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Venditti, Phillip N. – 1992
This presentation suggests some examples of what is being done to further international education in community colleges around the United States. Reasons why community colleges should be involved in international education are presented. A central goal of the nation, and educational institutions in particular, is the development of global…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Community Colleges, Curriculum Development, Educational Administration
Iowa State Dept. of Education, Des Moines. – 1989
The Iowa State Board of Education mandated the teaching of global education across the curriculum, effective July 1, 1989. This guide is intended to point the way for school districts developing their own models of global education defined as an approach to learning that promotes greater understanding of the world as an interconnected aggregate of…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Curriculum Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Global Approach
Engle, Shirley H. – 1986
The paper gives reasons why the type of social studies genuinely committed to the education of citizens in a democracy has never flourished in the United States, though such education is crucial to the nation's survival. Social studies, as a discipline, should be utilized to solve social problems and not be a vehicle for imposing a particular…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Classroom Techniques, Critical Thinking, Educational Practices
Alaska State Dept. of Education, Juneau. Office of Curriculum Services. – 1986
This guide represents a synthesis of input from many sources, both Alaskan and national. The critical components of a social studies education (knowledge, democratic beliefs and values, and skills) are incorporated throughout the guide which also features the concepts of justice, equality, responsibility, rule of law, freedom, diversity, privacy,…
Descriptors: Change, Citizenship Education, Cultural Education, Elementary Education
Clubok, Arthur, Ed. – 1987
This monograph focuses on the issue of the nature and purpose of the social studies curriculum. In the lead article, George Wood maintains that social studies as taught today is irrelevant and strives to produce citizens who are unquestioning supporters of U.S. political and economic institutions. Dr. Wood attributes this state of affairs to the…
Descriptors: Citizen Participation, Citizenship Education, Curriculum Development, Elementary Secondary Education
Dawson, Edgar – Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1922
Education is the process of handing down to the rising generation the wisdom and experience of the generations that have gone before. Now, as mankind is hesitatingly turning into new paths here and there it is all the more necessary that the most careful attention be given to the points of departure and the reason for departing from the old ones.…
Descriptors: Teacher Certification, Teaching Methods, Secondary Schools, Social Studies
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Rothe, J. Peter – Canadian Social Studies, 1993
Describes the community participation facet of the eleventh-grade social studies curriculum for British Columbia. Proposes a four-stage model to identify, study, and propose recommendations about a community issue or problem. Suggests that social action based on empirical research improves social studies instruction. (CFR)
Descriptors: Citizen Role, Citizenship Education, Community Involvement, Curriculum Design
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Social Education, 1992
Presents a position statement of the National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS). Reports that the NCSS objects to ability grouping in social studies. Argues that ability grouping disadvantages minority, handicapped, and low ability students. Suggests that ability grouping undermines the democratic ideals that should be the basis of the social…
Descriptors: Ability Grouping, Citizenship Education, Democratic Values, Educationally Disadvantaged
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McKay, Roberta – Canadian Social Studies, 1993
Questions whether current social studies curriculum units and learning activities contribute to the goals of citizenship education. Contends that student attitudes about citizenship are seldom affected by typical social studies instruction. Asserts that teachers must understand and accept larger educational goals and develop classroom activities…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Curriculum Development, Educational Objectives, Elementary Education
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Perry, George S., Jr. – 1992
Educators concerned with law-related education (LRE) increasingly have recognized the need to ensure the participation of diverse groups of people in LRE programs. In 1988 the American Bar Association's Special Committee for Citizenship began the Minority Involvement in Law Education Initiative. Among its purposes was to promote and encourage the…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Ethnic Groups, Law Related Education
California State Dept. of Education, Sacramento. Amnesty Education Office. – 1990
This guide to the evaluation of immigrant legalization education programs in agencies approved for State Legalization Impact Assistance Grants (SLIAG) is divided into two parts. The first part describes how an agency's staff members can review their program in terms of quality criteria. Rating criteria and forms are provided for assessing overall…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Citizenship Education, Civics, English (Second Language)
Osborne, Kenneth W. – 1984
This monograph contains five papers concerning political education in Canada. Chapter 1, "Political Education and the Teaching of Politics," considers the historical and philosophical connections between education and politics. Chapter 2, "Civics, Citizenship and Politics: Political Education in the Schools," explores…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Hidden Curriculum
Penning, Nick – School Administrator, 1987
Although Congress now recognizes education as central to America's economic standing, education should also be supported to sustain democracy. Scholar R. Freeman Butts argues that civic learning is education's "prime purpose." Administrators should work to instill commitment to the common good so that America continues to select rational, humane…
Descriptors: Administrator Responsibility, Citizenship Education, Democratic Values, Educational Objectives
Boie, Mildred Louise, Comp. – Office of Education, Federal Security Agency, 1948
Democracy is more than a creed or a doctrine. It must be a continuing force in the daily thinking, working, and living of all our citizens. American schools and colleges can strengthen democracy by practicing it--by showing concretely the basic advantages it offers to human beings. It is in the homes and in the schools, in home towns and local…
Descriptors: Democracy, Democratic Values, Newspapers, Radio
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Epstein, Terrie L.; Evans, Ronald W. – Social Education, 1990
Provides an overview of the National Commission on Social Studies in the Schools' publication, "Charting a Course: Social Studies for the 21st Century." Reprints the report's curriculum characteristics and goals segments, which briefly outlines content placement. Presents conflicting conceptions of social studies education and questions…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Guides, Educational Change
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