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Wiley, David, Comp.; Dwyer, David, Comp. – 1980
A conference of African scholars was held in the United States in 1979 to develop a consensus and a statement about the direction that African language teaching and learning should take in this decade. African languages are among the so-called "less-commonly taught languages," and funding for their teaching and study has come from…
Descriptors: African Languages, Area Studies, Economics, Language Research
Schmidt, Nancy – New England Social Studies Bulletin, 1980
Presents an annotated bibliography of primary resources which deal with political issues in Africa. For each of the 13 entries, information is presented on author, title, publisher, publication date, number of pages, and an annotation. Many of the works were written by African authors. All of the works were published between 1966 and 1980. (DB)
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Area Studies, Educational Resources, Elementary Secondary Education
Ayoade, J. A. A. – Teaching Political Science, 1980
Major approaches to teaching African politics on the college level are reviewed, the state of the art of teaching African politics is evaluated, and major problems facing teachers of African politics are highlighted. Problems include the size and variety of African nations, ineptness of western pedagogy in describing Africa, and problems of…
Descriptors: African Culture, Area Studies, Educational Needs, Educational Trends
Peer reviewedWilson, Angene H. – Social Education, 1980
To support the hypothesis that much misinformation and many stereotypic attitudes are presented about Africa to elementary school pupils, the article analyzes 10 readers for African content and assesses effects of an African content intervention strategy on elementary school students. (DB)
Descriptors: African Culture, African History, Area Studies, Educational Needs
Peer reviewedEgblewogbe, Eustace Yawo – Social Education, 1980
Presents and briefly explains 31 African proverbs which are used to guide the behavior of growing childern and to help them to mold their characters. The proverbs deal with knowledge, experience, hard work, and human relations. The author believes that a study of language and literature, including proverbs, can help students understand other…
Descriptors: African Culture, African Literature, Area Studies, Folk Culture
Peer reviewedCrofts, Marylee – Social Education, 1986
Reviews myths, misconceptions, and unintentional biases about Africa in United States K-12 social studies textbooks. Summarizes common topics and recommends additions. Provides the names, addresses and phone numbers of 10 university-based African Studies centers. Concludes that improvements to textbooks must continue. (JDH)
Descriptors: African Culture, African History, Area Studies, Citizenship Education
Fugitt, Glenn V., Ed. – 1980
Published in order to further a better understanding of how work in the field of rural sociology is carried on in various places, the six papers describe pedagogical and research activities relating to the sociological concern for rural people in West Africa, Brazil, Iran, the Middle East, Japan, and India. Each paper describes the evolution of…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Area Studies, Educational History, Foreign Countries
