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Nipitpon Nanthawong – Higher Education Studies, 2024
This research aims to compare the social studies curricula of Thailand and New York State, USA, analyze their similarities and differences, and propose guidelines for improving the Thai social studies curriculum. The study employed a qualitative research methodology, using documentary analysis of the Thai Basic Education Core Curriculum B.E. 2551…
Descriptors: Comparative Education, Social Studies, Core Curriculum, Foreign Countries
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Jackson, Liz – Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education, 2019
This paper explores how notions of race, ethnicity, and blood are mobilized in educational texts in Hong Kong. It elaborates how civic identity is racialized as part of a nationalist education operating beneath the surface of expressed commitments to global citizenship, human rights, etc., in curriculum and textbooks. Many have commented on how…
Descriptors: Self Concept, Race, Ethnicity, Nationalism
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Paulson, Julia – Journal on Education in Emergencies, 2015
This article reviews research on history education that addresses recent or ongoing conflict since 1990. History education is recognized as a key site for constructing identity, transmitting collective memory, and shaping "imagined communities," which makes its revision or reform a complex and important part of education in emergencies…
Descriptors: History Instruction, Conflict, Nationalism, Self Concept
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Withers, R.A. – Journal of Moral Education, 1982
Criticizes Piaget's theory of moral development. The author argues that Piaget's equilibrium concept does not adequately account for moral development. Because no evidence supports the theoretical sequence of moral developmental stages, he concludes that Piaget's theory is not a useful foundation for the design of moral education curriculum. (AM)
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Developmental Stages, Elementary Secondary Education, Ethical Instruction
Erlandson, Ray S., Sr. – Principal, 1986
Describes a program called the Character Education Curriculum developed by the American Institute for Character Education that is the most widely used plan for teaching the basic traits of character, conduct, and citizenship. (MD)
Descriptors: Citizenship, Curriculum Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Ethical Instruction
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Short, Edmund C. – Educational Leadership, 1978
People need to learn what choosing and acting morally involves and how to do it. Educational programs, well conceived, pedagogically sound, and morally carried on, are basic to attaining personal and social well-being. (Author)
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Decision Making, Educational Objectives, Elementary Secondary Education
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Harmin, Merrill; Gallagher, William – Peabody Journal of Education, 1994
Discusses the role of moral education and values clarification in the curriculum, highlighting how educators' morality influences the implementation of values-centered curricula. The article advocates curricula in which students learn to critically examine their daily choices and proposes that a moral education helps students learn to think…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Moral Development, Moral Values
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Smith, Bryan – Texas Education Review, 2002
Discusses one private school's adoption of a highly rigorous curriculum that emphasizes western civilization, shunning academic fads in favor of the classics. This course of western studies goes from 5th through 9th grade. The morally informed curriculum is guided by Christian faith and moral standards. In many cases, teachers develop their own…
Descriptors: Conventional Instruction, Curriculum Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Moral Development
Wynne, Edward – Principal, 1986
Growing public concern with student discipline, increases in student suicide rates, homicides, and high pregnancy rates of teenage girls are causing educators to give renewed attention to the concept of "character development" in public education. (MD)
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Ethical Instruction, Moral Development
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Caduto, Michael – Journal of Environmental Education, 1983
Following discussion of the philosophical underpinnings for values objectivity and a review of tenents of Piaget's and Kohlberg's (cognitive/moral development) theories, offers a blueprint for establishing a comprehensive values education program needed in environmental education. (JN)
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Curriculum Development, Educational Strategies, Elementary Secondary Education
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Aspy, Cheryl B.; Aspy, David N. – Journal of Invitational Theory and Practice, 1996
Argues that schools need to intensify efforts to offer values instruction since current efforts portend failure. Examines the historical roots of values education, profiles the social context of values problems, critiques approaches to values, describes ways to unify the advocates of values education, and discusses the current public demand for…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Children, Curriculum Development, Elementary Secondary Education
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Starkey, Hugh – Journal of Moral Education, 1992
Contends that public education has basic, secular texts that include basic human rights common to all the world's peoples. Identifies the Universal Declaration of Human Rights of 1948 as the first of these documents. Argues that schools in all nations should emphasize equality of rights and equality of dignity. (CFR)
Descriptors: Childrens Rights, Civil Liberties, Comparative Education, Curriculum Development
Sullivan, Edmund V.; Beck, Clive – Phi Delta Kappan, 1975
Discusses implementation and evaluation in moral education pilot projects in Canadian elementary and secondary schools, emphasizing the role and impact of the teacher in teaching of values. (DW)
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Ethical Instruction, Ethics
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Sullivan, Paul J.; Sullivan, Mary Dockstader – Personnel and Guidance Journal, 1980
People accept the general idea that there should be instruction in the schools that deals with morals and moral behavior. A model for moral instruction is presented to stimulate moral education activities. (Author)
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Educational Needs, Elementary Secondary Education, Ethical Instruction
Wideman, Ron L. – Education Canada, 1979
The development of Scarborough's Values Education Project is described. The advantages and disadvantages of three reflective teaching methods: values clarification, Kohlberg's cognitive-moral development, and Allen's problem-solving approach, are outlined, and Scarborough's synthesis is discussed. (SJL)
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Educational Objectives, Elementary Secondary Education, Ethical Instruction
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