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Mnguni, Lindelani. "EXPLORING THE STUDENT AND SOCIAL ACCOUNTABILITY OF THE LIFE SCIENCES CURRICULUM: A CASE OF HIV/AIDS." Problems of Education in the 21st Century 77, no. 3 (June 18, 2019): 410–23. http://dx.doi.org/10.33225/pec/19.77.410.
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Science is generally expected to respond to students and societal needs by adopting student and social accountability principles. Therefore, school science curricula are revised regularly to address emerging socio-economic, political, and scientific issues. Similarly, the National Curriculum and Assessment Policy Statement of South Africa was introduced to foster a student and social accountable education that adopts relevant curriculum ideologies. Partly, it attempts to equip students with relevant skills and knowledge related to emerging societal challenges such as HIV/AIDS. The aim of the present research, therefore, was to determine the extent to which the curriculum is student and social accountable concerning HIV/AIDS. The current research explored the extent to which HIV/AIDS knowledge was presented in the CAPS Life Sciences curriculum and selected textbooks, and how curriculum ideologies informed this presentation of HIV/AIDS knowledge. Data were collected from the Life Sciences CAPS document and selected textbooks. Results revealed several HIV/AIDS-related topics, which were taught in Life Sciences. While the literature suggests that the citizenship-centered ideology is most relevant for student and social accountability, the present study found that the Life Sciences curriculum adopted a predominantly discipline-centered ideology. It is concluded that Life Sciences may not provide students with HIV/AIDS-related skills and knowledge required in a student and socially accountable curriculum. Keywords: curriculum ideologies, HIV/AIDS education, life sciences, school science curriculum.
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Subadi, Tjipto, Kuswaji Dwi Priyono, Dahroni Dahroni, and M. Musyiyam. "IMPLEMENTASI PEMBELAJARAN IPS BERBASIS KURIKULUM 2013 MELALUI LESSON STUDY DI SEKOLAH MUHAMMADIYAH KARTASURA." Warta LPM 18, no. 1 (March 1, 2015): 62–75. http://dx.doi.org/10.23917/warta.v18i1.1168.
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The purpose of this community service, assess and understand; 1) learning implementation strategy IPS (Social Sciences) Curriculum 2013 based on lesson study in the School of Muhammadiyah Kartasura. 2) Rationalization and elements of curriculum change in 2013. 3) The process of learning and assessment processes appropriate to the curriculum in 2013. The method used; workshops and training. The Place; SMK Muhammadiyah Kartasura. Execution time; odd semester 2014/2015. Subject: Elementary School teachers, Junior High School, High School and Vocational High School Muhammadiyah Kartasura. The results achieved; 1) learning implementation strategy IPS (Social Sciences) curriculum-based lesson study 203 through three stages, namely; plan (planning), do (action and observation), see (reflection). 2) Rationalization and elements of curriculum change in 2013 stressed on; a) The scientific approach is based approach to encourage student creativity; b)Integrity of the competence of knowledge, skills, and attitudes; c) Integrity of the curricular, co-curricular and extra-curricular activities. 3) The learning process is emphasized in the curriculum in 2013; (A) Integrated Thematic for elementary school level, (b) Approach Science (Natural Sciences) and IPS (Social Sciences) of partitive aggregative be integrated melt (liquid integrative), (c) religious and moral education, (d) learning objects; natural phenomena, social, and cultural arts. While the emphasisin the assessment process; assessment student achievement by using descriptive qualitative and quantitative numerical. Learning implementation strategy IPS (Social Sciences) 203 curriculum-based lesson study using a modified model of lesson study, achievement indicators for a significant increase from the prior worhshop and trainingafter the workshop, namely; 30%: 80% (pre-test: post-test).
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Estrera, Edwin B. "A Perception-Based Curricular Review on the K to 12 HUMSS Strand Curriculum." IAFOR Journal of Education 8, no. 4 (November 27, 2020): 25–44. http://dx.doi.org/10.22492/ije.8.4.02.
