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Teaching the Novel Across the Curriculum: A Handbook for Educators
Irvine, Colin C. Ed. – Greenwood Press, 2008
Language arts are at the forefront of education these days. Instructors at all levels are being encouraged to teach writing in their courses, even if those courses cover subjects other than English. Literature instructors have long used fiction to teach composition. But because the novel reflects a broad range of human experiences and historical…
Descriptors: English Literature, Education Courses, Intercultural Communication, General Education
MACOS Controversy: Responses to Charges by John Conlan.
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Dow, Peter B. – 1975
The utility of the controversial elementary social studies program, "Man: A Course of Study" (MACOS), is argued in this paper. A list of 12 charges made by Congressman John Conlan against MACOS, with responses to the charges, is presented. Specific passages in the student materials, films, and teacher materials are examined in context…
Descriptors: Analytical Criticism, Anthropology, Creative Thinking, Cross Cultural Studies
Back to Basics: Is Social Studies Included? Monograph No. 2.
Scarlett, Jack – 1976
This paper discusses the implication of the back to basics movement in elementary school social studies. The paper is divided into three sections, each of which considers a different aspect of the issue. Part one briefly discusses the nature and extent of the back to basics movement in the United States. The various interpretations of the term…
Descriptors: Analytical Criticism, Comparative Education, Definitions, Educational Trends
Social Studies--The Next Generation: Re-Searching in the Postmodern. Counterpoints, Studies in the Postmodern Theory of Education Volume 272
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Segall, Avner, Ed.; Heilman, Elizabeth E., Ed.; Cherryholmes, Cleo H., Ed. – Peter Lang New York, 2006
This book broadens the imagination within social studies education by highlighting current, cutting-edge scholarship incorporating critical discourses. Drawing on postmodern, poststructural, postcolonial, and feminist theories often borrowed from cultural studies, curriculum theory, critical geography, women's studies, and queer studies, the…
Descriptors: Social Studies, Social Science Research, Research Methodology, Citizenship Education
Pluralistic Approaches to Art Criticism.
Blandy, Doug, Ed.; Congdon, Kristin G., Ed. – 1991
Contributors to this anthology analyze the contemporary academic methods for critiquing art and suggest new ways that might further the understandings of art created by diverse individuals and groups. Essays are organized into three sections. Part 1, "Changes and Extensions in Critical Approaches" includes essays: (1) "Beyond Universalism in Art…
Descriptors: Aesthetics, Architecture, Art, Art Criticism
Defining the Social Studies. Bulletin 51.
Barr, Robert D.; And Others – 1977
The bulletin probes the debate over the nature of social studies and considers the role of social studies in the curriculum. It is intended to be a clarification of the field of social studies for textbook authors, curriculum developers, and educators. The bulletin is presented in five chapters. Chapter I discusses the confusion which has resulted…
Descriptors: Analytical Criticism, Citizenship, Civics, Content Analysis
Visual Messages: Integrating Imagery into Instruction. A Teacher Resource for Media and Visual Literacy.
Considine, David M.; Haley, Gail E. – 1992
This book argues that people live simultaneously in two different cultures. Values of the first culture are imparted to children through curriculum in the nation's public school classrooms. The second culture is the world of mass communication that promotes consumption, instant gratification, and impulse. The clash between these cultures confronts…
Descriptors: Advertising, Agenda Setting, Critical Thinking, Critical Viewing