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Peer reviewedHantula, James – Journal of Environmental Education, 1983
A eighth-grade environmental hazards unit is described. Includes unit objectives, typical activities, and a taxonomy of environmental hazards. Indicates that the unit helps develop skills in thinking critically and helps in clarifying environmental values by examining three major traditions of American environmentalism: biocentric, ecological, and…
Descriptors: Classification, Critical Thinking, Environmental Education, Grade 8
Peer reviewedde Caprariis, Pascal P. – Journal of College Science Teaching, 1985
Outlines an activity in which students clarify choices among personal and ecological values. Variables (including concerns of the natural environment and personal income) are rated from high to low within a total constraint set by the instructor. Uses of the activity in a college geology course for nonscience majors are discussed. (DH)
Descriptors: College Science, Ecology, Educational Games, Environmental Education
Download full textFisher, Allison L. – 1995
This brief report describes a 1-year project to develop a curriculum on career exploration for adult basic education (ABE) students. The project components included developing and administering a needs assessment, developing and testing a curriculum during six workshops, and revising and packaging the curriculum. The curriculum was used with 35…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Students, Career Choice
Peer reviewedSchwister, Mary; And Others – Education, 1984
Describes a teacher workshop that dealt with the prevalence of sex-role stereotyping and the influence of teachers on children's perceptions of sex roles. Provides detailed workshop agenda with summaries of learning activities designed to heighten awareness of sex-role stereotyping in schools and help teachers examine their own values. (JHZ)
Descriptors: Classroom Communication, Elementary Secondary Education, Inservice Teacher Education, Learning Activities
Peer reviewedFertig, Gary – Southern Social Studies Journal, 1995
Proposes that collaborative small group work can serve as a model for transmitting democratic values and facilitating citizenship education in the classroom. Presents an example of a class divided into teams, arguing selected positions on immigration, and arriving at a written policy. Includes list of collaborative skills to be taught. (MJP)
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Cooperation, Cooperative Learning, Democratic Values
Kuhmerker, Lisa – Moral Education Forum, 1995
Summarizes the "Free to Learn, Free to Teach" program which draws linkages between considerate and compassionate behavior relevant to young children, and democratic values. Various charts and activities illuminating class, school, and safety rules also instruct the students in such democratic concepts as compromise and consensus. (MJP)
Descriptors: Beliefs, Citizenship Education, Class Activities, Democratic Values
Bourque, Janet – 1983
A project was conducted at the Lake Washington Vocational Technical Institute to develop a curriculum and provide a pilot class in the consumer and homemaking program to address the needs of persons with the dual role of homemaker and wage earner. The format chosen for the course was a series of seminars to be conducted on-site at business offices…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Career Education, Course Content, Curriculum Development