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This study examines the perception of Humanities and Social Science teachers among public Senior High Schools in the Department of Education’s Humanities and Social Sciences strand in the Philippines. It uses Erden’s element-based model of evaluation by considering the alignment to the goals of the Humanities and Social Sciences disciplines, the purpose, and core courses of the program, and the teaching-learning process. It also uses Tyler’s Rationale as frameworks in assessing the curriculum. Likewise, the study examines the problems and difficulties in curricular implementation. Upon administering a survey to 25 Humanities and Social Science teachers among four public senior high schools, data revealed that the respondents perceived the curriculum goals, and the purpose of the program as highly observed, while the core courses of the program and teaching-learning process were satisfactorily observed in the curriculum. Also, sex and age were not factors in their level of assessment of Humanities and Social Science goals. The problems and difficulties encountered by teachers included unbalanced time allocation of learning competencies, lack of available learning materials, and lack of specialized teachers. Based on the findings, it is suggested that the government provide stronger teacher support programs to address the gap in curriculum implementation. The K to 12 program also needs a full review, as the study only provides a presurvey to more significant institutional issues. While the Humanities and Social Science curriculum appears aligned with the goals of their disciplines, and to the country’s educational goals, its realization still depends upon the teachers’ implementation in the classroom level.
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Bowl, Marion. "Valuing diversity in the social science curriculum." LATISS: Learning and Teaching in the Social Sciences 2, no. 2 (August 2005): 121–36. http://dx.doi.org/10.1386/ltss.2.2.121/1.
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Tindall, David B. "Social science and forestry curricula: Some survey results." Forestry Chronicle 77, no. 1 (February 1, 2001): 121–26. http://dx.doi.org/10.5558/tfc77121-1.
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In this article, findings from a study of a forestry curriculum are used to identify current gaps and potential avenues of pedagogical contributions pertaining to social science content. In setting a context for this analysis a brief review of the potential contributions of social science to forestry, and a description of current social science research on forestry in B.C. and the surrounding region is provided. Survey results from: 1) stakeholders in forestry, 2) forestry undergraduate students, and 3) forestry faculty all point to the need for incorporating more social science content into forestry curricula. These survey results dovetail with observations about the need for more social science research on forestry topics. Key words: social science, forestry curricula, intergroup differences, social survey research
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Jonāne, Lolita. "The Didactical Aspects of Integrated Natural Science Content Model for Secondary School Education." Journal of Teacher Education for Sustainability 9, no. 1 (January 1, 2008): 45–57. http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/v10099-009-0018-1.
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The Didactical Aspects of Integrated Natural Science Content Model for Secondary School EducationThe main aspects of democratic system of education are a humanistic approach, individualization, and differentiation. Ongoing discussions focus on the best way to teach natural sciences for pupils in humanitarian, social or vocational education programs in the context of sustainable development. For these types of programs, the natural science curriculum should provide all learners with the opportunity to achieve scientific and technological literacy (STL) that is to develop pupils' capacities to function as responsible citizens in the world increasingly affected by science and technologies. This paper highlights specific guidelines for the development of science curricula that are both interdisciplinary and socially relevant. The author emphasizes the context of interaction between human beings, society, and environment. These aspects are introduced in the new school science curriculum of Latvia. The survey of teachers' attitudes towards integrated natural science curriculum and study of pupils' achievements reflects the possibility of promoting scientific literacy of pupils.
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Bastalich, Wendy. "Social philosophy curriculum in social science and humanities structured doctoral programmes." International Journal for Researcher Development 7, no. 1 (May 9, 2016): 15–29. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ijrd-02-2015-0004.
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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to describe an experiment in a non-credit bearing series of social philosophy workshops offered to social science and humanities disciplines in an Australian university. Design/methodology/approach The paper outlines the design rationale and learning objectives for the workshop series. The data set includes qualitative student responses to 501 post-workshop questionnaires and 14 in-depth qualitative responses to a follow-up online questionnaire. Findings The data suggest that social philosophy methodology curriculum offered within a multi-discipline peer context can facilitate an appreciation among students of the centrality of theory and the value of diverse discipline approaches in research. The last part of the paper explores what underpins this – a kind of un-learning or uncertainty regarding the veracity of different philosophical approaches to research, tied to a de-centring of research subjectivity that allows for the co-existence of multiple voices. Language learning, the inclusion of post-modern perspectives and an unbiased presentation of a wide range of thinkers within a challenging intellectual context are central to this. Research limitations/implications The emerging trend towards university-wide doctoral training offers opportunities for useful innovations in research education. University-wide social philosophy curriculum can play a role in facilitating constructive negotiation of theoretical complexity both within and across social science and humanities disciplines. Originality/value The contemporary social science and humanities research context is a challenging space, characterised by intra-discipline methodological plurality, and the risk of marginalisation by more dominant instrumentalist, end-user and science-driven perspectives. The trend towards bringing different methodological perspectives together within inter-disciplinary research and team supervision of doctoral students can lead to conceptual misunderstanding and research delays. The capacity to negotiate and translate conceptual perspectives, often within complex research relationships, has then become an increasingly important academic skill. Within this context, university-wide doctoral training has emerged, but there has been little discussion of doctoral curricula beyond that devised for professional doctorates within the discipline in the non-US higher education literature. This paper contributes to emerging scholarship on research education by describing the sorts of relational, textual and conceptual processes that might be created in the multi-discipline social science and humanities context to produce an appreciation for the different philosophical foundations of research knowledge.
