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Download full textCatlaks, Guntars; Sarma, Valts – 1996
In May 1990, the Republic of Latvia declared the restoration of its independence from the Soviet Union. After that declaration, many Latvians began to reform their schools' curricula and teaching methods. They replaced Soviet-era citizenship courses with new teaching materials and methods appropriate for educating the young citizens of a…
Descriptors: Citizenship, Citizenship Education, Civics, Curriculum Development
Wojtan, Linda S. – 1994
This ERIC Digest discusses how, by studying Japan, the larger context of the Asia-Pacific region can be explored and students can be introduced to current realities. The top 5 competitive countries for 1994 were the United States, Singapore, Japan, Hong Kong, and Germany. Because of the increasing interdependence between the United States and…
Descriptors: Area Studies, Cultural Awareness, Curriculum Development, Elementary Secondary Education
Peer reviewedInternational Journal of Early Years Education, 2000
Provides annotations of recent international documents and journal articles from the ERIC database. Topics include early literacy learning, infant and toddler care, policy developments in England and Wales, play in early childhood settings, ethical conflicts in early childhood education, teacher education in African nations, educational…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Early Childhood Education, Educational Environment, Educational Quality
Patrick, John J. – 1997
During the 1990s, there has been an unprecedented global dissemination of information about the theory and practice of democracy and civic education for democracy. This digest identifies nine trends having broad potential for influencing civic education in the constitutional democracies of the world: (1) conceptualization of civic education in…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Civics, Communism, Democracy
Torney-Purta, Judith; Schwille, John; Amadeo, Jo-Ann – 1999
This ERIC Digest reports on the origins, purposes, and methods of the International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA) Civic Education Study. In 1993, the General Assembly of the IEA decided to carry out a two phase study of civic education. The goal of the two phase study was to identify and examine in a comparative…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Citizenship Responsibility, Civics, Democracy
Patrick, John J. – 1997
There are more than 100 democracies in the world today. All but three of them--Great Britain, Israel, and New Zealand --have written constitutions. This digest examines the importance of constitutions and constitutionalism and the teaching of these concepts through the use of comparisons. The primary objectives of civic education for democratic…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Civics, Communism, Comparative Analysis
Hamot, Gregory E. – 1997
Many cooperative civic education projects among U.S. and Central/Eastern European educators have emerged since the end of Communist Party Rule in the former Czechoslovakia. This digest describes a collaborative curriculum development project, Civic Education for the Czech Republic (CECR). The objective of CECR is to revise the existing social…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Civics, Communism, Curriculum Development
