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Lamb, Christopher; Godlewska, Anne – Journal of Curriculum Studies, 2021
This paper analyses the coverage of Indigenous topics in K-12 education in British Columbia (BC) using curriculum documents and course enrolment. It focuses on curriculum documents published between 1995 and 2010 and mandated in public education from 1995 to 2019, and argues that Indigenous topics were marginalized in the curriculum overall.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary Secondary Education, Indigenous Populations, Canada Natives
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Hammond, Thomas – Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education (CITE Journal), 2014
Martorella's "sleeping giant" is awakening via geospatial tools. As this technology is adopted, it will transform the history curriculum in three ways: deepening curricular content, making conceptual frameworks more prominent, and increasing connections to local history. These changes may not be profound and they may not be sudden,…
Descriptors: History Instruction, Technology Uses in Education, Geographic Information Systems, Curriculum Development
Cox, Cristián; Bascopé, Martín; Castillo, Juan Carlos; Miranda, Daniel; Bonhomme, Macarena – UNESCO International Bureau of Education, 2015
What are the key contents related to democratic life in the curricula of civic and citizenship education in Latin American countries? What values and dimensions are most emphasized? This document summarizes the results of a comparative analysis of civic/citizenship curricula for primary and secondary education in six Latin American countries…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Citizenship Education, Curriculum, Comparative Analysis
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Kus, Zafer – Citizenship, Social and Economics Education, 2014
The social studies curriculum was recently revised in Turkey, running in a pilot scheme in the school year 2004-05. It was then implemented in primary schools all over Turkey from 2006. This study describes the kind of citizen it aims to form by analysing all of the documents relating to social studies teaching. The social studies curriculum for…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Social Studies, Curriculum Development, Elementary Schools
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Acikalin, Mehmet – Social Studies, 2010
Global education has been debated and studied for the last two decades because of the developments in the world. Although global education involves different approaches and conceptualizations, it has influences on educational systems and curricula across the world. Likewise, the recent curriculum reform in Turkey has brought global education into…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Global Education, Educational Change, Foreign Countries
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Nelson, Murry R. – Curriculum Inquiry, 1978
Examines the making of Harold Rugg's curriculum in the light of his own curriculum theory. (Author/MLF)
Descriptors: Curriculum, Curriculum Development, Educational History, Elementary Secondary Education
Ediger, Marlow – 2001
The social studies curriculum should be assessed continuously to bring in the latest research, trends, and recommendations of experts. A survey of teachers, administrators, parents, and other community members may be conducted to determine preferences for the curriculum. An effort should be made to decide what is in the curriculum and what should…
Descriptors: Course Content, Curriculum, Curriculum Development, Educational Assessment
Henning, Joel F. – Phi Delta Kappan, 1974
Suggests that student behavior could be the subject matter in social studies classes. (DW)
Descriptors: Curriculum, Curriculum Development, Discipline Problems, Political Attitudes
National Science Foundation, Washington, DC. – 1970
Social studies, science and mathematics curriculum improvement projects supported by the National Science Foundation are described in this publication. Description of projects is limited to those having direct relevance to pre-college education and generally to those resulting from grants made through the Course Content Improvement Program of the…
Descriptors: Curriculum, Curriculum Development, Elementary Schools, Mathematics
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Brandt, Ron – Educational Leadership, 1988
Ernest Boyer, president of the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, assesses the limits of reform, formulates the substantive questions needed to move reform to a higher level, and proposes a convocation of educators to plan reforms for the 21st century. (TE)
Descriptors: Curriculum, Curriculum Development, Educational Change, Educational Objectives
Barth, James L. – The Social Studies Teacher, 1986
Examines how the new social studies has found its way into the African social studies organization. Points out that the United States' new social studies was to be emphasized but fashioned in an African context based on the former's reform phases, especially the reflective inquiry tradition of reform. (TRS)
Descriptors: Curriculum, Curriculum Design, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Evaluation
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Shermis, S. Samuel; Barth, James L. – Peabody Journal of Education, 1978
The nature and meaning of "problem" as it is used in the social sciences is examined. The effect of various definitions of the term on curriculum development and content is discussed. (MJB)
Descriptors: Curriculum, Curriculum Development, Definitions, Educational Objectives
Tom, Alan R. – Indiana Social Studies Quarterly, 1973
Described is a project planned to enable districts in the St. Louis area to analyze, adapt, and implement new social studies curricula cooperatively. (JB)
Descriptors: Curriculum, Curriculum Development, Educational Innovation, Information Dissemination
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Watts, Michael – Theory and Research in Social Education, 1989
Reports information concerning scope and sequence of economics education gathered by a survey of members of the Social Studies Supervisors Association and the Council of State Social Studies Specialists. Responses are compared with those of classroom teachers and college-level faculty. Suggests that a national K-12 economics curriculum is…
Descriptors: Course Content, Curriculum, Curriculum Development, Economics Education
Chilcott, John H. – 1987
This paper is based on the assumption that each school creates its own culture and that comparisons between a tribal society and a school society might prove profitable as a heuristic device to learn how change might be more effectively approached by change agents. Studies of the impact of western technology on tribal societies have suggested that…
Descriptors: Anthropology, Cultural Traits, Culture, Culture Conflict
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