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Brake, Mark, and Martin Griffiths. "Science, Fiction and Curriculum Innovation." Symposium - International Astronomical Union 213 (2004): 572–77. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0074180900193933.
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The academic world is now becoming so specialized that the advantages of a cross disciplinary education are being lost in the tidal wave of scholarship concentrating upon narrow subject fields whilst displacing the values of connected disciplines from the sciences and humanities. The almost rigorous segregation of science and the arts at degree level is being felt not only within academia, but within society. The more a subject is concentrated, the less profound and applicable it appears to the public who should ultimately be the beneficiaries of such knowledge. In order to achieve a form of parity through which our modern world can be examined, the University of Glamorgan has introduced an innovative degree course aimed at developing a multidisciplinary knowledge of science and the arts via an exploration of the science, history, philosophy, religious, artistic, literary, cultural and social endeavours of the fields of astronomy and fantastic literature.
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Salmon, Mark, and Glenn Gritzer. "Parallel Content: Social Science and the Design Curriculum." Design Issues 9, no. 1 (1992): 78. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/1511601.
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Baruchson-Arbib, Shifra. "Curriculum for "Social Information Science" — Evaluation and Application." IFLA Journal 27, no. 1 (February 2001): 19–23. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/034003520102700104.
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E. Childs, Peter. "Curriculum development in science - past, present and future." Lumat: International Journal of Math, Science and Technology Education 3, no. 3 (July 30, 2015): 381–400. http://dx.doi.org/10.31129/lumat.v3i3.1036.
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Science only became a recognised school subject at the end of the 19th century. The study of science subjects remained an elitist pursuit until the mid-late 20th century, but it is now seen as a core subject in many countries, especially in the junior secondary cycle. Since the 1950s there have been major reforms in science education – in the USA, UK and other countries – with a shift away from a focus on content and prescribed practical work, to emphases on inquiry (thinking and working like scientists) and the social aspects of science (in the STS and context-based movements) and on the nature of science (history and philosophy of science). The talk will trace the evolution of the school science curriculum, with a focus on the UK and Ireland, and in particular the changing fortunes of discovery/inquiry science, whose latest incarnation – inquiry-based science education IBSE), is currently in vogue, particularly in Europe. Different science curricula have had different balances between the needs of science and scientists, of students, and of society. In addition, there have been at least three main paradigms underlying school science curricula:the facts and concepts of science (content);the nature and processes of science (conduct or process);the applications of science in society (context).Modern curricula rightly consider that all these aspects are important, although each one has produced its own version of school science, where its emphasis is dominant. The prevailing trend is to integrate all three aspects into science curricula, whether as combined science or single sciences, designed both for the needs of future science specialists and for citizens. Apart from the social and economic demands on science curricula to deliver benefits for society and the economy, the other major influence in the last 40 years or so has been the growth of science education research, and the demand that reforms in science curricula and classroom practice be evidence-based.
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Smith, Walter. "Understanding students’ global interdependence in science instruction." Journal of Global Education and Research 5, no. 2 (December 2021): 151–64. http://dx.doi.org/10.5038/2577-509x.5.2.1108.
