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Download full textDisinger, John F. – 1985
This digest contains an abridgment of a section of a chapter on "Environmental Education Research Related to Issue Awareness" from the 1984 National Commission for Environmental Education Research (NCEER) Report. The paper was prepared by Randall Wiesenmeyer, Maureen Murrin, and Audrey Tomera. Only the section of the paper dealing with…
Descriptors: Environmental Education, Field Trips, Instructional Improvement, Integrated Curriculum
Andrews, Sharon Vincz – 1994
Designed for teachers and arguing that democratic values are best taught in democratic classrooms, this hands-on guide offers clear directions for exploring values using children's literature as a starting point. Combining numerous classroom examples with practical advice, backed up by historical analysis and educational theory, the book: (1)…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Childrens Literature, Critical Thinking, Elementary Secondary Education
Knapp, Clifford E. – 1999
This book demonstrates how educators and youth leaders can help middle-school and older students understand and define their relationship with nature and learn the importance of protecting the environment. Chapter 1 defines environmental ethics and discusses biocentric and anthropocentric ways of seeing the world. Chapter 2 examines how ecology,…
Descriptors: Consciousness Raising, Conservation (Environment), Educational Strategies, Elementary Secondary Education
Fain, Gerald S. – 1992
This digest addresses the importance to professional practice of ethics and shared values, focusing on the fields of health, physical education, recreation, and dance (HPRD). Practitioners in these fields routinely deal with situations that call upon moral reasoning and the articulation of values such as instruction about personal health, sexual…
Descriptors: Codes of Ethics, Dance, Elementary Secondary Education, Ethical Instruction
Stanely, William B. – 1985
A brief summary of social studies research from 1976 to 1983 is divided into five parts. "Cognitive Thinking and Cognitive Process Research" presents a definition of critical thinking, recommendations for cognitive process instruction, and results of cognitive process research concerning the relationship between learning style and…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Concept Formation, Critical Thinking, Early Childhood Education
Suhor, Charles; Suhor, Bernard – 1992
This book debates the values being taught in American public schools. The book considers whether moral, ethical, social, and religious values of any kind should be taught or inculcated in the public school setting--specifically, should the values embodied in the literature typically read in English literature classrooms be advocated by the…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Catholic Schools, Classroom Environment, English Instruction
