NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Showing all 13 results Save | Export
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Kerr, Owen – English Journal, 1978
Describes how to base a course in technical writing on the contrast between subjective and objective values and the contrast between poetry and technology. (DD)
Descriptors: Course Descriptions, Poetry, Secondary Education, Technical Writing
Nyquist, Mary E. – School Guidance Worker, 1975
The author discusses a women's studies course she taught at an accredited free high school in Toronto. She focuses in particular on two areas of the course: 1) Personal experience and public affairs, and 2) Feminism and socialism: an historical consideration of feminism. (Author/EJT)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Course Descriptions, Females, Feminism
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Hantula, James – Social Education, 1976
A junior high level social studies unit designed to determine the characteristics of a real and fictionalized "great" person is described. (DE)
Descriptors: Biographies, Course Descriptions, Research Skills, Secondary Education
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Sauers, Bernard J. – Social Studies Journal, 1975
A secondary course designed to study human attitudes and values through the use of multimedia, multidiscipline social studies is described. For journal availability see annotation SO 504 171. (Author/DE)
Descriptors: Course Descriptions, Educational Innovation, Human Relations, Humanistic Education
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Harris, David – Theory and Research in Social Education, 1977
Describes the moral discussion approach and the deliberate psychological education approach to morals education. Reports the impact of a values course, nine weeks of psychological awareness followed by nine weeks of moral discourse, on the moral development of eleventh grade students. (JK)
Descriptors: Course Descriptions, Curriculum Design, Curriculum Development, Interpersonal Relationship
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
McClaran, Nancy – English Journal, 1978
Defends values education and describes five segments of an elective high school course entitled "Contemporary American Literature: The Search for Values." (DD)
Descriptors: Course Descriptions, Elective Courses, English Instruction, Literary Criticism
Costello, Marjorie Florence – 1974
This study describes one component of a teacher education program designed to generate in the prospective teacher of English an awareness of values and the valuing process and of his own role in facilitating the process. Chapter 1 defines the scope, purposes, and procedures of the study; chapter 2 examines the historical and continuing connection…
Descriptors: Course Descriptions, Curriculum Development, Doctoral Dissertations, Educational Philosophy
National Association of Secondary School Principals, Reston, VA. – 1974
This issue of the Curriculum Report looks into new social studies programs developed by ten different schools across the country. Analysis of these programs is facilitated by discussing and categorizing the changes in social studies as those concerned primarily with content and those associated with strategies of instruction. Four major content…
Descriptors: Anthropology, Behavioral Sciences, Community Involvement, Course Descriptions
Adler, Richard R., Ed. – 1970
Reflecting the increased interest in humanities programs for elementary, middle, and secondary schools, this book provides descriptions of humanities programs developed by 35 schools throughout the country. Although the selection of programs represents a variety of approaches (e.g., some open to only high-ability students, others designed for low…
Descriptors: Course Descriptions, Course Objectives, Cultural Context, Elementary Education
Watford, Robert H. – 1973
The guide outlines an interdisciplinary social science course for grades 7-12. The overall curriculum goal is that students learn the skills, values and concepts essential to citizenship in a democratic society. Teaching activities suggested include class discussions, role playing, debate, mapwork, written reports, group and individual research,…
Descriptors: Anthropology, Behavioral Objectives, Citizenship Responsibility, Class Activities
Taylor, Martha; Toadvine, Rebecca – 1974
Helping students take a look at what the traditional family provides--necessities, protection, affection, security, transmission of values and culture, and a setting for socialization--is relevant in today's curriculum. Developed to be used at the senior high school level, the curriculum guide offers a course outline emphasizing 11 major concepts:…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Consumer Education, Course Content, Course Descriptions
Vetter, Donald P.; And Others – 1977
The first part of this document presents an overview of a ninth grade social studies course. Included is a brief description of the five-unit course, a note to teachers about course content, a suggested time schedule, a comment on teaching controversial issues, a rationale and major goals of the course. The second part contains a unit on…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Citizenship, Citizenship Responsibility, Communication Skills
Galyean, Beverly – 1977
This article describes the evolution of a confluent language program, which provides simultaneous processes for successful language learning, self awareness, self appreciation, and interpersonal communication. The confluent language curriculum design has been successfully implemented in language classes throughout the United States and in some…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Affective Objectives, Communicative Competence (Languages), Course Descriptions