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Massialas, Byron G. – Social Studies, 1989
Outlines two reasons that issue-centered discourse will be legitimized in the schools. Contends that the impact of societal problems will force schools to deal with social issues, and that the recognition of the hidden curriculum's influence will impel schools to capitalize on the learning taking place within their walls. (SLM)
Descriptors: Controversial Issues (Course Content), Discussion (Teaching Technique), Educational Change, Educational Trends
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Evans, Ronald W. – Social Studies, 1989
Reviews the history of social studies as an integrated, issue-centered field of study from its inception within the progressive movement to the present. Summarizes major curricular development projects within the issues-centered orientation and speculates on the decline of the problems approach in social studies education. (SLM)
Descriptors: Controversial Issues (Course Content), Curriculum Development, Educational Change, Educational History
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Aronowitz, Stanley – Academe, 1998
As in other industries, expansion of part-time work has profoundly affected salaries and working conditions of full-time faculty and staff at many colleges. If public higher education is to survive the influences of privatization, vocationalization, and downsizing, faculty unions, having established a place in the academy, must become more heavily…
Descriptors: Agency Role, College Faculty, Economic Climate, Educational Trends
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Osborne, Ken – Canadian Social Studies, 1996
Describes the political machinations resulting in Manitoba's downgrading of Canadian history from a compulsory to an elective subject. Argues that this reflects a broader nationwide educational trend rejecting the humanities in favor of science and technology. Criticizes a view of society dominated by market forces and self-interest. (MJP)
Descriptors: Conservatism, Course Content, Curriculum Design, Educational Change
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Miedema, Siebren – Religious Education, 1995
Formulates a pedagogical position that articulates religious experience as complementary to formal-rational thought. Recent postmodernist criticism has located secular thinking as a coequal position to subjective religious experience on the now-leveled philosophical playing field. Explores what this newfound (academic) respectability means for…
Descriptors: Cultural Pluralism, Educational Theories, Educational Trends, Ethical Instruction
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Rush, Jean C. – Arts Education Policy Review, 1995
Presents a collection of cantankerous opinions criticizing political correctness, abstract art, sympathy for AIDS sufferers, and arts advocacy. Contains a briefly coherent passage advocating serious and rigorous formal study. The rest amounts to little more than a conceptual mapping of rancorous reactions to the current state of affairs. (MJP)
Descriptors: Aesthetic Education, Aesthetic Values, Art Criticism, Art Education
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Reimer, Bennett – Philosophy of Music Education Review, 1995
Utilizes critical reaction to the book, "A Philosophy of Music Education," as a framing device to discuss feminist theory and music education philosophy. Maintains that critical criteria drawn from a specific political agenda, and applied to apolitical subjects, accomplishes little more than politicized rhetoric. (MJP)
Descriptors: Cultural Influences, Educational Discrimination, Educational Environment, Educational Objectives
Hayes, Richard L. – Moral Education Forum, 1995
Introduces a concise overview of societal changes and their implications for moral education. Asserts that moral education research will shift from a search for immutable truth to workable solutions. Boundaries between researcher and subject will become blurred as research is used to serve rather than observe the client. (MJP)
Descriptors: Educational Objectives, Educational Principles, Educational Research, Educational Theories
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Steele, Stephen F.; Marshall, Sherry – Teaching Sociology, 1996
Charts the forces changing undergraduate sociology education and attempts to define the future nature of the discipline. Visualizes a discipline that is more practical and problem centered, marketing itself as a proactive tool for understanding changing social systems. Recommends experiential and active learning utilizing new technology. (MJP)
Descriptors: Course Content, Course Organization, Cultural Influences, Economic Impact
Dadzie, Stella, Comp. – 1999
This is a handbook to assist European adult educators in teaching in a multicultural society, presenting models of intercultural practice for organizational and staff development in youth and adult education. Section 1 explains the document's purpose and use, discusses the objectives and major activities of the Learning to Live in a Multi-Cultural…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Case Studies, Change Strategies