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Peer reviewedSocial Education, 1972
The assessed social studies project is designed to teach high school students of average ability to clarify and justify their positions on public issues''; training students to examine and analyze controversial issues through discussion and argument. (Author/SM)
Descriptors: Concept Teaching, Controversial Issues (Course Content), Curriculum Evaluation, Political Issues
Peer reviewedSingh, Michael Garbutcheon – Journal of Education, 1989
Describes a literacy education project in which Australian non-English-speaking background (NESB) secondary school students were asked to evaluate the state of human rights in their schools and make suggestions for improvement. Relates this project to broader political implications. (FMW)
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Literacy Education, Minority Group Children, Multicultural Education
PDF pending restorationSpoehr, Luther – 1975
An overview of the final five monthly programs in the American Issues Radio Forum series broadcast by the member stations of the National Public Radio System is presented. These broadcasts started in September 1975 and continued to May 1976. They formed a "live" rational dialogue, focusing upon issues which have confronted America. Each…
Descriptors: American Culture, Discussion, Educational Radio, Higher Education
PDF pending restorationSchwehn, Mark; Rainey, William – 1975
This listener's guide introduces the first four of nine monthly programs in the American Issues Radio Forum series that were braodcast by the member stations of the National Public Radio system. These broadcasts started in September 1975 and continued to May 1976. They formed a "live" national dialogue, focusing upon issues which have…
Descriptors: American Culture, Discussion, Educational Radio, Higher Education
Download full textMadden, John R. – 1972
A program description of a social studies curriculum development project supported by an ESEA Title III Grant is presented in this paper. The course, designed for secondary students who will soon be voting, focuses on the importance of active involvement and citizenship responsibility for participation in the democratic process. The major…
Descriptors: Activism, Citizen Participation, Citizenship Responsibility, Civics
Taini, Reno – 1974
Presenting a prospectus for a community environmental education program designed to accommodate 30 senior high school students, this document includes: a description of the course; course rationale; goals; objectives; an operational plan; a course projection schedule; a semester calendar; an orientation trip; an environmental concepts instruction…
Descriptors: Budgets, Career Awareness, Community Involvement, Concept Formation
Hagener, Caesar – 1976
A curriculum project on political party democracy in West Germany is described. Intended mainly for use in grades 9-10, the curriculum was developed by German social scientists, educators, and students from 1971 to 1973. The curriculum report is presented in two sections. Section I describes the learning package, tells who it is designed for,…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Citizen Participation, Civics, Comparative Education
