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USA Geography Education Program.
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Corle, Pamela G. – Geographical Education, 1986
Presents a review of the National Geographic Society's campaign to upgrade the teaching of geography in U.S. schools. The campaign includes the development and dissemination of exemplary curriculum materials and a broad range of teacher training activities. Concludes that the U.S. is breaking new ground in facing the reality of geographic…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Educational Improvement, Elementary Secondary Education, Geography Instruction
Geography and Environmental Education: Meeting the Challenge through the Geography 16-19 Project.
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Naish, Michael – Geographical Education, 1986
Provides a brief history of the relationship between environmental education and geography. Describes the Geography 16-19 Project developed at the University of London Institute of Education, which stresses environmental issues and the quality of life instead of the kind of "academic" geography typically covered in courses at this level.…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Educational Innovation, Environmental Education, Geography
The New Soviet Secondary School Geography Curriculum.
Szekely, Beatrice Beach – Soviet Education, 1987
Describes new secondary geography curriculum of the USSR. Curriculum is structured to provide four separate courses spanning 357 class periods over a number of school years. The translated documents include course descriptions along with teaching suggestions and evaluation procedures. (JDH)
Descriptors: Course Descriptions, Curriculum, Curriculum Development, Foreign Countries
Some Possible Effects of World War II on the Social Studies Curriculum.
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Nelson, Murry R. – Theory and Research in Social Education, 1986
Reports results of a survey of professional literature, curriculum guides, textbook advertisements, and newspaper articles from World War II era in order to assess response of social studies educators to crisis of World War II and effect of the war on the social studies curriculum. Concludes that rapid curriculum change resulted in response to the…
Descriptors: Civics, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Research, Human Geography
Critical Commentary on the New Soviet Secondary School Mathematics and Science Curricula.
Szekely, Beatrice Beach, Ed. – Soviet Education, 1987
This issue presents a collection of articles which critique the educational reforms in science and mathematics initiated in 1983. The articles devote special attention to physics, biology, mathematics, geography, and the instructional problems Soviet teachers encountered in presenting the new curricula. (JDH)
Descriptors: Biology, Curriculum Development, Educational Trends, Foreign Countries
Reformer Maps Plan for Geography Professors to Aid Schoolteachers.
Coughlin, Ellen K. – Chronicle of Higher Education, 1987
One professor's efforts to bring high school teachers and college geography faculty together, strengthen high school geography teaching, and increase interest in the study of geography has spawned a network of alliances covering 20 states and sponsored by the National Geographic Society. (MSE)
Descriptors: College Faculty, College School Cooperation, Curriculum Development, Faculty Development
Computer Assisted Learning in Geographical Education. Papers Presented at an International Conference on Computer Assisted Learning in Geographical Education (13th, London, England, April 10, 1983).
Graves, Norman J., Ed. – 1984
Containing papers presented at a multinational conference, this document examines the development of computer assisted learning (CAL) in geography, and describes program and curriculum development, teacher education, and experiences and problems of countries using CAL. Specific papers include: "Computer Assisted Learning in Geographical Education…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Courseware, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Evaluation