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Long, Cathryn J. – Intercom, 1976
A field experience environmental program involving urban high school students in farm, city, wilderness, and independent study situations is described. Concludes that experiential programs are beneficial to students, but that they place strain on public school organization, demand inordinate commitment from faculty and are expensive to administer.…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Environmental Education, Environmental Influences, Field Experience Programs
Clabrough, Peter – Geoscope, 1978
Describes a simulation game about the third world which can be valuable to slow learners because it enables them to acquire abstract concepts using a concrete method (induction). For journal availability, see SO 507 289. (Author/CK)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Concept Formation, Developed Nations, Developing Nations
Peer reviewedGeipel, Robert – Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 1979
Compares emphases of the American High School Geography Project with the West German curriculum development project. Notes the German project's stronger relationship to social issues and political education. Concludes that the German geography project has lost momentum, but that the ideas have reached most teachers. Journal availability: see SO…
Descriptors: Comparative Education, Curriculum Development, Educational Objectives, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedMarsden, W. E. – Teaching Geography, 1979
Describes the West German Curriculum Research Project for the Spatial Sciences, its chronology, organization, content, evaluation, and dissemination. Also discusses influences and implications of the project. For journal availability, see SO 507 291. (Author/CK)
Descriptors: Comparative Education, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Evaluation, Curriculum Research