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Multiple American educational organizations such as the National Education Association, Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, and the Council of Chief State School Officers have advocated for globalizing the K-12 curriculum. The National Science Teaching Association (NSTA) in a position statement on international education and the Next Generation Science Standards have produced goals and standards for internationalizing the science curriculum by addressing topics such as climate change, environment, and disease that cross borders. In contrast to those pronouncements on the curriculum, this article views global science education through an instructional lens that focuses on a students’ global interdependence in science continuum allowing researchers and casual observers to classify science classroom activities into one of five stages based on the interdependence during instruction of students in two or more countries. At the continuum’s lowest stage labeled isolated, instruction is contained within a classroom with students having no interaction with students in another country. At the highest end called collaborate, students in two or more countries are working jointly to co-create a solution to the task before them. This science education continuum can also be used to categorize technology and engineering activities and could be adapted for use in other curricular areas including mathematics, language arts, and social studies, used as a tool to complement scholarship about a range of education topics from social justice to curriculum to student motivation, or inform pre- and in-service teacher education.
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Berutu, Nurmala, Muhammad Ridha Syafii Damanik, and Maryatun Kabatiah. "The Development of Cross-faculty/University Integrated Social Science Learning Model in the Faculty of Social Science, Universitas Negeri Medan." Randwick International of Education and Linguistics Science Journal 2, no. 2 (June 30, 2021): 215–21. http://dx.doi.org/10.47175/rielsj.v2i2.262.
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The development of Industrial Revolution 4.0 has implications for all areas, including education. One of the emerging indicators is the application of the independent learning curriculum. Every human being has the right to learn wherever and whenever this is in accordance with the conceptual application of the curriculum. This research aims to develop an integrated social science learning model between faculties/universities that will be used to succeed in the independent learning curriculum at the Faculty of Social Sciences of Medan State University (FIS Unimed). The research is research and development in the field of education that uses data collection techniques using documentation studies, interviews, and workshops, the data sources used are lecturers and students of FIS Unimed. The research stage refers to the R&D research stage (Gall, Borg, & Gall,) [5], the stages performed include: 1) Research Planning 2) Subject Determination Model 3) Preparing Learning Tools for Model 4 Courses)) Input Course Content into LMS 5) Testing (simulation) and evaluation of Content 6) Follow-up improvements 7) Dissemination. The results of the analysis show that the development of model courses as part of the integrated social science learning model across faculties/universities in preparation for independent learning in FIS Unimed based on 4 criteria for learning models, namely 1)field-based learning in the Anthropology education Study Program 2) practice-based learning in the Geography Education Study Program 3) seminar-based learning in the Historical Education Study Program and 4) attitude-based learning in the Civic Education Study Program is very practical. The average practicality score of this model is based on students 'and lecturers' responses was 85, which categorized as very practical. Thus, the learning model course that has been developed will be used as a prototype for other courses at FIS Unimed in the framework of implementing the curriculum for independent learning in the future.
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Yeşilpınar Uyar, Melis, Tuba Demirel, and Ahmet Doğanay. "DEVELOPMENT OF PRE-SERVICE TEACHERS’ UNDERSTANDING OF THE NATURE OF SCIENCE THROUGH AN INTERDISCIPLINARY CURRICULUM: A CASE STUDY." Journal of Baltic Science Education 17, no. 4 (August 20, 2018): 728–41. http://dx.doi.org/10.33225/jbse/18.17.728.
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In the research, the purpose was to implement and evaluate an interdisciplinary curriculum that aimed at developing social sciences pre-service teachers’ understanding and knowledge about the nature of science. This research was based on case study design. In order to collect the research data, the methods of observation, interview and document analysis were used. For the analysis of the data, the inductive content analysis approach was applied. The results of the analysis demonstrated that the curriculum implemented had positive influence on the pre-service teachers’ understanding and knowledge about the nature of science. In this respect, it was found that the curriculum helped develop the participants’ lack of skills and knowledge about the subjects related to “nature of scientific models, nature of observations and values guiding scientists in their work and social lives” included in the content of nature of science. In addition, it was revealed that the pre-service teachers’ lack of readiness made the implementation process difficult. Key words: curriculum development, interdisciplinary curriculum, nature of science, teacher education.
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Hodson, Derek. "Social control as a factor in science curriculum change." International Journal of Science Education 9, no. 5 (October 1987): 529–40. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/0950069870090503.
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Mnguni, Lindelani. "The Integration of Different Curriculum Ideologies in a School Science Subject." Education Sciences 11, no. 9 (September 16, 2021): 551. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/educsci11090551.
