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| Community College Social… | 10 |
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| Bell, Lawrence | 2 |
| Beck, Thomas E. | 1 |
| Buckner, Richard G. | 1 |
| Hartter, Allen | 1 |
| Ingols, Cynthia | 1 |
| Jansiewicz, Donald R. | 1 |
| Mabbutt, Fred R. | 1 |
| Osborne, Thomas J. | 1 |
| Reichman, Louis | 1 |
| Rice, Edwin W. | 1 |
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Jansiewicz, Donald R. – Community College Social Science Quarterly, 1974
Descriptors: Educational Games, Political Science, Politics, Simulation
Beck, Thomas E. – Community College Social Science Quarterly, 1975
Most institutional approaches to the understanding of government and politics describe all the variables of a particular case. The systems model, however, attempts greater generality in its consideration of four variables: the system, the environment, response, and feedback. Examples of the model's applicability to recent political events are…
Descriptors: Models, Political Science, Politics, Systems Approach
Ingols, Cynthia – Community College Social Science Quarterly, 1976
Describes a successful program in which students get college credit for working in the offices of local government officers. (DC)
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Field Experience Programs, Internship Programs, Local Government
Osborne, Thomas J.; Mabbutt, Fred R. – Community College Social Science Quarterly, 1973
The purpose of this article is to make a case for the preparation of students in government and history courses designed to train them in the complicated art of self-government. (Author/RK)
Descriptors: American History, Community Colleges, Course Descriptions, Political Science
Reichman, Louis – Community College Social Science Quarterly, 1973
Article addresses the question of whether an Introductory Political Science-American Government course could be devised for students which would fulfill the needs and objectives of relevancy, general education, political science, and California's general education-social science requirements. (Author/RK)
Descriptors: Books, Community Colleges, Course Objectives, Degree Requirements
Rice, Edwin W. – Community College Social Science Quarterly, 1972
An autoinstructional approach to teaching state and local government is described. The course consists of 40 instructional packages that include specific objectives as a learning guide for students. (RN)
Descriptors: Course Organization, Independent Study, Instructional Improvement, Instructional Innovation
Buckner, Richard G. – Community College Social Science Quarterly, 1974
Author discussed a method for making the study of political systems by students interesting, thereby improving learning processes. (RK)
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Course Content, Diagrams, Educational Objectives
Bell, Lawrence – Community College Social Science Quarterly, 1975
Because of the scarcity of instructional materials relevant to a course in state and local government, the author recommends that instructors create their own slides, tapes, and videotapes. He lists the conditions necessary for such an endeavor and warns against common pitfalls. (DC)
Descriptors: Educational Media, Educational Resources, Instructional Materials, Multimedia Instruction
Hartter, Allen – Community College Social Science Quarterly, 1976
Relates the advantages of using a political novel, "All the King's Men," to teach about the nature of the citizen's political obligation in a community college course on state and local government. (DC)
Descriptors: Citizenship Responsibility, Community Colleges, Local History, Novels
Bell, Lawrence – Community College Social Science Quarterly, 1976
Describes the experiences of the Tarrant County Junior College faculty in creating their own mediated instructional aids for a course in state and local government. Also presents recommendations addressed to others who wish to create their own media resources. (DC)
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Community Colleges, Educational Media, Local Government
