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Kafadar, Tugba – International Journal of Progressive Education, 2021
The present study aimed to determine the cultural heritage elements in the social studies course curriculum in Turkey and the awareness of the middle school students about cultural heritage. In the study, the case study approach, a qualitative research design, was adopted. The study group was assigned with criterion sampling method, a purposive…
Descriptors: Cultural Background, Heritage Education, Historic Sites, Social Studies
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Hanson, Cindy – Canadian Journal for the Study of Adult Education, 2018
Community-based research and learning can never be prescribed. The study entitled "Intergenerational Learning in Indigenous Textile Communities of Practice," funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, illustrated this point in many ways. Although it was conceived as community-based research, it was not initially…
Descriptors: American Indians, Handicrafts, Communities of Practice, Foreign Countries
Bucuvalas, Tina – 1988
Folklore and folk arts encompass the body of traditional knowledge learned and artifacts produced outside of formal institutions as a result of participation in folk groups. A great portion of daily life and culture is folk. Folklore and folk arts acquire distinctly local characteristics through the influences of geography, history, or talented…
Descriptors: Cultural Context, Cultural Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Folk Culture
Milnes, Gerry – 1994
The Augusta Heritage Center of Davis and Elkins College (West Virginia) was established in 1973 as a community-sponsored workshop program and has continued since 1980 as a college affiliated, nonprofit organization. Rooted in local traditions, the center supports folk-related activities and sponsors in-state programs and research, primarily…
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Artists, Beliefs, Cultural Centers
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Sutton, Imre – American Indian Culture and Research Journal, 2006
This article seeks to present a continuing bibliography of research on Southern California Indians from the past 20 years, and sometimes beyond. The coverage reaches outside the variably defined bounds of Southern California so that it includes peripheral groups such as the Timbisha Shoshone of Death Valley and one or more groups in the Owens…
Descriptors: Films, Handicrafts, American Indian Languages, Literature
Graham, Andrea – 1991
Folk culture is everyday culture. Since all students have a folk culture, a folklife unit is a good starting place for the study of personal, local, state, and national history, and by comparing similarities and differences, for the study of the folk traditions of others. The guide begins with an introduction to the field of folklife and the…
Descriptors: Artists, Community Resources, Cultural Education, Curriculum Design