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Download full textBoehn, Dieter L. – 2003
One of the demands imposed on geography instruction is to inform about the world, but there is some disagreement on how this is to be achieved. Criticism is most frequently directed at the regional geography approach of subdividing the world into culture regions. This paper addresses the question of whether global subdivision by culture regions…
Descriptors: Geographic Regions, Geography Instruction, Global Approach, Secondary Education
Peer reviewedCortes, Carlos; Fleming, Dan B. – Social Education, 1986
Reviews difficulties publishers have in adequately representing world regions. Recommends that teachers: (1) use textbooks analytically, (2) provide alternative perspectives, (3) use supplementary materials, (4) incorporate analysis of mass media, (5) take advantage of local resources, and (6) continuously examine and modify their social studies…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Curriculum Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Ethnocentrism
Grosvenor, Gilbert M. – 1987
This speech bemoans the deplorable state of geography education in the United States. American students' geographical knowledge is far inferior to that of European, Russian, Japanese, Canadian, or Australian students. This nation's young people literally do not know where they are, what other cultures are like, or how things fit together. A recent…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Curriculum Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedErb, Tom – Middle School Journal, 2001
Proposes a new role for middle school teachers in the aftermath of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. This role involves reexamination of curriculum content in world cultures, geography, history, and comparative religions to give students a fuller idea of their place in the world and the concepts of justice and fairness as practiced in the…
Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, Cultural Literacy, Curriculum Development, Global Approach
Czarra, Fred – School Library Media Activities Monthly, 1986
Provides an introduction to the subject of global awareness, and discusses the kinds of resources that library media specialists ought to consider to provide support for classroom teaching in this emerging field. An annotated list of books, periodicals, organizations, and bibliographies is included. (Author/EM)
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Elementary Secondary Education, Global Approach, Learning Resources Centers
Peer reviewedPhillips, Douglas A. – International Journal of Social Education, 1990
Explores the vital development of the Pacific Rim. Advocates integrating the study of this region into social studies curricula. Criticizes the Eurocentric bias that results in ignoring the Pacific Rim's geography, history, literature, and languages. Reports on social studies programs, primarily in Alaska schools, where study of the Pacific Rim…
Descriptors: Area Studies, Asian Studies, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Evaluation
