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ERIC Number: ED304385
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1987-Oct-21
Pages: 15
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Curriculum Packages or Packaging the Curriculum: Drink-Driving and the School Curriculum.
Lidstone, John G.
This paper focuses on the role of school curriculums in influencing students' behavior in relation to the drinking of alcoholic beverages and driving or consenting to be a passenger in a car. It examines the moral reasons why people should not drink and drive and how schools can influence this morality through behavioral and developmental approaches. Developing student moral awareness is considered in terms of the establishing of specific courses and the integration of alcohol-related topics into established courses. Classroom instruction should focus on the role of alcohol in society, the law as it relates to alcohol use, and social conventions and morality issues in alcohol abuse. The paper suggests that teachers use established curriculums and: (1) present an anti-alcohol message to elementary and secondary students; (2) adopt a situation-specific teaching approach; (3) integrate these lessons into a larger moral education theme; (4) strive for cognitive and affective learning; and (5) illustrate the lessons with practical examples. Twenty-one references are included. (JHP)
Publication Type: Speeches/Meeting Papers; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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