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Download full textWestern Curriculum Project on Canada Studies, Edmonton (Alberta). – 1971
The curriculum material the Nanaimo District Senior High School curriculum development project is designing is based on the City of Nanaimo and its environs. The problem selected for their substantive research is the socio-political process in a growing city including the role and impact of: 1) civil service, elected officials, voters, and…
Descriptors: City Government, Civics, Community Study, Concept Teaching
Feeley, Dorothy M.
The overall objectives and teaching techniques for the supplementary primary grade social studies units are described in SO 001 457. The specific objectives of this unit for grade two are: 1) to discover differences and similarities found in people through understanding of their basic needs, desires, and problems; 2) to become aware of the…
Descriptors: American Indian Culture, Bibliographies, Black Studies, Chinese Americans
Communications Coalition for Educational Change, Washington, DC. – 1971
This document was written to inform the general community about the financial problems schools are having and to suggest alternative ways by which schools could be financed. It cites examples of school budget crises throughout the nation, presents a breakdown of present sources of school revenue, discusses how money affects the quality of…
Descriptors: Accountability, Community Study, Court Litigation, Educational Finance
Talmage, Harriet; Mendelson, Lloyd J. – 1971
This paper, presented in 1971 at the National Council for Social Studies Conference in Denver, advocates structuring elementary and secondary social studies programs around social intelligence in the Deweyan sense rather than building them around ideology. Too often programs espousing an ideology are touted as the best approach toward solving…
Descriptors: Community Resources, Community Schools, Community Study, Conference Reports
Senesh, Lawrence; And Others – 1976
A social studies curriculum project is described which presents a blueprint for a Colorado community social profile study and suggests ideas for design of a national community model. The purpose of the project, intended for use on the elementary, intermediate, and secondary levels, is to help students develop skills to deal with mobility from…
Descriptors: Community Change, Community Study, Curriculum Development, Educational Innovation
PDF pending restorationPoister, Theodore H.; And Others – 1976
This report presents the findings of a community survey conducted in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, in April and May 1975. The purpose of the project was to develop and apply management technology to improve decision making and program effectiveness in the local community. The survey sought citizens' perceptions and attitudes about governmental…
Descriptors: City Government, Community Attitudes, Community Problems, Community Programs
Gladhart, Peter Michael; Britten, Patricia – 1978
A rural township in one of the fastest growing counties in northern Michigan was selected as a prototype for changes in small rural communities experiencing rapid population growth due to inmigration. In 1973, 180 permanent residents and 58 seasonal homeowners in Hayes Township completed questionnaires covering household composition; family…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Community Attitudes, Community Change, Community Characteristics
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Direct linkInman, Patricia – Journal of Adult and Continuing Education, 2004
This article discusses university efforts to institutionalise community engagement. A seminal study conducted by the Kellogg Commission on the Future of State and Land-Grant Universities expressed concern over the unresponsiveness of institutions of higher education to community issues. Land-grant institutions were established to educate…
Descriptors: Land Grant Universities, Institutional Characteristics, Institutional Mission, School Community Programs
North Carolina State Dept. of Public Instruction, Raleigh. Instructional Services. – 1985
A scope and sequence for teaching elementary and secondary social studies is provided in a subject-by-subject format. Designed to meet the requirements of North Carolina's competency-based curriculum, materials may also be useful to other states and localities. Following a foreword and acknowledgments, material is divided into three main sections.…
Descriptors: Area Studies, Behavioral Objectives, Community Study, Competency Based Education
Dependents Schools (DOD), Washington, DC. – 1984
An outline of the knowledge and skills to be taught at grade three in order to meet the Department of Defense Dependents Schools (DoDDS) social studies objectives is provided. Material is divided into three parts. Following an introduction, a one page description overviews the curriculum topic for grade three, communities, and specifies the major…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Community Change, Community Characteristics, Community Resources
Clothier, Grant; And Others – 1978
This booklet discusses and offers solutions for some of the educational problems growing out of the diverse nature of schools in the United States. Chapter I describes the society as a multicultural one in which a wide discrepancy exists between ideals and practices. A multicultural society is made up of many groups with varying degrees of common…
Descriptors: Community Study, Cultural Awareness, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Guides
LEE, ROBERT ELLIS – 1966
THE PRINCIPAL EDUCATIONAL GOALS OF AMERICAN PUBLIC LIBRARIES BETWEEN 1833 AND 1964 WERE CIVIC ENLIGHTENMENT AND PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT, ACCOMPANIED AT VARIOUS PERIODS BY MORAL BETTERMENT, VOCATIONAL IMPROVEMENT, OR CURRENTLY, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT. THE MAJORITY OF PUBLIC LIBRARIES PROVIDE NOT ONLY MATERIALS, BUT ALSO PERSONAL ASSISTANCE, STIMULATION…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Adult Education, Community Services, Community Study
JACKSON, LUTHER P. – 1966
ONE OF A SERIES OF PUBLICATIONS DERIVED FROM THE CHILD REARING STUDY (CRS) OF LOW-INCOME FAMILIES IN WASHINGTON, D.C., THIS PAMPHLET ATTEMPTS TO REFUTE THE POPULAR MISCONCEPTIONS ABOUT THE POOR. CRS FINDINGS SHOW THAT SUCH FAMILIES DO NOT NEGLECT THEIR CHILDREN BUT RATHER ARE FORCED BY THEIR CIRCUMSTANCES TO TRAIN THEM TO BE INDEPENDENT. POOR…
Descriptors: Antisocial Behavior, Black Stereotypes, Blacks, Child Rearing
State Univ. of New York, Ithaca. Agricultural Experiment Station at Cornell Univ. – 1979
The more than 500 items listed in this bibliography of the publications of the Cornell University Department of Rural Sociology for the period July 1, 1967 through October 30, 1979 consist of those published works of present and former staff members which appeared during their affiliations with the Department or were the result of research done…
Descriptors: Agricultural Occupations, Agricultural Trends, Biological Sciences, Community Development
Martin, George C., Ed.; Wheeler, Keith, Ed. – 1975
Seventeen articles about environmental education teaching in Britain are contained in this publication. Several case studies describe interdisciplinary approaches which are potential growing points for curriculum development. The book is arranged in three sections. After defining environmental education, the first section reviews objectives for…
Descriptors: Architecture, Case Studies, Community Study, Comparative Education
