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Download full textHigginbottom, George H. – 1991
These two chapters offer a rationale for the inclusion of civic education as a nexus of community college general education. The first chapter provides an introductory overview of various issues related to general education reform and the new emphasis among educators and critics on postsecondary civic or citizenship education. This chapter offers…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Civics, Community Colleges, Curriculum Development
Atkins, Karen B. – 1978
In order to develop institutional goals for Spartanburg Technical College by a participatory process which would involve the various constitutencies of the college, two workshops were conducted. The primary purposes of the first workshop were to allow the participants to become familiar with the participatory process of goals development and to…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, College Administration, College Role, Community Involvement
Atkins, Karen B. – 1979
In 1968, an affiliation agreement was developed between Spartanburg Technical College (STC) and the first clinical site that provided the medical and health laboratory facilities necessary for the on-site training of STC's allied health science students. By 1978, a number of administrative and policy changes that had taken place at Spartanburg and…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, Clinical Experience, Community Colleges, Contracts
Best, Billy F. – 1973
Comprised of 4 chapters, this dissertation explores the existential premise "existence precedes essence" as applicable to development of a conceptual model for an Appalachian studies curriculum. Entitled "Personal Considerations: Pedagogy of a Hillbilly", the 1st chapter details the conflicts between the Appalachian institution…
Descriptors: Conceptual Schemes, Cultural Awareness, Curriculum Development, Doctoral Dissertations
Bernstein, Judith W. – 1977
This document briefly traces the history of sex education in the United States and the problems and disagreements that it has created. The recourse of parents objecting to sex education in the schools has generally been at the community level, taking the form of electing to the school boards those candidates who reflect their views. In some cases,…
Descriptors: Curriculum Design, Educational Legislation, Educational Responsibility, Family Influence
Smith, William A. – 1976
Techniques for applying Brazilian adult educator and political organizer Paulo Freire's theory of "conscientizacao" are discussed. Freire's pedagogy is designed to liberate both oppressor and oppressed from the victimization of the oppressive system through "conscientizacao" or consciousness raising. The term refers to the developmental processes…
Descriptors: Developmental Stages, Doctoral Dissertations, Educational Innovation, Educational Principles