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School science subjects may be informed by curriculum ideologies such as discipline-centered, service-centered, student-centered, or citizen-centered ideologies. The distinct characteristics of each ideology complicate the extent to which science subjects could integrate different curriculum ideologies. Consequently, the present research explored how different curriculum ideologies are reflected in a school science subject. Natural Sciences was used as a case study that followed a mixed-methods approach. Inductive content analysis was performed on the curriculum document to determine its foregrounding curriculum ideologies using a validated open-ended instrument. Findings indicate that Natural Sciences integrates four curriculum ideologies concurrently. These are the student-centered ideology, service-centered ideology, discipline-centered ideology, and citizenship-centered ideology. However, while attempting to adopt multi-curriculum ideologies, the subject could not ensure equal representation of these ideologies. For example, citizenship-centered ideology received the least representation even though it is the ideology most related to the imperatives of social empowerment. It is concluded that the integration of different ideologies may lead to teaching difficulties where teachers find it challenging to adapt teaching methods that satisfy all four curriculum ideologies. Additionally, students in different schools may be taught according to different curriculum ideology principles, leading to inconsistencies in attained learning outcomes.
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Alonso-Yanez, Gabriela. "Exploring Curriculum for Science Education: Lessons from a Mexican Biosphere Reserve." Journal of Education for Sustainable Development 11, no. 2 (September 2017): 86–101. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0973408218763443.
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Exploring science as a collective undertaking embedded in sociocultural contexts is a critical aspect of science education. This article concerns questions of curriculum design for science education for young learners, and it reports findings of a study on a conservation and environmental education initiative in Mexico’s Sierra de Huautla Biosphere Reserve. Using situational analysis to study this case, I discovered that conservation projects and the science behind them are seldom framed as situated within complex social factors; yet these factors often drive decisions about the environment and can drastically affect what is taught in science curriculums. Presenting science in all its complexity can make science curriculums ‘live’ and can help students understand science as instrumental in addressing challenges that society confronts today.
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Wagler, Amy, and Ron Wagler. "Beliefs about Future Curriculum." Society & Animals 24, no. 6 (December 1, 2016): 596–617. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/15685306-12341429.
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This article investigates how emotions of avoidance affect curriculum choice in a science classroom and also evaluates a research-based social form of learning for changing emotions of avoidance towards a specific science topic (arachnids) for a population of preservice teachers. It was found that there is a strong invariant structural relationship between emotions of avoidance and beliefs about incorporation of science concepts about arachnids. However, participation in the arachnid learning activities decreased emotions of avoidance and increased beliefs about incorporation into a science classroom. The implications of these findings are that social forms of learning can change avoidance emotions and beliefs of teachers and may even be effective for addressing other classroom topics that are socially sensitive, such as biological evolution or climate change.
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Suastika, I. Nengah. "Komparasi Tujuan dan Standar Kurikulum Social Studies Sekolah Dasar Kanada dan Indonesia." Journal of Education, Humaniora and Social Sciences (JEHSS) 4, no. 1 (July 14, 2021): 592–600. http://dx.doi.org/10.34007/jehss.v4i1.705.
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The curriculum has a strategic role in supporting teachers in carrying out the learning process and students in skills skills. Curriculum changes that have occurred in several countries such as Japan, South Korea, the United States, and Canada have shown encouraging results. It is proven that the implementation of the curriculum has brought changes, improvements and enhancements to the quality of education in the country. Based on studies conducted, the Social Science curriculum in Canada was created and developed based on subjects. The objectives of Canadian Primary School Social Studies are to provide an understanding of the basic concepts of Social Studies, develop the skills, strategies and habits of thought necessary for effective inquiry and communication, as well as to apply basic Social Science concepts, to a variety of learning tasks, and impart skills. to relate and apply the social studies obtained through social studies to the world outside the classroom. Meanwhile, the goal of elementary school social science in Indonesia is to lay the foundation of intelligence, knowledge, personality, noble morals, and skills to live independently and follow further education. The curriculum in Social Sciences Grades 1 to 6 in Canada, organizes learning in a set of basic concepts, namely systems and structures, interaction and interdependence, environment, change and sustainability, culture, and governance.
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Barcan, Alan. "The Curriculum as Social Studies." Australian Quarterly 60, no. 4 (1988): 448. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/20635505.
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Williams, Unislawa, Robert Brown, Marilyn Davis, Tinaz Pavri, and Fatemeh Shafiei. "Teaching Data Science in Political Science: Integrating Methods with Substantive Curriculum." PS: Political Science & Politics 54, no. 2 (January 29, 2021): 336–39. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1049096520001687.
