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Download full textSummers, Gene F., Comp.; And Others – 1993
During an extensive search for college curricula focused on rural poverty, the Rural Sociological Society's Task Force on Persistent Rural Poverty identified only a dozen such courses being taught in the United States today. This guidebook provides professors and instructors with a conveniently organized set of sample syllabi and instructional…
Descriptors: College Curriculum, Course Descriptions, Courses, Higher Education
Temple Univ., Philadelphia, PA. – 1994
This document consists of the final report and booklet developed by a project that provided individual counseling and life-coping skills workshops to recently unemployed workers lacking basic educational skills. The final report describes how individuals recruited at Philadelphia unemployment offices attended group workshop sessions where they…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Coping, Daily Living Skills, Educational Counseling
Carter, David A. – 1987
Designed to help U.S. citizens become aware of the needs of people living in developing countries, this puppet project is an action oriented education program implemented by the International Service Association for Health, Inc. (INSA). The program's primary purpose is to inform citizens about global concerns and issues while enlisting public…
Descriptors: Developing Nations, Disease Control, Drinking Water, Health Education
Peer reviewedSocial Education, 1997
Summarizes the global efforts of the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) to ease poverty and help developing nations to build their capacity for sustainable development. Includes a glossary of poverty and human development terms, a human poverty index ranking for developing countries, and suggested teaching activities. (MJP)
Descriptors: Developing Nations, Disadvantaged Environment, Economic Development, Economic Factors
Baldwin, Harriet; Ross-Larson, Bruce, Ed. – 1981
This World Bank (Washington, D.C.) kit is a case study designed to introduce secondary school social studies students to a project in Kenya established to strengthen small-scale industries. The kit contains a pamphlet, a booklet, a sound filmstrip, and a teacher's guide. The pamphlet, "Economic Summary: Kenya," points out the severe…
Descriptors: Area Studies, Business Administration, Case Studies, Curriculum Enrichment
Baldwin, Harriet; Ross-Larson, Bruce, Ed. – 1981
This World Bank (Washington, D.C.) kit is a case study designed to teach secondary school social studies students about an integrated rural development project in Mexico, and how it is helping to raise the standard of living for six million Mexicans in 131 microregions throughout Mexico. The kit contains a pamphlet, a booklet, a sound filmstrip,…
Descriptors: Area Studies, Case Studies, Curriculum Enrichment, Developing Nations
