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Social Studies in French Schools
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Dumas, Wayne; Lee, William B. – History Teacher, 1978
Examines current educational goals, curricula, and methodology of French social studies education. Investigates influences of the student riots of 1968, and considers what effect these reforms will have on the future of French education. (Author/JK)
Descriptors: Comparative Education, Cultural Education, Curriculum Design, Educational Change
Politische Bildung: The Social Studies in West Germany
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Dumas, Wayne; Lee, William B. – History Teacher, 1976
The sequence, content, instructional goals, methods, materials, and classroom environment of West German social studies education are described. (DE)
Descriptors: Comparative Education, Educational Objectives, Educational Programs, Elementary Secondary Education
History during the French Lycee Terminale Year: An Unexpected Reform.
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Lee, William B.; Dumas, Wayne – History Teacher, 1992
Discusses recent changes in history and geography instruction in the French lycees. Explains that France's National Ministry of Education plans to move teaching about World War II to an earlier year and apply a geopolitical approach to instruction in general. Notes that the Association of Teachers of History and Geography opposes the changes. (SG)
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Foreign Countries, Geography Instruction, Global Approach