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ABSTRACTThe importance of data science in society today is undeniable, and now is the time to prepare data science talent (National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine 2018). Data science demands collaboration, but collaboration within political science departments has been weak in teaching data science. Bridging substantive and methods courses can critically aid in teaching data science because it facilitates this collaboration. Our innovation is to integrate data science into both substantive and methods courses through a dedicated data science course and modules on data science topics taught in substantive courses. This approach allows not only for more opportunities for teaching and practice of data science methods but also helps students to understand how social, economic, and political biases and incentives can affect their data.
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McAbee, Samuel T., Frederick L. Oswald, Eden B. King, Tammy D. Allen, Stephen Stark, Patrick D. Converse, Lillian T. Eby, et al. "Including Science Advocacy in Industrial–Organizational Curriculum." Industrial and Organizational Psychology 7, no. 1 (March 2014): 61–65. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/iops.12107.
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Kusaka, Satoshi. "Systematizing ICT Education Curriculum for Developing Computational Thinking: Case Studies of Curricula in the United States, Australia, and the United Kingdom." Journal of Education and Learning 10, no. 5 (August 30, 2021): 76. http://dx.doi.org/10.5539/jel.v10n5p76.
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Information and Communication Technology (ICT) education has been actively implemented around the world recently. ICT curriculum in schools is intended to improve students’ programming-oriented thinking rather than to train them as programmers. The core of ICT education is ‘computational thinking’. Computational thinking is taking an approach to solving problems, designing systems and understanding human behaviour that draws on concepts. Various countries try to develop ICT curriculum based on this concept. However, unlike traditional subjects, the ICT curriculum has yet to create a unified structure. This research sheds light on the characteristics of ICT education curricula by comparing and contrasting curricula in the United Kingdom (UK), the United States and Australia. Finally, a common framework is proposed on the basis of the discussion. Furthermore, while ICT education is often addressed solely from the standpoint of science and technology, a social science perspective is needed. Therefore, the importance of social science in ICT education will also be clarified.
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Adebayo, Oluwakemi Ayodeji, and Ronicka Mudaly. "CREATING A DECOLONISED CURRICULUM TO ADDRESS FOOD INSECURITY AMONG UNIVERSITY STUDENTS." Problems of Education in the 21st Century 77, no. 2 (April 28, 2019): 179–94. http://dx.doi.org/10.33225/pec/19.77.179.
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A plethora of debates about intellectual imagination regarding decolonised curriculum development has dominated the South African higher education discourses. There is a need to purge Africa of the marginalisation that has been perpetuated by curricula established during the past century. The aim of this research was to add a practical dimension to this discourse, by altering traditional curriculum activities in a biology module, in order to address the issue of food insecurity among university students. In this qualitative inquiry, the following questions were asked: “How can pre-service teachers engage with decolonised curricular activities, in order to address food insecurity among students?” and “What are the consequences of pre-service teachers’ engagement with decolonised curricular activities which respond to food insecurity?” Thirty-six pre-service biology teachers and 12 non-biology university students were purposively selected to participate in a food gardening activity. Data were generated using individual interviews, focus group interviews and the development of portfolios. Findings revealed that pre-service teachers’ consciousness of the social reality of food insecure students was raised, and their feelings of empowerment to enable others, and themselves, to become self-reliant, were enhanced through decolonised curricular activities. This is significant because it signalled a freeing of pre-service teachers from material and intellectual shackles which is critical to decolonised thought and action. This research has implications for higher education science teacher education modules, which can incorporate science from Western and indigenous sources, to create transformed curricula which are socially responsive and reflect epistemic justice. Keywords: decolonised curriculum, food gardening, indigenous knowledge, qualitative methodology, self-reliance, transformation.
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Goldsmith, Susan Secor. "Implementing Elementary History and Social Science: A Three-Step Plan of K-4 Curriculum Design." Journal of Education 180, no. 1 (January 1998): 15–31. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/002205749818000103.
