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Patrice Milewski; Annmarie Valdes – Paedagogica Historica: International Journal of the History of Education, 2024
Originally founded in 1861 as the Teachers' Association of Canada West (TACW), the Ontario Educational Association (OEA) was a fixture on the education scene in Ontario for one hundred twenty-five years until its dissolution on November 28, 1985. This article traces the early development and maturation of the OEA to focus on its involvement in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Change, Teacher Associations, Educational History
Region 1 Comprehensive Center, 2022
A primary focus for the Vermont Agency of Education (AOE) has been on increasing student literacy. This focus, coupled with the passage of Act 28 in 2021, which provides funding and technical assistance to improve literacy outcomes, prompted the AOE to request support related to literacy from the Region 1 Comprehensive Center (R1CC). Specifically,…
Descriptors: Emergent Literacy, Teacher Education Programs, Course Descriptions, Content Analysis
Ciampa, Katia; Gallagher, Tiffany L. – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2018
This study explored Canadian and American pre-service elementary teachers' self-efficacy beliefs for literacy instruction, as well as the contextual factors (i.e., course and field experiences) that contribute to these self-efficacy beliefs. Survey data were collected over a two-year period at the beginning and end of a required elementary…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preservice Teachers, Self Efficacy, Comparative Analysis
Murphy, Tony P.; Mancini-Samuelson, Gina J. – Journal of College Science Teaching, 2012
A collaborative of STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) and education faculty developed a STEM certificate aimed at elementary education majors. A four-phase process model was used to create and evaluate courses. The certificate is comprised of three interdisciplinary, team-taught, lab-based courses: Environmental Biology,…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Education Majors, STEM Education, Competency Based Teacher Education
Lindquist, Tarry – 1995
This book is a blueprint for integrating the elementary level curriculum around a social studies core. It describes 1 year in an integrated classroom. This volume offers a structure and purpose for integrating the curriculum. Included with the suggestions for curriculum integration are several samples and examples of student work that are the…
Descriptors: Course Descriptions, Course Organization, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Guides

Feiman, Sharon – Curriculum Inquiry, 1979
This article describes the rationale and procedures of a clinical component in a teacher preservice program at the University of Chicago. (MLF)
Descriptors: Course Descriptions, Curriculum Development, Elementary Education, Practicums

Niedermeyer, Fred; Ice, Kay – Science and Children, 1992
Describes a series of environmental education instructional units for grades K-6 developed by the Think Earth Consortium that cover topics such as conservation, pollution control, and waste reduction. Provides testimony from one sixth-grade teacher that field tested the second-grade unit. (MDH)
Descriptors: Conservation (Environment), Course Descriptions, Curriculum Development, Elementary Education
Arceneaux, Robert; And Others – 1973
A collection of recommended ideas, activities, and procedures, the teacher-developed curriculum guide is composed of lesson plans aimed at relating career education to subject matter already being taught in the classroom. Not intended to serve as a complete program in career education, the guide offers lesson plans for grades 1-8 and for high…
Descriptors: Career Education, Course Content, Course Descriptions, Curriculum Guides

Kyle, William C., Jr.; And Others – Science and Children, 1990
Described are the organization, development, and piloting of this K-6 science curriculum program. Results of the pilot study are presented including the improvement in student and teacher attitudes. (CW)
Descriptors: Course Content, Course Descriptions, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Evaluation

Schweiss, Elmer – Social Education, 1972
A committee in Ladue, Missouri, comprised of six elementary teachers and an elementary principal, developed a drug education course for sixth grade students. Background details of the proposal are given, as is a sample lesson. (OH)
Descriptors: Course Descriptions, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Guides, Drug Abuse
Beaumont, Lyn – SASTA Journal, 1979
The article advocates the use of content topics, and by the use of appropriate enquiry process skills, the development of broad concepts which will encourage children to consider their attitudes in a broad range of issues and the part they can play in decisions about them. (Author/RE)
Descriptors: Concept Teaching, Course Descriptions, Curriculum Development, Elementary Education
Sherry, Martin W. – Journal of Aerospace Education, 1974
Describes a one semester course on the study of aviation for sixth graders in Santa Monica, California involving student timelines, construction plates and field trips. (BR)
Descriptors: Aerospace Education, Aerospace Technology, Course Descriptions, Curriculum

Raw, Isaias; Rockwell, Patricia – National Elementary Principal, 1978
The authors maintain that an interdisciplinary approach to health and science education can encourage dialogue between citizens, government, and the scientific community. They describe the Elementary Science Study (ESS) curriculum, which integrates health and science education through classroom experimentation. (Author/DS)
Descriptors: Course Descriptions, Educational Experiments, Elementary Education, Elementary School Curriculum
Utah State Office of Education, Salt Lake City. – 2000
This guide outlines the core social studies course standards for Utah elementary schools. Using a graphic format, the guide delineates each course--beginning with Kindergarten and concluding with Level 6. It describes the course; lists column headings for time, people, and places; cites the appropriate standard; and educational objectives to be…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Core Curriculum, Course Descriptions, Curriculum Enrichment
Dunham, Diane – Schools in the Middle, 1995
Outlines a minicourse for the middle level, intended as a foundation for planning courses that meet the unique needs of each school and its students. The course, on the properties of silver, covers the curricular areas of science, social studies, language arts, math, creative arts, and vocational-career education. (HTH)
Descriptors: Course Descriptions, Course Organization, Curriculum Development, Elementary Education