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Reis, Anne – 1971
This fifth grade unit is one of a sequential learning series of the Focus on Inner City Social Studies (FICSS) project developed in accordance with the needs and problems of an urban society. A description of the project is provided in SO 008 271. As part of the fifth grade curriculum focusing on power, this six week unit examines the power base…
Descriptors: Civics, Curriculum Guides, Elementary Education, Government Role
Mazzoni, Tim L., Jr. – 1974
One of twelve case studies growing out of the Educational Governance Project, this report contains a description and an analysis of the process through which Minnesota State government establishes policy for its public elementary and secondary schools. This process is affected by many factors, such as the availability of fiscal and human…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Education, Educational Finance, Educational Research
Bartlett, Peggy M. – 1971
This elective course in world studies for grades 10 through 12 written as part of a total effort to revise curriculum to fit the five quinmester nine-week time periods for administrative organization of schools, provides an inductive analysis of the concept of totalitarianism. The student, given source material, primary information, and textual…
Descriptors: Activity Units, Behavioral Objectives, Communism, Concept Teaching

Kanpol, Barry – Urban Education, 1988
Reviews research on teacher work tasks and individual and collective teacher resistance. Based on a case study of four teachers at an urban, unionized, middle school; distinguishes between institutional political resistance and cultural political resistance. (FMW)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education, Political Power

Lofstedt, Jan-Ingvar – Comparative Education, 1984
Deals with Chinese educational planning as a basic component in the public system for the governance and development of the formal education system, in accordance with the national development plan. "Politics determines what educational planning should achieve, but the administrative system determines what it can achieve." (MH)
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Comparative Education, Decision Making, Educational Administration
Fenwick, Tara J. – 2001
This monograph presents an overview of experiential learning from five perspectives. Following a history of experiential learning in 20th century adult education, the essay first offers a summary of the reflective constructivist view of experiential learning. The constructivist approach is taken by educators seeking to enhance the process of adult…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Educators, Adult Learning
Kurcinka, Mary Sheedy – 2000
Noting that power struggles between parents and children provide rich opportunities for parents to teach children how to deal with strong emotions and for parents and children to solve problems together, this book provides parents with "emotion coaching" strategies for identifying the emotions and needs that can create daily hassles.…
Descriptors: Assertiveness, Child Development, Child Rearing, Childhood Needs
Inglebret, Ella; Pavel, D. Michael – 2000
Following a historical review of Native American educational practices, this book chapter examines various approaches for increasing Native American representation in higher education, presented within the framework of three orientations to curriculum planning. First, Native students may be expected to change to fit the curriculum--to learn the…
Descriptors: American Indian Education, American Indian Students, Change Strategies, Classroom Environment

Kelebay, Yarema Gregory – Canadian Social Studies, 1996
Analyzes the political arguments and special interests surrounding the recent referendum regarding the separation of Quebec from Canada. Characterizes the separatists' campaign as defined by lies, evasion, and demagoguery. Discusses the political reconfiguring occurring among the profederalists. (MJP)
Descriptors: Activism, Civics, Community Control, Current Events

Meny, Yves – International Social Science Journal, 1996
Defines corruption as a violation of the duties of office and a negation of the values that should underlie the democratic political and administrative system founded on the rule of law. Examines the reasons for the increase in corruption over the last decade and its internationalization. (MJP)
Descriptors: Antisocial Behavior, Civics, Crime, Definitions

Johnston, Michael – International Social Science Journal, 1996
Attempts to reconcile classical and modern ways of thinking about corruption by emphasizing the connection between the idea of corruption and the vitality of the political process. Discusses the differences between behavior-specific conceptions of corruption and those emphasizing social and political processes. (MJP)
Descriptors: Antisocial Behavior, Civics, Crime, Democracy

Merrett, Christopher D. – Journal of Geography, 1997
Defines political geography as a discipline specifically concerned with territorial organization and power and how these impact human and political processes. Traces the development of the discipline from the mid-eighteenth century to the present. Discusses reasons for its fall from academic grace and its eventual resurgence. (MJP)
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Alienation, Economic Factors, Educational Trends

Boltvinik, Julio – International Social Science Journal, 1996
Critically evaluates the methodologies used in three recent studies on poverty in Latin America. Maintains that some studies measure the relative nature of nutritional poverty while others record the absolute nature of nutritional poverty (physical survival). Includes a comparative analysis of the studies' results. (MJP)
Descriptors: Capitalism, Disadvantaged Environment, Economics, Foreign Countries

Blase, Joseph J. – Education and Urban Society, 1991
Examines the political strategies used by 261 female and 105 male teachers from 99 urban, 144 rural, and 123 suburban areas when interacting with "closed"/"ineffective" principals. Teachers' reasons/purposes for using such strategies and teachers' opinions concerning the strategies' effectiveness were studied within the context…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Elementary School Teachers, Elementary Secondary Education, Instructional Leadership

Leitner, Erich – Higher Education Policy, 1999
Describes the higher education reform discussion in Austria which led to major system reorganization in 1993. It is noted that a previous academic oligarchy played a central role because a high proportion of university faculty also served in the parliament. Research on higher education played little part in reform because few studies were…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, College Administration, College Faculty, Educational Administration