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Flood, Lawrence G. – Teaching Political Science, 1981
Describes an advanced college course dealing with urban public policy in the United States. It assumes previous student work in political science and urban life. (RM)
Descriptors: Advanced Courses, Course Descriptions, Higher Education, Municipalities
Goode, Judith – Urban Anthropology, 1981
Reports on an attempt to relate academic models of urban communities to actual housing and community development for a student population of mixed graduate/advanced undergraduate levels and anthropology/urban studies majors. (CJM)
Descriptors: Anthropology, Community Change, Community Planning, Course Descriptions
Wolin, Jane – 1977
METRO-APEX is a computer based gaming simulation in which students study a large urban city and its surroundings by playing the roles of city and county politicians, industrialists, environmental control officials, city planners, land developers, and labor groups. METRO-APEX was played once a week for five weeks as part of one credit course in…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Course Descriptions, Game Theory, Higher Education
Download full textAlexandria City Schools, VA. – 1970
Described in this guide is a thirty-six week, interdisciplinary, urban social studies course for 8th grade students that is designed to involve students in the substance and process of urban problems. The major objective is to prepare students to live and survive in an urban environment. The program emphasizes a process approach to thinking,…
Descriptors: Concept Teaching, Course Descriptions, Ethnic Studies, Grade 8
Godek, Stephen C. – Political Science Teacher, 1990
Presents rationale and procedure for a role playing simulation, used in a first-year political science course. Notes that the game's purpose is to make real the problems urban policymakers face. Sees active student participation as a sign of the game's success. Includes course syllabus. (CH)
Descriptors: College Instruction, Course Content, Course Descriptions, Higher Education
Watford, Robert; Hawke, Sharryl – 1973
"Redesigning the Community" is the ninth grade unit of the University City school district program known as Arts in General Education, a K-12 series of special instructional units taught as part of the regular subject areas of language arts and social studies. In social studies the main focus is on environmental design and planning. In…
Descriptors: Architecture, Art Education, Course Descriptions, Design Requirements
Kohut, Sylvester, Jr. – 1975
The paper describes ways in which the urban classroom teacher can celebrate the Bicentennial and investigate the historical role of the cities throughout American history, without sacrificing current and futuristic issues and topics. Primary and secondary sources are used and a community-based field program for students is developed. The following…
Descriptors: Colonial History (United States), Course Descriptions, Local History, Oral History
