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Hicks, David – British Journal of Educational Studies, 1974
Focused on the development and functions of the National Advisory Council on the Training and Supply of Teachers, including the formulation of national policy. (Author/RK)
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Educational History, Educational Policy, Higher Education
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Hicks, David – Westminster Studies in Education, 1991
Reports the nine-year history of the Centre for Peace Studies. Identifies the aims of the project. Discusses the extent of interest in, and reactions to, the center. Describes "World Studies 8-13," a curriculum program of the center that continued under the direction of the World Studies Trust after the center ceased to exist. (SG)
Descriptors: Conflict Resolution, Curriculum Development, Foreign Countries, Global Approach
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Hicks, David – Social Education, 2000
Presents an interview with James Loewen who wrote "Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your High School History Textbook Got Wrong" and "Lies Across America: What our Historic Sites and Monuments Get Wrong." Focuses on topics such as what led him to write these two books and why they are popular. (CMK)
Descriptors: Active Learning, Books, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education
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Hicks, David J. – American Biology Teacher, 1990
Presented is an approach to the study of nutrient cycling in the school laboratory. Discussed are obtaining, processing, and incubating samples; extraction of ions from soil; procedures for nitrate and ammonium analysis; data analysis; an example of results; and other aspects of the nitrogen cycle. (CW)
Descriptors: Biology, Chemical Analysis, College Science, Ecology
Hicks, David J. – Bioscene, 1995
Details a laboratory experiment focusing on the relationship between the structure and function of the tracheary elements of the xylem. (MKR)
Descriptors: Biology, Botany, Higher Education, Science Activities
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Hicks, David; Bord, Andy – Environmental Education Research, 2001
Reports on a pilot research project in the United Kingdom that monitored student responses to learning about global futures and found much more going on beneath the surface than meets the eye. (Contains 16 references.) (YDS)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Concept Formation, Environmental Education, Foreign Countries
Hicks, David, Ed.; Slaughter, Richard, Ed. – 1997
If all education is for the future, then when and where is the future explored within education? Providing educators with information on the rich literature of the futures field and on the groundswell of future studies is the object of this collection of essays. The text does not presume that readers are familiar with the futures field. Divided…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Computer Uses in Education, Computers, Curriculum
2002
This document contains the following papers on social studies from the SITE (Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education) 2002 conference: (1) "Technology Portfolios in Pre-Service Social Studies Teacher Education" (Marsha Alibrandi); (2) "North Carolina's Sixth Graders Go to Russia: A Global Education/Curriculum Integration Project…
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Educational Technology, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education
Bjerstedt, Ake, Ed. – 1992
The project group "Preparedness for Peace," working at the Department of Educational and Psychological Research, Malmo School of Education in Sweden, explores ways of helping children and young people to deal constructively with questions of peace and war. As part of its work, the project group collects viewpoints on the role of schools…
Descriptors: Educational Philosophy, Educational Policy, Educational Practices, Educational Principles
White, Cam, Ed. – 2000
This document contains the following papers on social studies instruction and technology: (1) "Waking the Sleeping Giant: Social Studies Teacher Educators Collaborate To Integrate Technology into Methods' Courses" (Cheryl Mason, Marsha Alibrandi, Michael Berson, Kara Dawson, Rich Diem, Tony Dralle, David Hicks, Tim Keiper, and John Lee);…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Educational Technology, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education
Burns, Robin J., Ed.; Aspeslagh, Robert, Ed. – 1996
The Peace Education Commission (PEC) of the International Peace Research Association (IPRA) has been the forum for peace educators to come together, to exchange and to share ideas, materials and experiences over three decades. This book draws from key papers from different areas and times of peace education work to show the richness of ideas and…
Descriptors: Conflict Resolution, Foreign Countries, Global Education, Higher Education