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Persianis, Panayiotis – Cogent Education, 2021
The aim of this paper is to present and explain the long and bitter contestation between two poles over the orientation, the aims and the content of education as well as the form of the Greek language to be used in the school textbooks. During the last seventy years (1750-1821) of the Ottoman rule of Greece the poles were cultural but were…
Descriptors: Greek, Textbooks, Educational History, Social Systems
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Rapoport, Anatoli – Educational Forum, 2013
Globalization significantly influences the very notion of citizenship that is no longer universally seen as only a nation-related concept. Therefore, the discourse of global citizenship is getting more attention in programmatic educational texts and curricula. This study investigates how teachers use the conceptual framework of global citizenship…
Descriptors: Social Studies, Curriculum, Constructivism (Learning), Citizenship Education
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Yarbrough, Larry – Change, 1992
The debate over political correctness and cultural diversity in U.S. higher education is examined, and three basic questions are raised: who is to be taught?, what is to be taught?, and who will teach it?. Higher education's contribution to social change is seen to be its ability to discuss issues with openness, candor, and reason. (DB)
Descriptors: College Faculty, Controversial Issues (Course Content), Course Content, Cultural Differences
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Barnes, Tiffany, Ed.; Chi, Min, Ed.; Feng, Mingyu, Ed. – International Educational Data Mining Society, 2016
The 9th International Conference on Educational Data Mining (EDM 2016) is held under the auspices of the International Educational Data Mining Society at the Sheraton Raleigh Hotel, in downtown Raleigh, North Carolina, in the USA. The conference, held June 29-July 2, 2016, follows the eight previous editions (Madrid 2015, London 2014, Memphis…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Evidence Based Practice, Inquiry, Science Instruction
English, Jill; And Others – 1990
The purpose of this guide is to enable a district or school to develop or select a comprehensive school health education curriculum that is educationally sound and based on research of effective programs. The criteria for a comprehensive school health education curriculum are organized into the following categories: (1) goals and objectives; (2)…
Descriptors: Course Content, Cultural Differences, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Evaluation
Stone, Frank Andrews – 1984
Rationales, approaches, and constraints on genocide awareness education at all school levels are discussed. It is critical that students, especially U.S. students who live in a culturally pluralistic society, be made aware of how genocide was perpetrated in the past and of the fact that it is still happening today. A basic genocide awareness…
Descriptors: Controversial Issues (Course Content), Cultural Awareness, Cultural Differences, Cultural Pluralism
Lafayette, Robert C. – 1978
The cultural options available to teachers, strategies and techniques dealing with the inclusion of culture in the course, and severe pedagogical and culture-specific sources are discussed here. As a guide toward better understanding and evaluation of cultural options and strategies, twelve student-oriented cultural goals are listed. In order to…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Course Content, Cross Cultural Training, Cultural Awareness