Discusses the Hessian General Guidelines for Social Education and the Guidelines for Political Education of North Rhine-Westphalia which have led to curricular innovations since the mid-1970s. Also discusses advantages and limitations of integration of history, politics, and geography or history, politics, and social sciences. (KC)

Description of a simulation that uses the Tachai system for determining students' grades on their participation and oral reports in a graduate seminar on contemporary China. (ND)

Reports on an experimental program that links teachers and locally based international experts who have volunteered to serve in the schools. The experts are used for in-class presentations, informal advising, inservice workshops, parents' association meetings, and curriculum revision. (Author/KC)

Traces three twentieth century approaches to social studies education: citizenship transmission, social science, and reflective inquiry. Common to these approaches is that interpretations and criticism of social institutions, distribution of goods, services, and opportunities in society, and the values that justify them are not fostered.…

Reviews research on social cognition, perspective taking, social conventions, children's views of social institutions, modeling, and altruistic or prosocial behavior. Goals for social education include developing models for social education program evaluation derived from research on social cognition and exploring research methods which recognize…

Discussion about a simulation of the political system of Argentina designed and participated in by students in a Latin American politics course at the University of Delaware. (Author/ND)

Survey of historical evidence concerning role of teaching among American political scientists, emphasizing teaching of college undergraduates with students' sociopolitical perspectives foremost in mind. (Author/ND)

Analyzes and summarizes "The Expansion of International Society" (A. Watson; H. Bull). Compares the volume to others by highlighting the book's three major advantages: (1) a global approach; (2) a comparative analysis as opposed to a historical approach; and (3) the emphasis on the importance of "rules" in international…

Report on use of prestructured and student-structured simulations, particularly describing a student-structured simulation used in upper level undergraduate legislative process courses. (Author/ND)

Explains the relationship between politics, economics, and religion through the philosophies of Smith, Hobbes, and Locke. Maintains that the unamended Constitution is a reconciliation of politics, religion, and economics. Defends this claim by examining property rights and the Constitution's regard to means in pursuance of freedom and justice.…

Discusses the treatment of political science in social studies methods textbooks for preparing preservice, precollegiate teachers to teach political science effectively. (Author/ND)

The theory and practice of political science and social studies instruction should be reformulated and reassessed in the light of political socialization studies, particularly with respect to designing curricula and selecting textbooks, planning instructional strategies, and structuring school climates and political systems. (RM)

The article studies the changing images of Blacks in 25 representative American government textbooks. Concludes that the average textbook does not portray the Black community in a realistic manner and outlines issues that a textbook writer should be aware of. (Author/KC)

Description of student-run, problem-oriented work groups as an alternative teaching model that allows for fusion of the rigor of a structured course and the flexibility of independent study. (ND)

Illustrates the development of constitutionalism and republicanism from 1776 to 1787. Discusses the Declaration of Independence, arguments leading up to the Revolution, framing of the Constitution based on compromise, and opposing views of the ratification debate, all of which reveal disagreements over the precise meaning of republicanism. (TRS)