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Massachusetts' History and Social Science Curriculum Framework emphatically describes history and social science as a core academic subject at the elementary school level, devoting a separate section to its study in primary grades. It carries out a provision of the 1993 Massachusetts Education Reform Act for standards-based improvement, calling for more substantive study in elementary schools. The Framework's appearance should result in serious new attention being given an area of school study that, as social studies, has had little or no demonstrable academic effect and has left students largely indifferent. But teachers and schools charged with bringing existing elementary curricula into alignment with the Framework's Core Knowledge requirements in history and social science may face both a departure from what is currently done and an encounter with unfamiliar subject matter and resources. “What's a teacher to do?” The author addresses curriculum and course design by organizing some chief considerations of elementary history and social science study into a three-step plan for implementation that discusses the selection and organization of topics for elementary study, their classroom presentation, and the resources available to support the alignment effort.
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Sneed, Don, K. Tim Wulfemeyer, Daniel Riffe, and Roger Van Ommeren. "Promoting Media Literacy in the High School Social Science Curriculum." Clearing House: A Journal of Educational Strategies, Issues and Ideas 64, no. 1 (October 1990): 36–38. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00098655.1990.9955801.
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Kumar, David. "Teaching Science and Technology Issues: Curriculum Perspectives." Bulletin of Science, Technology & Society 17, no. 4 (August 1997): 187–88. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/027046769701700410.
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Odera, Stephanie, M. Alex Wagaman, Ashley Staton, and Aaron Kemmerer. "Decentering Whiteness in Social Work Curriculum." Advances in Social Work 21, no. 2/3 (September 23, 2021): 801–20. http://dx.doi.org/10.18060/24151.
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The social work profession has historically been dominated by the presence and perspectives of whiteness. The centering of whiteness in social work education is reflected in course offerings, course content, assignment construction, and inherent racialized assumptions about who clients and social workers will be in practice spaces. Critical race theory (CRT) and liberation theory provide a framework for considering how to make visible the ways in which white supremacy is embedded in social work education, and to identify strategies for disrupting its presence by decentering whiteness. The purpose of this project is to foster critical thought about ways to dismantle racism and white supremacy in social work educational spaces. Using the reflexive methodology of collaborative autoethnography, the four authors - two course instructors and two students - with varying racial identities and positionalities, reflected on the experiences of coming to, being in, and transitioning out of the course. Areas of convergence and divergence in the autoethnographic reflections revealed strategies such as embracing vulnerability, promoting authentic relationships, and normalizing emotional as well as cognitive engagement for decentering whiteness in social work education. Implications and recommendations for social work educators and students committed to engaging in anti-racist practice are also discussed
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Tinajero Villavicencio, Guadalupe, Guadalupe López Bonilla, and Carmen Pérez Fragoso. "Change in the Mexican Technological Baccalaureate: The case of the Discipline of Science, Technology, Society and Values." education policy analysis archives 15 (February 15, 2007): 4. http://dx.doi.org/10.14507/epaa.v15n4.2007.
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This article reports partial results of a research project that attempts, among other things, to identify the scope of educational policies concerning structural reforms to the Mexican high school curriculum. In particular, it covers the curricular reform implemented during the 2004-2005 school year in vocational technological high schools, paying special attention to teacher's adoption of the new pedagogical proposal. The research was carried out in three technological high schools: Agricultural, Marine, and Industrial, where three teachers were observed while teaching a new discipline entitled: Science, Technology, Society and Values I. This is one out of three sequential subjects included in the new curriculum that substitute four subjects from the former historical–social sciences area. Our results showed a lack of teachers' appropriation of the pedagogical proposal introduced with the reform due, in part, to a lack of knowledge regarding its conceptual framework.
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Kitchin, William. "The Place of Biopolitics in the Political Science Curriculum." Politics and the Life Sciences 5, no. 1 (August 1986): 5–13. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0730938400001556.
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Biopolitics should be offered as a separate, independent course in the undergraduate curriculum, and graduate training should be offered within the rubric of political science. The primary reason that biopolitical materials should be covered in the undergraduate, liberal arts curriculum is that there is a need to train students to be vigilant, i.e., to have a critical capacity to confront ideas. Since so much of their lives will be intertwined with the political and so much of the political is better explained by considering biopolitical variables than by not considering them, students need exposure and academic coverage of biopolitical concepts and findings. Biopolitics represents only minor change in the general behavioralistic framework of explaining political phenomena, but represents the introduction into political science of some concepts and variables more widely used in the life sciences. Because biopolitical materials are high in quantity and because they are per se important and increase the explanatory power of traditional behavioralism, a biopolitics course belongs in the political science curriculum. The preparation of qualified teachers and researchers argues for graduate training in biopolitics. Without such graduate training in political science departments, the biopolitical inquiry will primarily be undertaken in disciplines other than political science.
