The African Social Studies Programme: An Effort to Improve Curriculum and Instruction across 17 African Nations. ERIC Digest.

Autor/in	Merryfield, Merry M.
Institution	ERIC Clearinghouse for Social Studies/Social Science Education, Bloomington, IN.
Titel	The African Social Studies Programme: An Effort to Improve Curriculum and Instruction across 17 African Nations. ERIC Digest.
Quelle	(1988), (4 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Reihe	ERIC Publications; ERIC Digests in Full Text
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Curriculum Development; Curriculum Enrichment; Developing Nations; Foreign Countries; International Cooperation; International Educational Exchange; International Relations; Social Studies; Africa + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Curriculum; Development; Curriculumentwicklung; Lehrplan; Entwicklung; Curriculum revision; Curriculumreform; Reform; Developing country; Developing countries; Entwicklungsland; Ausland; Internationale Kooperation; Internationale Zusammenarbeit; Internationaler Austausch; Internationale Beziehungen; Gemeinschaftskunde; Afrika
Abstract	This ERIC digest examines: (1) the origins and goals of the African Social Studies Programme (ASSP); (2) ASSP's organization and operation; and (3) ASSP's major achievements and current challenges. The ASSP is a non-political, non-profit intergovernmental organization of 17 African nations that stimulates, promotes, and monitors innovative curriculum. The ASSP evolved from two major meetings (Queen's College Oxford, England, September, 1967 and Mombasa, Kenya, August, 1968) of concerned African educators and representatives from the United States and English development agencies. The organizational structure of ASSP is a coordinating committee composed of one government-appointed representative from each member country and a six-member executive committee which works with the executive director. This committee is chosen by the coordinating committee to make decisions on its behalf. The major accomplishments of the ASSP center on its role in supporting national efforts within member nations to introduce, develop, and expand social studies education. Challenges for the ASSP are working within the constraints of scarce resources and overcoming the innate sensitivity of the social studies subject matter in developing nations. (SM)
Anmerkungen	ERIC Clearinghouse for Social Studies/Social Science Education, 2805 East Tenth Street, Suite 120, Bloomington, IN 47405.
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC