Stresses the need for social studies classroom teachers to devise curriculum which represents a realistic image of the realities that confront inhabitants of planet earth. Suggests that nations must be studied along with other important international factors such as multinational corporations, international organizations, private groups, and…

Eight kinds of curricular changes designed to make schools more effective agents of citizen education in a global age are discussed. Materials designed to globalize the content of education are listed and four basic elements of a curriculum grounded in a global perspective are briefly described. (JMF)

Suggests curriculum changes in the social studies to prepare students for responsible and effective participation in a global age. Teachers should emphasize that the United States plays a large role in world affairs, introduce new issues in world politics, and address the issues of world peace and human rights. (Author/KC)

A growing body of research literature suggests that significant relationships exist between the attitudes individuals develop toward their own and other societies and their images of international conflict and collaboration. Without some understanding of basic human behavior, a recognition that many of the important differences in behavior can be…

Guidelines for World Studies, Checklist for World Studies, and Guidelines for Selecting World Studies Materials and Resources assist in setting goals and objectives, determining priorities in schools, and deciding materials and programs most appropriate for each situation. The World Studies Guidelines provide information about the processes,…

This thirty-eighth yearbook provides a framework for the teaching of international education and relates recent concepts and ideas in the international studies field which are applicable to the teaching of social studies. A number of educators and social scientists contributed to a series of chapters comprised in four sections of the volume. Each…

Reflecting a set of convictions and assumptions about the need for and the process of change in the international education of American children and adolescents, a broad, cooperative study was undertaken concerning the following questions: (1) What is international education? That is, how can international education be most fruitfully defined or…

The accelerated pace of society suggests that social education be clearly formulated from a conceptual golobal framework, recognizing the oneness of earth and man's sharing of a common fate, and that the curriculum be designed from a point of view toward improving international understanding. Effective approaches in international relations…

This research report compiled by the Foreign Policy Association is a collection of eight articles by key individuals in education and social sciences. The study's central themes are recognition of the rapid social and cultural change in human affairs, the need to review international education developments, and a clarification of educational…