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- CHALKBOARD. // Multicultural Review;Dec98, Vol. 7 Issue 4, p16
The section presents information on several textbooks, resource guides and curriculum materials of interest to educators at the elementary and secondary levels. It also highlights the journal articles and issues that focus on multicultural topics, along with news items related to the development...
- Do Elementary Science Methods Textbooks Facilitate the Understanding of Magnet Concepts? Barrow, Lloyd H. // Journal of Science Education & Technology;Sep2000, Vol. 9 Issue 3, p199
The study of magnets is a common physical science topic for elementary students. This study examined elementary science methods textbooks to determine how magnet concepts were presented. Each methods textbook's section relating to magnets was read. Particular attention was paid to the...
- REWRITING AMERICAN HISTORY�III. FitzGerald, Frances // New Yorker;3/12/1979, Vol. 55 Issue 4, p48
The article discusses the author's impressions of American history textbooks for elementary and secondary schools. It talks on the subject of intellectual history, American political life, Civil War and how the account of such history appears to a foreigner reading the American history text. The...
- Appraising the Social Studies Program. King, Fred M. // Education;Jan1964, Vol. 84 Issue 5, p259
The article examines some of the major criticisms of the typical social studies program in the United States. Among the criticisms of the elementary program, the one most often hear is the restrictive nature of the expanding environment philosophy around which the elementary social studies...
- NAEP: Results of The Fourth Mathematics Assessment. // Education Week;6/15/1988, Vol. 7 Issue 38, p28
The article discusses the results of the fourth mathematics assessment conducted by the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) in the U.S. in 1986. The educational levels that are being evaluated by the NAEP include elementary, middle and high school levels. It presents a comparison...
- Three Thousand Days: Arts Education and the Western Tradition. Johnson, Hank // Design for Arts in Education;Mar/Apr85, Vol. 86 Issue 4, p16
The author discusses Western and multicultural curricula in elementary and secondary arts education. He states that the students without deep and personal knowledge of their own artistic heritage will have no model by which to respect artistic heritage of other cultures. It is also emphasized...
- KANSAS CITY FORMS CURRICULUM COUNCIL. Gilbert, A. W. // Educational Leadership;Jan1944, Vol. 1 Issue 4, p243
The article reports on the formation of a Curriculum Council who will supervise the curriculum development of public schools in Kansas City. The Council is composed of twelve Evaluating and Planning Committee, which was organized according to the field of specialization. The teachers and...
- Balance Wanting. // Design for Arts in Education;Sep/Oct86, Vol. 88 Issue 1, p2
The author reflects the importance of the study of art in elementary and secondary education. The author states that the approach of art as therapy is not suitable for testing, unless it is exactly stated in the course offering. According to the author, the genius mythology puts little value on...
- Getting physical. Lai, Tim // Canadian Geographic;May/Jun2005, Vol. 125 Issue 3, p13
Reveals that elementary and secondary curricula in Canada are lacking when it comes to teaching physical geography, according to a 2005 study by Stephen Jeans, a doctoral student and research assistant in the education faculty at the University of Calgary in Alberta.
