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Walker, Decker F. – 1969
Five published articles by Elliot Eisner, director of a curriculum development project in the visual arts for elementary school pupils, were examined to determine the comparable applicability of expressed educational objectives. Ninety-nine goal statements were differentiated into five categories: (1) AIMS describe a desired final state or…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Curriculum Research, Educational Objectives, Projects
Illinois State Office of Education, Chicago. Urban and Ethnic Education Section. – 1975
In 1974, the Ethnic Heritage Studies Branch of the Office of Education granted awards to 42 institutions throughout the United States. A questionnaire was developed and completed by all projects to detail the component activity and goals of each individual project. This report summarizes those questionnaires, providing ready reference to the…
Descriptors: Cross Cultural Studies, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Evaluation, Curriculum Research
American Anthropological Association, Washington, DC. – 1972
This publication contains two separate reports. Part I, the report of the Anthropology Curriculum Study Project (ACSP), is an accounting of the time, money, and human endeavor involved in curriculum development efforts toward a course in anthropology for the high school curriculum. The document includes four reports of ACSP staff members and nine…
Descriptors: Anthropology, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Tests, Curriculum Development
Tucker, Jan L. – 1971
Purposes of this research were to: 1) identify major characteristics of the "new" social studies (NSS) as perceived by methods teachers; 2) compare are-being emphasized perceptions with what methods teachers think ought-to-be emphasized; and, 3) discover relationships between what methods teachers think should be happening and other…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Evaluation, Curriculum Research
McKay, Edgar B. – 1972
Five Learning Activity Packets (LAPS) of Canadian-American materials were written in an attempt to upgrade and broaden the content and widen the international understanding of the elementary students of Maine by means of an individualized learning approach. This report describes the development of the project and the procedures followed in…
Descriptors: Area Studies, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Education, Curriculum Development
Thompson, Hugo W. – 1971
Described in this document is a three year project to determine the feasability and effectiveness of philosophy as a high school subject. Experimental problems are: 1) can philosophy be taught as a regular subject; 2) if so, how; 3) what are the problems; and 4) what objectives, methods, materials, and evaluation processes are valid and useful for…
Descriptors: Course Descriptions, Course Evaluation, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Research
McLendon, Jonathon C.; Penix, Findlay C. – 1968
Educational research on the social studies since the 1960's, indicating that many changes have occurred yet implying that there is still a further need for research and improvement, is summarized in this booklet. Because the vast amount of research on social studies makes it impractical to report a great deal of it, many of the findings reported…
Descriptors: Concept Teaching, Course Content, Current Events, Curriculum Development