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Peer reviewedSprod, Tim – Australian Science Teachers Journal, 1993
Suggests that innovations in both the content and methodologies of science teaching are needed. Examines how human scientific understanding throughout history leads to an explanation of how individual scientific knowledge is constructed. Contains 19 references. (DDR)
Descriptors: Educational Change, Educational Innovation, Epistemology, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedNelson, Jack L. – Social Education, 1990
Compares 1989 National Commission on Social Studies in the Schools' report, "Charting a Course: Social Studies in the 21st Century," to a similar curricular endeavor during the 1930s. Finds the 1989 version conformist, narrow, prescriptive, overly content oriented, and not reflective of educational research. Because of its academic…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Conformity, Content Analysis, Controversial Issues (Course Content)
Peer reviewedSimpson, Judith W. – Arts Education Policy Review, 1995
Maintains that art education in an urban environment needs to move beyond multicultural awareness. Urban art education must stress art as a way of knowing about the world, a way of making nonviolent statements about social and environmental problems, and as a way of working cooperatively with other students. (MJP)
Descriptors: Art Activities, Art Education, At Risk Persons, Cultural Awareness
