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This paper is an attempt to show how classroom teachers can translate democracy into action. By the use of a few carefully selected experiences and situations, the writer has hoped to make clear some of the commonly accepted principles...
This study investigates learning about civics and citizenship throughout individuals' lives (lifelong) and across various pedagogical settings (lifewide). A basic hypothesis is that civics teachers, among all social actors, are...
The purpose of this text is to bring together a series of historical/cultural/political strands which, when integrated, provide the raison d'etre of a teacher education program which maintained its identity and purpose since 1947. At...
This article reports on the ways that 77 students in an international studies programme constructed meanings for global citizenship. The focus was on their personal meanings for the topic and how they articulated a global identity with... In this study, information about national identity and global citizenship were collected from 77 students enrolled in an international studies program through discussion boards, essays, and interviews. Results regarding global...
A group of letters from the American Institute of Physics and the International School of Physics "Enrico Fermi" regarding the course titled "History of Twentieth Century Physics" in which Paul Dirac was invited to participate as a...
In this research study, we undertook a content analysis of thirteen economics and business textbooks, which were examined for their coverage of the social economy, which encompasses a range of nonprofit and social enterprise...
The purpose of this literature review is to examine what makes reading for understanding especially challenging for children on the autism spectrum, most of whom are skilled at decoding and less skilled at comprehension. This paper first...
"The problem of this study was to test the hypothesis that the use of certain visual aids will improve instruction in algebra. Two experiments were devised. In the first simple balance scales were used and in the second models were used....
Scholarship on globalization suggests that new forms of democratic citizenship and politics are emerging, yet the US educational system remains resistant to global perspectives in the curriculum and continues to favors national identity... In this article, two programs that teach about the world were used to illustrate some of the problems and issues with the national approach to citizenship as it is often taught in U.S. social studies classrooms. These case studies...
"The development of school libraries is an indication of the increasing awareness among our schools of the value of instructional materials in a good school program. With a better understanding of the teaching-learning process has come...
Background/Context: The current national debate over the purposes of civic education is largely tied to outdated notions of citizenship that overlook its changing nature under globalization. Civic education is based on a legalistic... In this case study, the civic beliefs and affiliations of high-school students were examined by looking at their vocabularies during a 5-week summer program on international affairs, cultural studies, and foreign language. The two topics...
Social competence and social communication development can be concurrently supported through intentional thought and planning on the part of the early childhood special educator. In this article, we present suggestions for how teachers...
The suggestion that teaching is a political act has been a divisive issue among educators. However, there has been little analysis of the ways that teachers draw on their political experiences as pedagogical resources. Using a case study...
A series of letters to Paul Dirac from the TATA Institute of Fundamental Research in India referencing the institute's desire to have Dirac give lectures to their students on a subject of his choosing inside the field of quantum...
"It is the purpose of the writer to explore, through this paper, the field of materials of instruction in order to ascertain how a supervisor of instruction in a small rural county might work effectively so as to improve the learning...
Preschool-age children (N=58) were randomly assigned to receive instruction in letter names and sounds, letter sounds only, or numbers (control). Multilevel modeling was used to examine letter name and sound learning as a function of...
The problem of this study is to present an evaluation of the adequacy and the use of multi-sensory aids, library facilities, and environmental resources in the schools of Florida.
There is a growing literature concerning the role of the home math environment in children's math development. In this study, we examined the relation between these constructs by specifically addressing three goals. The first goal was to...
The culture of elementary students today is vastly different than the culture of the previous generation of elementary students. Young students today are part of the "digital native" generation. They utilize technology, or interactive...
This research examined US high school students' thinking about economic and cultural globalization during their participation in an international education program. The findings mapped the students' categories for the two aspects of...
The general supervisor for Seminole County works co-operatively with the supervisor of negro schools who directs the instructional program in the negro schools. Consequently, this study is limited to a consideration of the facilities in...
Preservice teachers enrolled in the first portion of an undergraduate education program at the Florida State University were assigned to develop case studies based on their experience working in local elementary schools. The case studies...
Correspondence between Dirac and Director Godfrey Silverman of Bar-Ilan University in Israel confirming Dirac's future travel to Israel as a visiting professor for the period between December 1965 and January of 1966.
Pages 326-331 from Millikan's book which provides an accessible guide to developments in physics. Illustrative figures are incorporated and see within these few pages.
This research examined adolescents' explanatory frameworks for global poverty during their participation in an international studies program. Poverty, like other persistent social problems, has taken on new dimensions and scale due to...
"The purpose of this study was to determine what is included in the second grade curriculum of the Leon County schools at the present time, what attitudes and ideals are being encouraged and developed, what skills are being developed and...
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