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Download full textWestern Curriculum Project on Canada Studies, Edmonton (Alberta). – 1970
This newsletter is intended to be a bi-annual publication which will inform interested persons about the progress of this Project. It is concerned with curriculum studies on the theme of Canadian urbanization and its effects on our lives and environment. The emphasis is on behavioral change; the materials and the activities produced have as their…
Descriptors: Community Study, Curriculum Development, Environmental Education, Interdisciplinary Approach
Western Curriculum Project on Canada Studies, Edmonton (Alberta). – 1972
This progress report of the curriculum development project aimed at the study of Canada's urban areas through examination of Canadian writings covers the project's first two years. The initial proposal and early planning is reported in ED 055 010. The primary difficulties, after the formation of the team, entailed acquiring release time, arranging…
Descriptors: Canadian Literature, Curriculum Development, Interdisciplinary Approach, Literary Criticism
Western Curriculum Project on Canada Studies, Edmonton (Alberta). – 1971
The bi-annual, official newsletter keeps interested persons informed with up to date progress of the project. ED 048 026, the first newsletter, describes the broad concerns and objectives of the newsletter. This issue focuses on the objectives of fourteen sub-projects which develop curriculum materials and teaching strategies on a variety of…
Descriptors: Community Study, Curriculum Development, Educational Objectives, Environmental Education
Western Curriculum Project on Canada Studies, Edmonton (Alberta). – 1971
Facing the reality that students have become very aware of their environment and the problems we face merely to survive, and being aware of the alienation of a person as urbanization increases, the project staff decided to develop a curriculum to examine the urban environment through the works of Canadian writers, poets, novelists, etc. In this…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Environmental Education, High Schools, Interdisciplinary Approach
Sabey, R. H. – 1970
This is a brief overview of Project Canada West, initiated in April 1970 to develop relevant curriculum for Canadian education. Events and activities leading to the formation of the Project are discussed, including the influence of the publication WHAT CULTURE? WHAT HERITAGE? by A. B. Hodgetts. Problems in the organization of knowledge for the…
Descriptors: College School Cooperation, Conceptual Schemes, Consortia, Cooperative Planning
1971
This newsletter was organized with the purpose of issuing progress reports on the various curriculum development projects comprising Project Canada West. Volume 1 number 1 is described in ED 048 026. In this issue background information is given about the Project and the major understandings on which the objectives of the program are based.…
Descriptors: Affective Objectives, Cognitive Objectives, Cross Cultural Studies, Curriculum Design
