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Outdoor Learning: Curriculum Imperatives and Community Relevance in a Rural Setting
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Maposah-Kandemiri, Myra; Higgins, Peter; McLaughlin, Pat – Education 3-13, 2009
This paper presents a review of practice in the use of the outdoors, and its potential in the teaching of environmental education at Muenzaniso, a Zimbabwean primary school. The school uses permaculture and Integrated Land Use Design as tools for sustainable environmental management. Evidence suggests that pressing community and curriculum…
Descriptors: Community Development, Environmental Education, Land Use, Foreign Countries
Courses on Population and Development: Aspects of Technical Co-operation.
United Nations, New York, NY. – 1985
A conceptual framework and guidelines for courses on population and development are outlined. Following an introduction, the first of five sections details the scope of a population and development course. A definition of an appropriate framework is provided and the role of population and development issues in such a course are described.…
Descriptors: Course Content, Course Descriptions, Curriculum Design, Curriculum Development
African Literature and Social Science in the Teaching of World Studies.
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Ahmed, Ali Jimale; Markovitz, Irving Leonard – Social Studies, 1993
Contends that teaching world studies requires breaking down cultural barriers. Describes a world studies course in which African literature is used to provide a pluralistic view of encounters between African and European civilizations. Includes descriptions and interpretations of the books used in the course. (CFR)
Descriptors: African Literature, Afrocentrism, Content Area Reading, Course Content
How Can the Teaching of Woodwork and Science at Secondary School Level Be Integrated?
Assani, Sydney P. – 1989
A study was made of how to integrate science instruction (specifically, science for Zimbabwe syllabus number 50006) and woodworking. In order to formulate its recommendations, the study sought to analyze course syllabi; collect data on teachers' years of teaching within and without their areas of specialization (woodworking and science); analyze…
Descriptors: Course Content, Curriculum Design, Curriculum Research, Developing Nations
Social Studies in Other Nations. Bulletin 60.
Mehlinger, Howard D., Ed.; Tucker, Jan L., Ed. – 1979
The document describes social studies programs, citizenship education, and major social studies issues in the Federal Republic of Germany, Thailand, Japan, Nigeria, England, and the United States. The first chapter considers the transnational nature of the social studies, traces the development of social studies, and discusses efforts and need to…
Descriptors: Citizenship, Comparative Education, Curriculum Design, Curriculum Development
Concepts, Culture and Communication in Architecture.
Barron, Colin – 1985
A student-centered, cross-disciplinary approach was developed to teach English language skills to first-year architecture students at the Papua New Guinea University of Technology. The course addressed the problem of native architecture students' lack of training in oral skills and lack of experience in expressing familiar architectural concepts…
Descriptors: Architectural Education, Class Activities, Communication Skills, Concept Formation
Appropriate Technology for Sustainable Living. 50th Yearbook, 2001.
Wicklein, Robert C., Ed. – 2001
These eleven papers focus on the need for technology education (TE) to address technological problem solving from a more holistic and appropriate level--less high tech, more thoughtful, and using available resources. "Philosophical Rationale for Appropriate Technology (AT)" (Robert C. Wicklein, Charles J. Kachmar) discusses concerns and…
Descriptors: Appropriate Technology, Case Studies, Citizen Participation, Cultural Differences