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Lansing, Jade; Farnum, Rebecca L. – International Journal of Development Education and Global Learning, 2017
Study abroad in higher education is on the rise, marketed as an effective way to produce global citizens and undermine international boundaries. In practice, however, programmes frequently reify rather than challenge states: participants "study Morocco" rather than "exploring Marrakech." This framing reproduces real and…
Descriptors: Study Abroad, Case Studies, Ethnography, Foreign Countries
Dolgon, Corey, Ed.; Mitchell, Tania D., Ed.; Eatman, Timothy K., Ed. – Cambridge University Press, 2017
With contributions from leading experts across disciplinary fields, this book explores best practices from the field's most notable researchers, as well as important historically based and politically focused challenges to a field whose impact has reached an important crossroads. The comprehensive and powerfully critical analysis considers the…
Descriptors: Service Learning, Best Practices, Teaching Methods, Educational Practices
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Eagan, Eleanor – Social Studies Review, 1980
Describes purpose and activities of a California Task force, Coping with Interdependence Program (CWIP). The program is directed toward getting schools to adopt global education curricula. A 26-item list outlines recommendations of the task force. Plans for community outreach and nationalizing and internationalizing CWIP are presented. (KC)
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Curriculum Development, Educational Needs, Educational Planning
Kobus, Doni Kwolek – 1982
The global education program of the Stockton (California) Unified School District has evolved from conferences, seminars, and workshops to the Stockton and the World project. The project began in 1971 with the district's participation in the Bay Area Global Education Program (BAGEP) intensive workshop training. Participants then sponsored global…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Community Involvement, Curriculum Development, Educational Needs
Risinger, C. Frederick – 1976
The purposes of this paper are to identify the current trends in social studies curriculum and teaching strategies and to make some projections about the future. Three conflicting movements, or paradoxes, are identified. The first paradox is the back-to-the-basics movement vs. an expanded curriculum. This is due to conservative reactions to…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Community Involvement, Curriculum Development, Educational Innovation
Social Studies Development Center, Bloomington, IN. – 1976
The goals of the 30 activities in this booklet are to help students become aware and to understand the increasing interdependence of nations in modern society. Three introductory sections explain how the pamphlet can be used by department chairpersons and by state education department personnel, as well as by social studies teachers. For example,…
Descriptors: Business, Community Involvement, Community Role, Cultural Awareness
Williams, Robert L. – 1977
The report offers practical suggestions, organizational strategies, and educational concepts to classroom teachers and curriculum developers for designing and implementing polycultural programs. Polycultural education is defined as experiences provided by the school which enable students to appreciate their own and other people's ethnocultural…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Cross Cultural Studies, Cross Cultural Training, Cultural Awareness