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Minnesota Univ., Minneapolis. Project Social Studies Curriculum Center. – 1968
Unit four of this curriculum plan for ninth grade social studies outlines a study of the automobile industry in the United States. Objectives state the desired generalizations, skills, and attitudes to be developed. A condensed outline of course content precedes expanded guidelines for teaching procedures and suggested resource materials. A…
Descriptors: Activity Units, Behavioral Objectives, Capitalism, Concept Teaching
Kaplan, Irving; And Others – 1971
The dominant social, political, and economic aspects of Ghanaian society are described in this handbook. Changes and developments in Ghana in the past 10 years, highlighted by the 1966 overthrough and widespread repudiation of Kwame Nkrumah and his policies and practices, have created a need for this revision of the 1962 edition. The purpose of…
Descriptors: African Culture, African History, Area Studies, Cultural Context
Roberts, Thomas Bradford – 1971
In this nontypical dissertation the author develops a McLuhan-like style of writing and presents a holistic, humanistic social theory. This dissertation is a break with past approaches because it makes the humanistic assumptions that human action is: 1) value-centered and, 2) intricately holistic. The humanistic approach overcomes some current…
Descriptors: Activism, Doctoral Dissertations, Higher Education, Humanism
Coplin, William D. – 1971
Learning package 1, the first in a series of four, incorporates a simulation exercise designed to help students in higher education understand factors that affect the stability of the international relations system. Focus is on a "system" perspective in order to show the historical development and to point up the operation of various…
Descriptors: Autoinstructional Aids, Concept Teaching, Foreign Policy, Higher Education
Kocik, Lucjan – 1976
Conducted in four villages situated near Tarnow, a large urban and industrial centre, this study examined the process of change in the functioning of the rural family, as set against the transformation of their general living conditions brought about by the socialist industrialization and urbanization in post-war Poland. Issues studied were:…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Behavior Change, Developing Nations, Economic Factors
Evans, Terry D.; Nation, Daryl E. – International Council for Distance Education Bulletin, 1987
The future theory and practice of distance education is considered in light of social theory, particularly social structures and systems. Distance education as a multi-national instructional industry is discussed, theories of teaching and learning are described, and 39 references are provided. (LRW)
Descriptors: Developing Nations, Distance Education, Educational Theories, Educational Trends
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Lo, Henrietta – College and Research Libraries, 1987
Attempts to define the unique characteristics of the political, social, and economic obstacles to the modernization of academic libraries in China. The historical development of librarianship in China is described, and a scenario is used to illustrate the organization of academic libraries and the resulting problems. (18 references) (CLB)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Access to Information, Adoption (Ideas), Change
Harper, Paul – Office of Education, US Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, 1964
This analysis of the important industry-centered spare time school system in Communist China is a substantially revised version of a paper originally prepared for oral presentation at the annual meeting of the Association for Asian Studies in March 1963. The author is specializing in the study of Communist China at Cornell University, where he is…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Social Systems, Industry, Politics of Education
May, Hayden Barkley – Journal of Architectural Education, 1979
Gaming-simulation in professional practice, education, and research is discussed. Simulation assists in exploring and resolving incongruent values and interests of clients, users, and architects; conveys complex interactive systems students are trying to understand; and elicits responses to alternative actions and contributes to theory development…
Descriptors: Architectural Education, Architecture, Community Planning, Conflict Resolution
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Lucal, Betsy – Teaching Sociology, 1994
Maintains that most students learn how sociologists study social stratification in introductory sociology courses. Presents a content analysis of 15 introductory college textbooks to determine whether they use distributional or relational approaches as the basis for their treatment of social class. Finds that depictions of class are…
Descriptors: Capitalism, Content Analysis, Higher Education, Marxian Analysis
Penniman, W. David – Library Journal, 1992
Discusses changes in and future prospects of information delivery systems, including libraries, and describes four areas that the Council on Library Resources (CLR) is addressing to promote the evolution of information services: human resource issues; economic issues; infrastructure questions; and information processing and access. Other…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Change, Change Agents, Delivery Systems
Toulmin, Stephen – Humanities, 1997
Presents excerpts from Stephen Toulmin's (1996 Jefferson Lecturer for the Humanities) works. The excerpt from, "Wittgenstein's Vienna," concerns the corruption of social standards, norms, and political authority. "The Return to Cosmology" discusses the role of philosophy in postmodern society and reveals surprising antecedents…
Descriptors: Authors, Cultural Context, Cultural Influences, Higher Education
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Hughes, Bill; Russell, Rachel; Paterson, Kevin – Disability & Society, 2005
Contemporary sociology makes the case that the concepts of society and social structure are past their sell-by dates. Our world is marked by impermanence and social life is characterised by mobilities. Even self-identity has become liquid. Social actors use consumption artefacts and services to re-design themselves in ways that are commensurate…
Descriptors: Social Life, Disabilities, Accessibility (for Disabled), Physical Mobility
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Hill, Dave – Policy Futures in Education, 2004
This article focuses on global trends in education policy during the current epoch of imperializing, militaristic, neo-liberal global capital. It is based on an analysis that global capital, in the form of dominant US multinational capital, together with its client governments, uses the repressive and ideological apparatuses of the state to…
Descriptors: Working Class, Educational Change, Financial Policy, Educational Policy
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Nupponen, Hanna – Child Care in Practice, 2005
The focus of this research was on the nature and characteristics of effective leadership and management practices in centre-based child care. This paper is part of a larger doctoral study with a focus on management within child care centres. Eight directors were interviewed in south east Queensland, Australia using a case study methodology. There…
Descriptors: Social Systems, Leadership Effectiveness, Foreign Countries, Social Environment
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