Issues in society such as immigration and racial inequality threaten to derail classroom discussions. Likewise, issues in higher education such as general education (GE) reform threaten to obstruct faculty committee discussions. We want students to engage in classroom discussions through a comprehensive exploration of issues, ideas, and events…

Purpose: This paper aims to present a case study on how the strong relationships with multiple stakeholder groups can benefit educational programs through the curriculum redesign process by using the experience of Marshall University and Intuit. Design/methodology/approach: This paper highlights how Marshall's faculty used Intuit's Design Thinking…

This case study explores how a problem-based learning (PBL), graduate education course could be organized in ways that utilize the current knowledge of how people learn within diverse, real world community settings. Students were asked to identify an educational enterprise and a social problem within a culturally diverse, high-need community.…

COVID-19, the most severe global pandemic since the Spanish flu that followed World War I, threatens nearly every country, from global powers to developing nations. This threat presents a concurrent challenge for educational systems. With schools closed during the pandemic, students and teachers have had to stay at home worldwide. This shift has…

There is an assumption that education is incapacitated to alleviate poverty. The objective of this study is to explore the nature and impact of education being offered at one teachers' college in Masvingo Province. The study argues that the college is not offering education, which is instrumental for poverty alleviation. Qualitative data were…

Teachers need practices that can be implemented in the classroom to teach children how to address conflict and solve problems proactively. There are curricula available for teachers to use in promoting improvement in the social behavior of students and for further enhancing their ability to self-regulate their behavior (Smith, Lochman, &…

Provides a rationale and suggests an approach for incorporating conflict resolution skills and insights into the elementary school social science curriculum. Points to problems in modern society attributable to individuals' lack of ability to reconcile inner conflicts and differences with others. (AYC)

Suggests that college biology programs prepare students to handle biosocial problems by offering courses in many different disciplines and in problem solving. (LS)

Suggests that students could easily apply knowledge and skills acquired in biology instruction to other disciplines if that instruction had been integrated with other disciplines. (LS)

The reconstructionist philosophy is a means by which individuals can improve their lives and solve existing problems so as to better one's chances for survival. Considers the implications of this philosophy for education, the teacher, and for students. (Author/RK)

If we are to avoid a purely pathological approach to the study of population, it is important to define the problem of population" in a perspective which takes account of the whole field of population studies. Readings for the teacher are discussed. (Author/VW)

A suggested approach to curing our massive social ills is a curriculum division of social problems into: (1) a study of the most significant of these problems (from subject matter and basic democratic principles' approaches); and (2) a problem-solving approach toward controversial issues about which both the public and experts disagree. (MJB)

The field of curriculum is neither ready to identify social problems, nor to discuss them, nor to influence what really happens in the schools, because it has not clarified its own essential nature and functions. (Author/MJB)

Using the schools to achieve racial balance, eliminate poverty, fight drug abuse, prevent pregnancy, and reduce youth suicide is too large a task. Teachers and principals should address educational issues, not unmet social needs. To improve the educational performance of the schools, the quality of life for youth must first be improved. (MSE)

Describes a course at the University of Alabama for non-engineers. The course emphasizes interrelationships and differences between engineering and science and the role of engineering in solving society's problems from ancient times to the present day. (Author/TS)