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Peer reviewedFrank, David John; And Others – Sociology of Education, 1994
Reviews descriptions of history courses in catalogs of 24 public universities from 1910-90. Finds consistent trends in the history curriculum to be expanding coverage of geographical areas; reduced coverage of specific historical periods; and a striking and recent expansion of subgroups. (CFR)
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Course Content, Curriculum Design, Educational Change
Peer reviewedSinger, Alan – Social Education, 1993
Reviews the debate concerning the impact of Afrocentric education and multicultural education on U.S. history instruction and course content. Responds to criticisms of Afrocentric education by historians Diane Ravitch and Arthur Schlesinger, Jr. Contends that multicultural education can help recognize divisions in U.S. society and show a…
Descriptors: African Culture, Afrocentrism, Black Culture, Black Studies
Download full textLinguistic Society of America, Washington, DC. – 1987
Thirty-six nontraditional undergraduate courses in linguistics are described. Course topics include: animal communication, bilingualism, sociolinguistics, introductory linguistics, language and formal reasoning, language and human conflict, language and power, language and sex, language and the brain, language planning, language typology and…
Descriptors: Animals, Bilingualism, Black Dialects, College Curriculum
