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Reid, William A., Ed.; Walker, Decker F., Ed. – 1975
In order to provide the educator with effective ways to translate new curriculum goals into classroom practice, this book presents seven case studies of curriculum change in Great Britain and the United States. The studies offer descriptions of a variety of phases in planning and implementation including curriculum content, planning, institutional…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Comparative Education, Curriculum Design, Curriculum Development
Larsen, Allen F., Ed.; Nappi, Andrew T., Ed. – 1976
This publication is a collection of six essays on the goals and objectives of the introductory college-level economics course written by economic professors from all parts of the country. The purpose is to examine the introductory course in light of the need for clearly defined educational goals which will provide systematic guidelines for the…
Descriptors: Course Content, Critical Thinking, Economics, Economics Education
Boys, Chris J.; And Others – 1988
This book discusses, from a British perspective, the ways in which higher education, and particularly the teaching of undergraduates, responds to the influences of the environment of which the labor market is a major element. It is based on studies made between 1984 and 1987 of 49 departments in nine higher education institutions: four…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Business Education, Economics Education, Educational Change
Kourilsky, Marilyn L. – 1974
This publication presents a set of successfully field-tested teaching procedures for helping children in grades 3-6 generate a working economic system in their classroom. The developer believes that children will learn economic concepts through real, as opposed to vicarious, experience by playing active, rather than passive, roles in learning…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Concept Teaching, Decision Making Skills, Economics Education
Woolschlager, Ruth B., Ed.; Harris, E. Edward, Ed. – 1976
A reference for use by preservice and inservice teachers, the fourteenth volume of the National Business Education Yearbook provides an historical view of the development of business education, deals with current issues in the field, and attempts to predict the future for business education. Part 1, "Yesterday," a flashback into the history of…
Descriptors: Accounting, Business Education, Career Education, Consumer Education
Saunders, Phillip – 1971
Because the economy is such an integral part of our social fabric, the inclusion of an economics program in K-12 curriculum is crucial in a contemporary social studies program. Most economic studies currently being "learned" are wrong, however, and must be changed. A strong case for the teaching of basic analytical skills rather than a…
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Curriculum Development, Decision Making Skills, Economic Research
Billings, Henry – 1993
This document is a text for teaching economics. The book is divided into seven units. Unit 1 is called "What is Economics?" Its seven chapters discuss economics and scarcity, money, the role of the consumer, the role of the producer, capitalism and the free enterprise system, and the circular flow of the economy. The second unit is "How the United…
Descriptors: Banking, Business Cycles, Capitalism, Communism
Stewart, Lee – 1990
This book examines the demands, accomplishments, and limitations of women advocates and educators against the background of the social and cultural conditions which enveloped them. It profiles the experience of women at the University of British Columbia from the founding of the university early in this century until after the Second World War. It…
Descriptors: Academic Freedom, College Environment, College Housing, Deans of Students
Johnson, David Cassels, Ed.; Hult, Francis M., Ed. – Working Papers in Educational Linguistics, 2003
This collection of articles includes the following: "Second Language Acquisition Research and Applied Linguistics" (Teresa Pica); "'Communicative Lingerings': An Exploratory Study of the Experience of 'Foreign' Communicative Features in the Interactions of American Expatriates after Reentry" (Laura Sicola); "Acquiring…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Business Education, Business English, Communication Skills
Beck, Clive – 1990
The purpose of this book is to identify schooling goals and suggest what form of schooling is needed to achieve them. Although schools manage to care for children and give them a solid social, cultural, and intellectual grounding they also massively deprive children of intellectual and cultural stimulation and enormously distort children's…
Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, Ecology, Economics Education, Educational Change
Dirks, Moses; Dirks, Lydia – 1978
A history of food gathering and food preparation techniques of Alaska natives on Atka Island in the Aleutians are presented in Western Aleut and English with illustrations by J. Leslie Boffa and Mike Dirks. Directions are given for preparing: various plants, including wild rice; salted, dried, or smoked fish; baked flour; fried dough; boiled…
Descriptors: Alaska Natives, Bilingual Education, Cooking Instruction, Cultural Background
Wentworth, Donald R.; Hansen, W. Lee – 1976
Presented are a synthesis and analysis of proceedings from the conference which reassessed precollege needs in economic education. Two major questions addressed by the group are identified. First, is there sufficient research information to guide precollege economic education development? If not, what areas should be investigated more completely?…
Descriptors: Business Education, Class Activities, Conference Reports, Consumer Education
MacDowell, Michael A.; And Others – 1977
The paper reviews the design of a model for teaching about work in social studies. Developed in 1974 at an inservice economic education workshop sponsored by the Illinois Council on Economic Education, The World of Work Economic Education Program orients existing curriculum materials around fundamental economic principles. It was hypothesized that…
Descriptors: Career Exploration, Cognitive Objectives, Concept Teaching, Curriculum Development
Lindbeck, John R. – 1975
The United States is rapidly becoming a metric nation. Industry, education, business, and government are all studying the issue of metrication to learn how they can prepare for it. The book is designed to help teachers and students in career education programs learn something about metrics. Presented in an easily understood manner, the textbook's…
Descriptors: Career Education, Drafting, Educational Needs, Graphic Arts
Billings, R. Bruce; Agthe, Donald E. – 1977
The Housing and Land Speculation Game provides students in college microeconomics courses with an opportunity to learn about market adjustment toward equilibrium and investment strategy. Students are divided into a land tax only group and a land and property tax group. They analyze the market situation and determine game strategy in accordance…
Descriptors: Business Education, Consumer Education, Economics Education, Educational Games
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