides a course description that emphasizes a structural and functional approach to the musical as genre film and as entertainment. Covers the history of the genre from 1929 to the present. (PD)
Descriptors: Course Content, Course Descriptions, Dance, Film Criticism
Griffith Univ., Brisbane (Australia). School of Humanities. – 1983
This course, one of 16 sequential courses comprising phase one of a part-time Bachelor of Arts degree program in Australian Studies, focuses on debates about Australia and Australian national character from 1788 to the present. It also introduces students to the forms of intellectual debate and the skills of essay writing. The course is designed…
Descriptors: Course Content, Course Descriptions, External Degree Programs, Foreign Countries
Reilly, Kevin, Ed. – 1984
This book contains portions of six model higher education introductory history courses designed and presented by experienced classroom instructors to the 1980 conference of the American Historical Association (AHA). After the presentations, the models were reviewed and critiqued. The models presented were: (1) "Toward Two-Sex History: A Model…
Descriptors: Core Curriculum, Course Content, Course Descriptions, Course Organization
Griffith Univ., Brisbane (Australia). School of Humanities. – 1983
This course, one of 16 sequential courses comprising phase one of a part-time Bachelor of Arts degree program in Australian Studies, traces a number of 19th and 20th century debates about culture and examines both the ways in which cultural groups have been formed and the conditions under which culture is produced in contemporary society. It is…
Descriptors: Course Content, Course Descriptions, Culture, External Degree Programs
Griffith Univ., Brisbane (Australia). School of Humanities. – 1983
This course, one of 16 sequential courses comprising phase one of a part-time Bachelor of Arts degree program in Australian Studies, illustrates that the concept of work has not been a universal or historically consistent category. Some of the distinctive features of work in the Western world are covered, along with some effects of the Industrial…
Descriptors: Course Content, Course Descriptions, Employment, External Degree Programs
Griffith Univ., Brisbane (Australia). School of Humanities. – 1984
This course, one of 16 sequential courses comprising phase one of a part-time Bachelor of Arts degree program in Australian Studies, uses Australian literary and documentary writings of the 19th century to examine the formation of the proposition that the Australian national character is based on rural life. The course is designed for independent…
Descriptors: Course Content, Course Descriptions, External Degree Programs, Foreign Countries
Hill, Wilhelmina – Office of Education, US Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, 1963
This bulletin has been prepared to assist teachers and persons serving on curriculum committees in improving the quality of unit teaching and planning for elementary schools. The suggestions and illustrations grow out of a study made by the author of over 500 social studies units which were published during the last few years. They also result…
Descriptors: Educational History, Elementary School Curriculum, Teaching Methods, Social Studies
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Brown, Kenneth E. – Office of Education, US Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, 1954
The purpose of this study is to help persons who are faced with the task of improving or developing curriculum materials in mathematics and also those persons who frequently rethink the objectives for the teaching of mathematics. In this study 135 courses of study or curriculum guides in mathematics are analyzed and a comparison is made with a…
Descriptors: Educational History, Mathematics Curriculum, Mathematics Education, Mathematics Instruction
Eddy, Helen M. – Office of Education, United States Department of the Interior, 1933
The handling of this survey was intrusted to Dr. Leonard V. Koos, of the University of Chicago. With great skill he has, working on a full-time basis during his free quarters from the University of Chicago and part time during other quarters, brought it to a conclusion. This manuscript was prepared by Helen M. Eddy, associate professor of romance…
Descriptors: Educational History, Course Content, Curriculum Guides, Questionnaires
Pierce, Anne E.; Hilpert, Robert S. – Office of Education, United States Department of the Interior, 1933
This is a study in the two fields of the fine arts which have largely found their way into the curriculum of the secondary schools during the past 30 years. Anne E. Pierce, associate in music at the University of Iowa, made the study of music. Robert S. Elbert, assistant professor of art education, University of Minnesota, made the study of art…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational History, National Surveys, School Statistics
Lide, Edwin S. – Office of Education, United States Department of the Interior, 1933
This manuscript on mathematics was prepared by Dr. Edwin S. Lide, one of the full-time workers on the Survey. It gives attention to courses of study mostly in mimeographed form which he succeeded in obtaining and to personal visitations which he made to the various schools. It covers the work in the junior high school and in the senior high…
Descriptors: Educational History, Mathematics Instruction, Secondary School Mathematics, Influences