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An Ecological Perspective on Learning Progressions as Road Maps for Learning
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Engelhard, George, Jr.; Sullivan, Rubye K. – Measurement: Interdisciplinary Research and Perspectives, 2011
The Black, Wilson, and Yao (this issue) provide a wide-ranging commentary and vision of the interrelationships among curriculum, pedagogy, and assessment. Specifically, they describe how the Berkeley Evaluation & Assessment Research (BEAR) Center Assessment System can be used to integrate and systematize these areas. This commentary focuses on…
Descriptors: Maps, Context Effect, Learning Processes, Ecology
Applying Ecological Principles On the Job: Engaging Students in Authentic Environmental Projects.
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Abrahams, Mark V.; Gillis, Darren M.; Taylor, K. Lynn – Journal of College Science Teaching, 2000
Describes a course that requires students to work in groups to address local ecological problems of interest to a client external to the university. Students learn the skills needed to apply their knowledge and gain satisfaction by assisting others. The ecological projects provide an important source of feedback to identify the strengths of the…
Descriptors: Course Descriptions, Curriculum Development, Ecological Factors, Ecology
Ecological Inventory Exemplars.
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Sobsey, Dick, Ed. – 1987
The document contains 20 ecological inventories (developed at the University of Minnesota and the University of Alberta) to help severely disabled students learn functional living skills. The ecological approach is designed to uncover the functions critical for success in specific environments which the student frequently encounters. Matching the…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Daily Living Skills, Disabilities, Ecological Factors
Teaching Twenty-First Century Citizenship: Social Psychological Foundations.
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Brandhorst, Allan R. – Theory and Research in Social Education, 1990
Contends collective cooperative action in the public interest will be necessary to solve future social and environmental problems. Proposes that the social studies curriculum shift its value orientation from individualistic self-interest to a justice-based, global model. Advocates teaching citizenship that stresses self-restraint and investigates…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Curriculum Development, Decision Making, Ecological Factors
Energy in an Interdependent World: A Global Development Studies Case Study.
Collier, Anne B. – 1979
Part of the Global Development Studies Institute series of model curricula, the teacher guide presents strategies for teaching about energy as a global issue. The unit, intended for students in grades 11-14, is designed for one semester. The overall objective is to promote awareness of and responsibility toward the global community through an…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Ecological Factors, Economic Factors, Educational Objectives
"This World Is So Beautiful....": Feelings and Attitudes in Environmental Education. Instructional Activities Series IA/S-15.
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Allen, Rodney F. – 1975
This activity is one of a series of 17 teacher-developed instructional activities for geography at the secondary-grade level described in SO 009 140. The activity investigates the rationale and means for including attitudes, feelings, and emotions in the environmental education curriculum. Explanation is given about the role of attitudes and…
Descriptors: Affective Objectives, Attitude Change, Conservation (Concept), Conservation Education