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Seventh-Grade Social Studies versus Social Meliorism
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Greiner, Jeff A. – Social Studies, 2016
The Wake County Public School System (WCPSS), in the state of North Carolina, has gone through considerable recent effort to revise, support, and assess their seventh-grade social studies curriculum in an effort to serve three goals: comply with the Common Core State Standards (Common Core), comply with the North Carolina Essential Standards…
Descriptors: Grade 7, Social Studies, Public Schools, Common Core State Standards
"No-One Respects Them Anyway": Secondary School Students' Perceptions of Human Rights Education in Turkey
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Cayir, Kenan; Bagli, Melike Turkan – Intercultural Education, 2011
The incorporation of compulsory courses on human rights into the secondary school curriculum in 1998 has been an important first step in developing respect for human rights and responsibilities among the younger generation in Turkey. Yet, these courses have many shortcomings in terms of materials, pedagogy and teacher attitudes. This paper…
Descriptors: Civil Rights, Student Attitudes, Focus Groups, Foreign Countries
Helping Youth in Underserved Communities Envision Possible Futures: An Extension of the Teaching Personal and Social Responsibility Model
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Walsh, David – Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, 2008
Empowering youth through the exploration of their possible futures is a fresh and innovative approach to the Teaching Personal and Social Responsibility model (TPSR). The purpose of this study was to examine the combination of TPSR with the theory of possible selves. This combination, called the Career Club, was a program specifically designed to…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Clubs, Urban Schools, Social Responsibility
Improving the Motivation of Middle School Students through the Use of Curricular and Instructional Adaptations.
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Eisele, Todd – 1996
This action research project evaluated a program to improve student motivation, attendance rate, percent of homework returned, and student academic growth. The targeted population was a seventh-grade class in a middle school in north central Illinois. The problem of inadequate student motivation was documented by means of attendance rates,…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Classroom Techniques, Cooperative Learning, Grade 7