Experimental Statewide Seminars in Teaching About Democracy and Totalitarianism. Final Report.

Autor/in	Moore, Jerry R.
Institution	North Central Association of Colleges and Schools, Chicago, IL.
Titel	Experimental Statewide Seminars in Teaching About Democracy and Totalitarianism. Final Report.
Quelle	(1969), (47 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Civics; Communism; Democracy; Democratic Values; Inservice Teacher Education; Nationalism; Political Attitudes; Political Influences; Political Issues; Political Science; Secondary Education; Seminars; Social Studies; Units of Study + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Staatsbürgerkunde; Kommunismus; Demokratie; Lehrerfortbildung; Nationalismus; Political attitude; Politische Einstellung; Political influence; Politischer Einfluss; Politischer Faktor; Staatslehre; Politikwissenschaft; Politische Wissenschaft; Sekundarbereich; Seminar; Gemeinschaftskunde; Lerneinheit
Abstract	To improve social studies instruction and curriculum content in the United States, Northwestern University and the North Central Association Foreign Relations Project conducted 14 experimental seminars (1964-69) in which 894 teachers and administrators from 25 states took part. To determine the effectiveness of the seminars, two surveys were taken, one after the fourth seminar and one after the last. In the first survey, 30 educators agreed that the seminars had been effective in producing curriculum revisions and that they had changed teacher attitudes. In the other, 96 participants representing all seminars indicated that they (1) responded favorably to the "status and involvement roles" afforded by the seminars, (2) took part, in their own schools, in the preparation of social studies curriculums and of units on democracy and totalitarianism, (3) brought fresh ideas into the curriculums from the seminar, (4) applied the informed opinions of university specialists and scholars to their educational situations, and (5) incorporated new materials and approaches directly into the social studies curriculum. (MP)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2004/1/01