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Ehizuelen, Michael Mitchell Omoruyi – Frontiers of Education in China, 2018
Education, skills, and the development of an African workforce are at a critical moment. While it is recognized that Chinese firms hire local people, the focus of the debate is more on the position and opportunities for training and advancement. As such, the paper tries to answer the following questions. Does China really contribute to skills…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, International Cooperation, Educational Practices, Education
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Harris, Carol E.; Barter, Barbara G. – Australian Journal of Environmental Education, 2015
As health threats appear with increasing regularity in our food systems and other food crises loom worldwide, we look to rural areas to provide local and nutritious foods. Educationally, we seek approaches to food studies that engage students and their communities and, ultimately, lead to positive action. Yet food studies receive only generic…
Descriptors: Food, Rural Areas, Agriculture, Curriculum
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Maple, Ted L. – Childhood Education, 2005
Traditionally, early childhood educators address the gaping hole in their planning books under the "social studies" header by teaching a smattering of thematic units. Most early childhood educators now know the importance of planning experiences for social studies, or any other content area, that are integrated, meaningful, and of high interest.…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Social Studies, Thematic Approach, Student Projects
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Wassermann, Selma – Childhood Education, 1992
Play allows children to make creative discoveries. This is a result of the fact that creation comes from tinkering and the absence of fear of failure, rather than from minds trained to follow what is already known. Suggestions for building a curriculum based on serious play are offered. (LB)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Creativity, Curriculum Development, Discovery Learning
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Bishop, Jay – Early Child Development and Care, 1990
Discusses the ways in which young children's minds can be engaged through play with a variety of manipulative objects and experiential activities in the day care environment. Such engagement encourages children's thinking and increases awareness and understanding of the world. (NH)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Curriculum Development, Day Care Centers, Discovery Learning
Fisher, Bobbi – Teaching Pre K-8, 1994
Describes the use of generative curriculum in a first-grade class, whereby students pursue their own topics of interest and ways of learning as they engage in meaningful inquiry. Outlines demonstrations that teachers can use to help students develop their own topics. Areas covered include composition, visual arts, notetaking, interviews, surveys,…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Discovery Learning, Experiential Learning, Field Trips
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Senesh, Lawrence – Social Studies, 1993
Reviews the history and development of the "Our Working World" elementary textbook series, an example of the New Social Studies reform movement of the 1960s and 1970s. Describes the Organic Curriculum, which integrated the fundamental ideas of five social science disciplines. Maintains that implementing the K-6 program all at once was an…
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Curriculum Development, Discovery Learning, Economics
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Wilson, Ruth A. – Young Children, 1995
Discusses the value of nature education to early childhood education. The domains of adaptive, aesthetic, cognitive, communication, sensorimotor, and socioemotional development are discussed. Suggests that because young children learn primarily through their senses and motoric manipulation, they are excellent candidates for nature education…
Descriptors: Child Development, Cognitive Development, Curriculum Development, Discovery Learning
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Kenney, Susan – Music Educators Journal, 1989
Discusses effective ways to develop and promote educationally sound music programs for preschool children. Covers three types of music learning centers as versatile and inexpensive resources for creating independent learning environments: singing centers, instrument centers, and listening centers. Suggests ideas for group time, and for promoting…
Descriptors: Curriculum Design, Curriculum Development, Discovery Learning, Experiential Learning
Hawaii State Dept. of Education, Honolulu. Office of the Superintendent. – 1988
This evaluation summary is a synopsis of information on the school year (SY) 1987-1988 Learning Center program in Hawaii contained in 20 different evaluation reports, one on each Learning Center. Each Learning Center served elementary, intermediate, or high school students, and the program of each was designed to equalize educational opportunities…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Adolescents, Curriculum Development, Discovery Learning
South Carolina State Dept. of Education, Columbia. Office of Research. – 1990
The purpose of this guide is to provide teachers with information that will help them better understand how to teach science. In addition, this resource is intended to be a tool in assisting teachers in developing their science curricula and in planning their instruction. The instructional approach presented reflects the philosophy that students…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Curriculum Development, Discovery Learning, Elementary School Science
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Kincade, Laura – Social Studies Review, 1996
Describes a high school U.S. history class that combines experiential learning with local history. The class models their historical inquiry after a fictional character in, "The Secret of Gumbo Grove," who uncovers her hometown's secrets. A class trip to the local cemetery provides opportunities for historical research. (MJP)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Curriculum Development, Discovery Learning, Educational Change
Parker, Diane – Kamehameha Journal of Education, 1994
An inquiry-based curriculum can become the vehicle for bringing students out into the community and bringing the larger world to the classroom. The article describes one Hawaiian teacher's elementary curriculum that encouraged talking, sharing, and collaboration and incorporated reading and writing for real purposes into the curriculum. (SM)
Descriptors: Cross Age Teaching, Curriculum Development, Discovery Learning, Elementary Education
Wigg, Anne – 1995
A practicum project designed a preschool science curriculum and requisite environment to improve students' enjoyment and interest in science. Based on teacher- and parent-questionnaire results, it was determined that student science attitudes were not positive; that students seldom had opportunities to explore, discover, and solve problems; and…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Change Strategies, Curriculum Development, Discovery Learning