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Direct linkLee, Jo – Journal of Rural Studies, 2007
This paper is about how rural landscape is experienced according to combinations of practical engagements with land and the ways meaning is made in relation to it. It presents the case of the ambiguous position of the Orkney Islands within categorisations of Highland and Lowland landscapes in Scotland. Through a discussion of the physical and…
Descriptors: Horticulture, Foreign Countries, Rural Areas, Land Use
Vozab, Patricia A. – Teacher, 1981
Talking with local merchants helps sixth-graders explore the impact of change in their community. (Editor/SJL)
Descriptors: Community Study, Economic Change, Field Interviews, Grade 6
Chiodo, John J.; Knapke, Jerry – Curriculum Review, 1981
Suggests the study of local issues as an active approach to citizenship education in the elementary and secondary grades. Presents a model activity for high school civics students on investigating the impact of a new shopping mall. (SJL)
Descriptors: Activity Units, Citizenship Education, Community Study, Elementary Secondary Education
Peer reviewedHelmreich, Jonathan E. – Social Education, 1989
Addresses three commonly cited justifications for historical study in considering the value of local history. Speaks to the idea that ignorance of the past condemns persons to the same mistakes, that history offers moral guidance, and that history should be studied for its own essence. Discusses the intrinsic and practical values of history. (KO)
Descriptors: Community Characteristics, Community Study, Curriculum Design, Elementary Secondary Education
Peer reviewedSaunders, M. S. – American Scholar, 1979
This paper describes, with a typology, the effects of localistic (community-focused) educational practice on the curriculum; and it assesses the arguments against localistic curricula which focus on the notion of social control. In conclusion, it offers a conceptual framework which may contribute to analysis of localistic curricula. (Author/SJL)
Descriptors: Community Study, Comparative Education, Conceptual Schemes, Curriculum
Peer reviewedHaskvitz, Alan – OAH Magazine of History, 1989
Describes a history program at the Suzanne Middle School, Walnut, California, in which students create, design, and promote local history activities. Emphasizes the accomplishments of the program, including a rise in the school's state test scores from the twenty-second percentile to the ninety-fourth percentile. (RW)
Descriptors: Community Study, Family History, Junior High Schools, Local History
Peer reviewedPolos, Nicholas C. – New England Journal of History, 1995
Examines the pitfalls and obstacles of applying a professional historian's standards to the practice of writing and researching local history. These include unreliable and incomplete records as well as sponsoring agencies that prefer sanitized legends to historical accuracy. Nonetheless, praises local history as a rich resource and recommends…
Descriptors: Academic Freedom, Censorship, Community Organizations, Community Study
