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Varga, Bretton A., Ed.; Monreal, Timothy, Ed.; Christ, Rebecca C., Ed. – Teachers College Press, 2023
Posthumanism has seen a surge across the humanities and offers a unique perspective, seeking to illuminate the role that more-than-human actors (e.g., affect, artifacts, objects, flora, fauna, other materials) play in the human experience . This book challenges the field of social studies education to think differently about the precarious status…
Descriptors: Humanism, World Views, Social Change, Social Studies
Nelson, Lynn R. – 1997
The recent trends in economic education reflect the perennial issues regarding economics education. Trends identified include: (1) economics and citizenship education; (2) economic education in Russia and Eastern Europe; (3) the global economy; (4) content standards; and (5) use of computer technology in economic education. The Digest concludes…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Civics, Democracy, Economics
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Shevelev, V. V.; Shcherbakova, L. M.; Serdiukova, L. V. – Russian Education and Society, 1999
Discusses the structure and content of economic education at the higher education level focusing on topics such as Kursk College of Trade and Economics, the components of the new content of economic education, the inclusion of personal computers, and upgrading qualifications of teachers. (CMK)
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Curriculum, Economics Education, Foreign Countries
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Schug, Mark C.; McCorkle, Sarapage; Morton, John S. – Social Studies, 1998
Describes two books of curriculum materials published by the National Council on Economic Education regarding the Central and East European transition economies: (1) "Economies in Transition: Command to Market" (1997); and (2) "From Plan to Market: Teaching Ideas for Social Studies, Economics, and Business Classes" (1997). (DSK)
Descriptors: Economic Change, Economics, Economics Education, Elementary Secondary Education
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Elder, Patricia K.; Sumilo, Erika – Social Studies, 1998
Explains the leadership role taken by the National Council on Economic Education (NCEE) in running programs in the transition economies to prepare classroom teachers and teacher educators for teaching the basics of how market economies work. Describes training, curriculum development, and exchange programs conducted by NCEE. (DSK)
Descriptors: Economic Change, Economics, Economics Education, Elementary Secondary Education
Schug, Mark C.; Lopus, Jane S.; Morton, John S. – 1997
This packet of lessons focuses on the transition from a legacy of central planning to a market orientation in the economic systems of Central and Eastern Europe, the newly independent states of the former Soviet Union, and China. These lessons seek to provide high school teachers with a well-informed approach to teaching about this transition. The…
Descriptors: Business Education, Consumer Education, Developing Nations, Economic Change
Anderson, Curt; Dick, Robert; Prager, Jeffrey; Stivers, Nolan; Ware, Judith; Burke, Francis; Keay, Thomas; Rothweiler, Deborah; Tepe, Henry; Suiter, Mary, Ed.; McCorkle, Sarapage, Ed. – 1997
The materials in this publication were developed by nine high school teachers from St. Louis, Missouri, and a U.S. economic educator after they attended a program in Kharkiv, Ukraine, to learn about the difficulties of economic transition in that country. This book is designed to provide lessons about basic economic reform issues facing the…
Descriptors: Capitalism, Communism, Economic Change, Economic Climate