Teaching Global Perspectives in a Rural Environment.

Lind, Mary Ann

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ERIC Number: EJ226146

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1980

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Teaching Global Perspectives in a Rural Environment.

Lind, Mary Ann

Small School Forum, v1 n1 p7-8 Spr 1980

Rural students can understand global perspectives by developing pride as food providers who share "kinship of the soil" with the developing world. Important lessons include man's dependence on the land; philosophy of environmental protection; agricultural technology; political influence over soil use; and five factors controlling crop production. (SB)

Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Agricultural Production, Conservation Education, Cultural Isolation, Developing Nations, Food, Global Approach, Land Use, Political Influences, Research Projects, Rural Areas, Rural Schools, Social Studies, World Problems

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers

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Language: English

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