Descriptor
Publication Type
| Reports - General | 3 |
| Journal Articles | 2 |
| Opinion Papers | 1 |
Education Level
Audience
Location
| United Kingdom | 1 |
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Assessments and Surveys
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Clyde, Albert – 1992
"Key technologies" is an umbrella term for appropriate technologies applied to give maximum economic benefit in particular circumstances that may cross traditional disciplinary boundaries. Development of the concept is necessitated by the rate of change of technological development. Key technologies may be classified in three groups related to…
Descriptors: Curriculum Design, Curriculum Development, Foreign Countries, Futures (of Society)
Peer reviewedAikenhead, Glen – Theory into Practice, 1992
Outlines features and characteristics of science-technology-society (STS) science textbooks needed to implement an STS curriculum, noting STS science requires a fundamentally different approach to teaching science. The article refers to an STS science textbook currently being implemented in the tenth grade. (SM)
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Educational Change, Educational Innovation, Holistic Approach
Peer reviewedFarmer, Norman – Education in Science, 1998
The General Secretary for the National Association for Environmental Education (NAEE) in the United Kingdom considers the place of environmental education in the curriculum. Argues that the inclusion of environmental education in the curriculum as a separate subject would add to the nightmare of the stand-alone subject curriculum. Suggests a…
Descriptors: Citizen Participation, Conservation (Environment), Curriculum Development, Educational Cooperation
