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Wagar, W. Warren – World Future Society Bulletin, 1983
The founder of future studies was the English novelist, popularizer, and journalist H. G. Wells. In Wells all the tendencies in earlier futurist thought coalesced, and in his abundant writings, models may be found for nearly all that is best in present day futures inquiry. (RM)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, English Literature, Futures (of Society), Higher Education
Dumbleton, Duane D. – Trends in Social Education, 1977
Discusses ways of using science fiction to teach about culture, human variation, and cross-cultural understanding on elementary, secondary, and college levels. A selected bibliography is included. For journal availability, see SO 505 790. (Author/AV)
Descriptors: Cultural Education, Curriculum, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education
Download full textAiex, Nola Kortner – 1999
This Digest argues that a well designed course of instruction can utilize motion pictures, television, and video tapes to channel a student's enthusiasm and route it to an academically useful goal. Sections of the Digest discuss what films and television offer to educators; potential applications in language arts classrooms; some other…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Elementary Secondary Education, Films, Higher Education
Peer reviewedGrant, Nigel – Scottish Educational Review, 1981
Uses some of the most thoughtful writers of science fiction as guides to possible future educational needs and developments and offers suggestions as to ways Scotland might adapt and develop its educational system to meet those needs and developments. (CM)
Descriptors: Educational Change, Educational Development, Educational Planning, Elementary Secondary Education
ERIC Clearinghouse on Reading and Communication Skills, Urbana, IL. – 1984
This collection of abstracts is part of a continuing series providing information on recent doctoral dissertations. The 31 titles deal with a variety of topics, including the following: (1) the reader pragmatics of fiction; (2) readers' choices versus critics' choices in children's literature; (3) nonverbal communication in selected works of…
Descriptors: Adolescent Literature, Annotated Bibliographies, Biblical Literature, Bibliotherapy
ERIC Clearinghouse on Reading and Communication Skills, Urbana, IL. – 1980
This collection of abstracts is part of a continuing series providing information on recent doctoral dissertations. The 26 titles deal with a variety of topics, including the following: (1) contemporary and lyric poetry and poetry experiences; (2) bibliotherapy programs; (3) poetry in college anthologies; (4) values in American literature and…
Descriptors: Adolescent Literature, Annotated Bibliographies, Anthologies, Awards
Schmidt, Patricia Ruggiano, Ed.; Mosenthal, Peter B., Ed. – 2001
The 17 chapters in this collection of papers include: (1) "Frameworks for Understanding Multicultural Literacies" (Georgia Earnest Garcia and Arlette Ingram Sillis); (2) "Multicultural Belief: A Global or Domain-Specific Construct? An Analysis of Four Case Studies" (Jyotsna Pattnaik); (3) "Monocultural Literacy: The Power…
Descriptors: Black Culture, Blacks, Cultural Literacy, Cultural Pluralism
