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Heather E. McGregor; Sara Karn; Micah Flavin – Canadian Journal of Environmental Education, 2024
This article summarizes the results of interviews concerning intersections found among social studies and history education, climate education, and Indigenous studies. We explore what may be involved in curricular and pedagogical reform that better features these intersections, and what considerations arise in approaching reform in schools,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Social Studies, Climate, Indigenous Knowledge
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Dufour, Barry – FORUM: for promoting 3-19 comprehensive education, 2011
The main developments in this broad curriculum area are traced decade by decade with key signpost successes highlighted, along with examples of retrenchment and opposition to the march of progress. The drivers for change and regression were often central government initiatives but, all along, the activity of progressive educationists/academics and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Politics of Education, Curriculum Development, Time Perspective
Audoin-Rouzeau, Stephane – 1988
The purposes of this seminar were to examine the role of teaching about the French Revolution in European secondary schools, to examine common interpretations of this historical period, and to define methods of arriving at common perceptions. This report considers: (1) selected problems in teaching about the French Revolution in various European…
Descriptors: Comparative Education, Curriculum Development, Foreign Countries, Instruction
Weston, David – 1989
This ERIC Digest discusses: (1) reasons for learning about Inner Asia; (2) how to include Inner Asia in the curriculum; and (3) strategies for teaching about Inner Asia. U.S. students have difficulties in interpreting current events that occur in this region, because they lack knowledge of the history, geography, and cultures of Inner Asia. This…
Descriptors: Asian Studies, Curriculum Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries
Ohio State Dept. of Education, Columbus. Div. of Vocational Education. – 1971
The active involvement of students in a study of the customs, traditions, and institutionalized ways society has organized to preserve economic stability is the goal of this consumer education teaching guide. Designed for the use of social studies teachers, units are devoted to the studies of: (1) the economic system; (2) income procurement; (3)…
Descriptors: Consumer Economics, Consumer Education, Curriculum Development, Instruction
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Barman, Charles R.; Rusch, John Jay – School Science and Mathematics, 1978
Cites examples from medical research, medical ethics and genetic counseling to point for the need of a secondary school course in values clarification in bioethics. (CP)
Descriptors: Biology, Course Content, Curriculum Development, Ethics
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Matczynski, Thomas; Leep, Albert – Education, 1971
Outlines of a program to reconstruct the Social Studies curriculum to more adequately fit the needs, interests, and work-ways of disadvantaged children. (Author/RY)
Descriptors: Course Objectives, Curriculum Development, Disadvantaged Youth, Elementary School Curriculum
Botting, David C. – 1975
Described is a class related to the spread of technology to the developing countries of the world. The class included students from many disciplines. The approach consisted of examining four aspects oF technological transfer and impact: the colonial background, agents of change, process of change, and case studies. The author believes these kinds…
Descriptors: Course Descriptions, Curriculum Development, Developing Nations, Engineering Education
Vero, Julia, Ed. – Bulletin National Institute of Education Hungary, 1986
A compilation of five documents defines and explores the role, scope, reforms, and current trends in history teaching in Hungary. Ivan Berend in "Educational Ideas and History," considers whether or not the traditional uses of historical knowledge have become obsolete and examines the value of this knowledge in today's society. Peter…
Descriptors: Bulletins, Curriculum Design, Curriculum Development, Educational Philosophy
Journal of Aerospace Education, 1974
Describes an interdisciplinary unit approach for teaching social science concepts using aviation as a vehicle to create interest and provide a meaningful context for grades K through 8. The general objectives and understandings for each grade level are described and some sample activities listed. (BR)
Descriptors: Aerospace Education, Curriculum Development, Elementary Education, Instruction
Sikorski, Linda A.; And Others – 1976
This is a report on the process and effects of educational change efforts. It is based on educational research and on informed opinions of mathematics, science, and social science educators. The introduction presents a model of how responsibilities for inventing, disseminating, and implementing innovations may be divided between schools or…
Descriptors: Curriculum, Curriculum Development, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education
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Englund, Tomas; Svingby, Gunilla – 1982
Curriculum theory, curriculum development in Swedish schools, the need to reconceptualize curriculum theory, and the scientific approach to education are discussed. Section 1 of the paper describes 3 theories: traditionalism accepts the curriculum as it is; conceptual empiricism is primarily concerned with academic disciplines (student learning is…
Descriptors: Comparative Education, Curriculum Development, Educational Needs, Educational Practices
Wiggins, Suzanne E.; Sperling, John G. – 1968
Reported is the design, development, and evaluation of a one-semester course on the principles of economics for twelfth grade students. The course is intended to develop students' capacity for economic reasoning through economic theory and empirical research. To do this, teaching materials and innovative techniques for teacher training were…
Descriptors: Course Content, Course Descriptions, Course Objectives, Curriculum Development
Wittman, Philip – 1988
One method of dramatizing the constant state of crisis management in developing countries is to have students in introductory college comparative political science classes study India's political system, which is under stress because of regional, linguistic, and cultural pluralism. This paper, a result of the 1987 Fulbright Summer Seminar to…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Comparative Analysis, Courses, Cultural Pluralism
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Freese, John R. – Canadian Social Studies, 1998
Discusses Benjamin Bloom's taxonomy of thinking skills and applies concepts from this framework to social studies instruction. Attempts to connect all six levels of Bloom's taxonomy to social studies instruction and assessment. Provides a concrete example of an instructional method that integrates the multiple stages of cognition described by…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Critical Thinking, Curriculum Design, Curriculum Development
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