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Klos, Naomi Yavneh; Eskine, Kendall; Pashkevich, Michael – Journal of the National Collegiate Honors Council, 2015
Whether at public or private, secular or faith-based institutions, questions of social justice and civic engagement are an increasing focus of attention in honors education. The emphasis on modes of learning that are, in the terms of the National Collegiate Honors Council's 2014 "Definition of Honors Education," "measurably broader,…
Descriptors: Social Justice, Honors Curriculum, Skill Development, Course Descriptions
Taylor, Elizabeth; And Others – 1981
Students' understandings of the concept of social class before and after taking the Social Science Foundation course (D101) at Great Britain's Open University were investigated in 1980. Among the students' conceptions before the course was that people are middle class or working class according to their job. Other conceptions were that social…
Descriptors: College Students, Course Objectives, Educational Objectives, Foreign Countries
Hillocks, George, Jr. – 1973
This program focuses on the elective English programs which are, in whole or in part, replacing traditional English offerings at the secondary school level. It is suggested that the newer elective English programs differ from traditional ones in at least six ways: (1) elective programs consist of a wide variety of courses; (2) students are…
Descriptors: Course Objectives, Courses, Curriculum Development, Educational Objectives
Betres, James – 1981
Data on elementary social studies education in Rhode Island public schools in 1979 are analyzed. Of the 62 schools randomly selected for the study, 265 elementary teachers completed a 63-item social studies questionnaire. The questionnaire asked teachers to identify the curriculum design method they employed; indicate the types of curriculum…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Course Evaluation, Course Objectives, Curriculum Design
Harwood, R. Frank – 1978
A study was conducted to determine what is being done to develop leadership capabilities of first-line supervisors. Data was collected through interviews, examinations of company training literature, and primary resource materials at 125 manufacturing plants in fifty states which, in the aggregate, employ more than 155,000 production workers and…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Adult Education, Adult Programs, Course Objectives
New York State Education Dept., Albany. – 1971
This guide was developed to assist schools in the process of self-evaluation of their foreign language programs in grades seven through twelve. The principal focus is on the teaching and learning process, with an emphasis on the quality of the curriculum, the training, experience and effectiveness of the instructional staff, the quality of the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Classroom Techniques, Course Evaluation, Course Objectives