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KELLY, JAMES – 1968
THIS CURRICULUM GUIDE PRESENTS THE SECOND OF FIVE PROPOSED SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL UNITS ON CULTURE AREAS OF THE NON-WESTERN WORLD. SUGGESTED "STRATEGIES" ILLUSTRATE TECHNIQUES TO ENCOURAGE STUDENT AND TEACHER INVOLVEMENT IN ACTIVE CLASSROOM LEARNING. CHAPTER TITLES INDICATE THE SCOPE OF THE SUBJECT MATTER--"THE TEACHING OF AFRICAN…
Descriptors: African Culture, Area Studies, Cultural Differences, Cultural Enrichment
Hansen, Kenneth H., Ed. – 1977
Eleven essays explore the educational effects of social forces and agencies outside of the formal school environment. Speakers at the 1977 Chief State School Officers' Institute examined how these social forces can be used to enhance the work of the American school system. Speakers represented schools of education, research institutes, media…
Descriptors: Administrators, Business, Cultural Influences, Economic Factors
Balkham, Drusilla; And Others – 1974
The resource guide for language arts teachers at the secondary level attempts to provide continuous progress through individualized instruction and the integration of career education with curriculum concepts. The purposes of the guide are to complement the regular language arts program, to serve as a source of ideas and activities, to achieve…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Career Education, Continuous Progress Plan, English Curriculum
Masciantonio, Rudolf; And Others – 1970
This curriculum guide, developed for use in a FLES (foreign language in elementary school) pilot project, embraces an audiolingual approach to the teaching of Latin while providing a source of materials for the teaching of the culture of ancient Rome. The course is organized around nine major units, subdivided into "Lectiones", each requiring 20…
Descriptors: Audiolingual Methods, Classical Languages, Classical Literature, Cultural Awareness
Masciantonio, Rudolph; And Others – 1970
This curriculum guide, developed for use in a sixth-grade FLES (foreign language in elementary school) program, embraces a visual-audiolingual approach to the teaching of Latin while providing a source of materials for the teaching of the culture of ancient Rome. The course is organized around eight major units on: (1) Jupiter and His Siblings,…
Descriptors: Audiolingual Methods, Classical Languages, Classical Literature, Cultural Awareness
Dean, Frances F. – 1967
This bibliography was compiled by the Programa de Educacion Interamericana for teachers who need ready sources of good information useable in the classroom, and suitable for a given grade level. The major division of entries is by country in Central and South America, with sections for Canada and the United States. Within each section, entries are…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Area Studies, Art, Audiovisual Aids
Sandell, Stephen; Haley, Frances – 1973
Students and faculty of the New City School are housed in a single open room of a reconditioned building in an industrial area of St. Paul. Students come from St. Paul's neighborhood high schools, night school, and Open School. They may attend a nine-week session in the morning or afternoon for 2 1/2 hours. The eleven permanent staff members are…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Community Study, Educational Innovation, Environmental Education
Poudre School District R-1, Ft. Collins, CO. – 1970
This guide to environmental and outdoor education is based on the principle that man will properly care for his world only if he both understands and appreciates it. Seventy-two multidisciplinary environmental themes are identified for instruction in grades K-12. Each theme is presented with behavioral objectives, key concepts, and both in school…
Descriptors: Affective Objectives, Cognitive Objectives, Community Resources, Community Study
Association of American Colleges, Washington, DC. – 1976
The third in a series of reports on AAC-sponsored dialogues on liberal learning is presented. This dialogue, focusing on the role of liberal learning in professional education, was designed for both teachers and administrators representing a variety of colleges of business, engineering, fine arts, and the health sciences. In the first case study,…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Allied Health Occupations Education, Business Administration, Business Administration Education
District of Columbia Public Schools, Washington, DC. Dept. of Research and Evaluation. – 1976
This is the final evaluation report of a senior high school Humanistic Studies Program. This ongoing program was begun in the 1972-73 school year at Woodson Senior High School, Washington, D.C., to provide interdisciplinary academic and cultural experiences to students in grades 10-12 in art, music, literature, social studies, and history. The…
Descriptors: Art Education, Course Descriptions, Educational Improvement, Formative Evaluation
American Council of Learned Societies, 2005
This American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) Occasional Paper presents the proceedings of a conference on "Liberal Arts Colleges in American Higher Education: Challenges and Opportunities" convened by ACLS in November 2003 in Williamstown, Massachusetts with the support of the Oakley Center for the Humanities and Social Sciences at…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Study, Research Universities, Academic Achievement, Social Sciences
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Nerad, Maresi; Miller, Debra Sands – New Directions for Higher Education, 1997
In humanities and social sciences, completion of a doctoral degree, especially dissertation writing, can be enhanced if students work in a collaborative environment, are not isolated in their work, interact with advisors frequently, have information about academic publishing, and have a suitable financial aid package. The University of California…
Descriptors: Academic Advising, College Environment, Doctoral Dissertations, Educational Environment
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Tolley, Kim – History of Education Quarterly, 1996
Presents a consistent body of evidence to support the conclusion that, from the earliest decades of the 19th century, scientific subjects represented a significant and popular part of the curriculum in schools for girls. Includes evidence from primary and secondary sources. (MJP)
Descriptors: Cultural Education, Cultural Influences, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Evaluation
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Bump, Jerome – Computers and the Humanities, 1990
University of Texas (Austin) freshman and senior English literature students and graduate humanities students tested a synchronous local area computer network's applicability for classroom discussion and collaborative exams and essays. Student responses to 50-70 research questions show advantages of computer-assisted classroom discussion (CACD)…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Networks, Computer Software Evaluation
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Cannon, Anita – RQ, 1994
Reports on a survey of 232 social science and humanities faculty served by a Canadian university library. Findings confirm that faculty across all disciplines surveyed recognize the importance of bibliographic instruction (BI). Significant differences among departments in the types of BI preferred were revealed. A copy of the survey is appended.…
Descriptors: College Faculty, College Libraries, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
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