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Mathias, Elizabeth A. – New Directions for Community Colleges, 1996
Defines civic literacy in the context of technical education as the need to understand the larger social contexts in which technologies exist. Reviews current social changes which make civic literacy imperative and describes model courses incorporating such efforts. Describes a national curriculum development project to integrate civic literacy…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Citizenship Responsibility, College Role, Community Colleges
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Hodgkinson, Christopher – Canadian Journal of Education, 1982
Wealth consists of internal and external goods which are not free and which endow people with a perceived potential for yielding happiness. Curricula can overstress outer wealth orientation and neglect or disregard inner wealth orientation, causing imbalance between the liberalizing and vocational arts provided by the educational system.…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Curriculum Development, Economic Status, Educational Philosophy
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Simon, Roger I. – Journal of Education, 1983
Examines implications of vocational education programs through investigations of Ontario education work experience programs. Argues that work programs provide opportunities for a critical counter-hegemonic pedagogy and the ethnographic investigations of such programs are valuable as a source of both a theoretical analysis of schooling and an…
Descriptors: Cooperative Education, Curriculum Development, Educational Theories, Foreign Countries
Kristensen, Hans Jorgen – 1980
This paper focuses on curriculum problems in Denmark and presents some new trends in the Danish Fokeskole Act along with implications for future curriculum development. The need to create a stronger connection between the school curriculum and the surrounding community is emphasized. It is generally believed in Denmark that the curriculum of the…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Curriculum Evaluation, Educational Change, Educational Trends
Heckman, Richard T. – 1993
Due to the increasing emphasis on technology and the trend toward downsizing and multiculturalism in today's workplace, graduates of technical education programs need non-technical thinking and problem solving skills to stay successfully employed. Historically, however, a dichotomy has existed between vocational and liberal education, which has…
Descriptors: Curriculum Design, Curriculum Development, Education Work Relationship, Educational Innovation
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Bartz, Brunon; Kullas, Zbigniew – European Education, 1993
Reviews the current Polish educational system and assesses its prospects for meaningful reform. Discusses the changing nature of students, teachers, and the impact of changing social values on education. Outlines aspects of the new model of general education, including the curriculum and instructional materials. (CFR)
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Educational Change, Educational Economics, Educational Finance
Kaye, A. R. – 1979
A case study of the Sri Lanka Institute of Distance Education, an Open University school, is presented. Areas of discussion include characteristics of the country, the educational system of Sri Lanka, and the university. Specific topics include: the physical setting of Sri Lanka; the population; society and culture; the economy; the political…
Descriptors: Career Education, Case Studies, College Administration, College Admission