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Simangaliso Kumalo, R. "Educating for Social Holiness in Institutions of Higher Education in Africa: Toward an Innovative Afrocentric Curriculum for Methodist Theological Education." Holiness 6, no. 1 (January 1, 2020): 21–34. http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/holiness-2020-0004.
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Abstract In 2016, South Africa saw student and staff protests calling for the decolonisation of the teaching curriculum in institutions of Higher Education. Although these protests were centred in public universities, the issue of decolonisation also affects private institutions such as seminaries that need to transform curricula from being permeated with Western idealism to being authentically African. This article explores this issue for Methodist theological education. It argues that decolonisation affects not only the content of the teaching curriculum but also matters such as staffing and curriculum development. Its focus is to develop ways of implementing an Afrocentric curriculum in African Methodist seminaries.
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Bentley, Kia J., and Jane Reeves. "Integrating Psychopharmacology into Social Work Curriculum." Journal of Teaching in Social Work 6, no. 2 (January 26, 1993): 41–58. http://dx.doi.org/10.1300/j067v06n02_05.
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Raber, Marie, and Janis Richter. "Bringing Social Action Back into the Social Work Curriculum." Journal of Teaching in Social Work 19, no. 1-2 (November 17, 1999): 77–91. http://dx.doi.org/10.1300/j067v19n01_07.
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Pipitone, Maria Angélica Penatti, and Emerson Alves Carneiro. "Análise do Projeto Pedagógico de um Curso de Ciências Biológicas Face às Diretrizes Curriculares Nacionais." Revista de Ensino, Educação e Ciências Humanas 18, no. 3 (December 14, 2017): 285. http://dx.doi.org/10.17921/2447-8733.2017v18n3p285-292.
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O presente trabalho teve por objetivo analisar o Projeto Político Pedagógico e a matriz curricular do Curso de Ciências Biológicas de uma Universidade Estadual Paulista em relação ao que foi proposto pelas Diretrizes Curriculares Nacionais para o Curso de Ciências Biológicas (CNE/ MEC). Tal verificação permitiu discriminar os elementos comuns e os aspectos divergentes, os conteúdos supervalorizados, bem como aqueles que podem estar obscurecidos. Para uma melhor compreensão do objeto da pesquisa foram analisadas as interpretações teóricas do Projeto Pedagógico e do currículo para o Ensino Superior. A partir da análise de documentos oficiais foi elaborado um questionário auxiliar para a coleta de dados entre os professores/coordenadores de curso e estudantes com o intuito de verificar as opiniões, críticas e sugestões que pudessem auxiliar na avaliação da matriz curricular do referido curso. Os resultados sinalizaram, em linhas gerais, uma carência nas áreas das Ciências Humanas e Sociais, sobretudo nos temas: História e Filosofia da Ciência, além de componentes ligados à Ética Profissional e à Legislação Ambiental.Palavras-chave: Projeto Político Pedagógico. Ciências Biológicas. Diretrizes Curriculares Nacionais. Matriz Curricular. Ensino Superior.AbstractThis study aimed to analyze the Political Pedagogical Project and Curriculum of Biological Sciences Course from College/São Paulo University, Brazil) in relation to that proposed by the National Curriculum Guidelines for Biological Sciences Course. Such verification allowed to discriminate the common elements and divergent aspects, the overvalued content as well as those that may be obscured. For a better understanding of the research object, theoretical interpretations of the education program and curriculum for higher education were analyzed. From the analysis of official documents support, our data collection among teachers / course coordinators and students with the aim of analyzing the comments, criticisms and suggestions that could assist in the evaluation of the curriculum of this course questionnaire were prepared. The results showed, in general a lack of areas focused on History and Philosophy of Science, humanities and Social Sciences, as well as components related to professional Ethics and Environmental Law.Keywords: Project of Pedagogical Politic. Biological Sciences. National Curriculum Guidelines. Curriculum Guide. Higher Education.
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Gregory, Joshua R. "Toward a Historically Accountable Critical Whiteness Curriculum for Social Work." Advances in Social Work 21, no. 2/3 (September 23, 2021): 616–35. http://dx.doi.org/10.18060/24094.
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Whiteness—distinct from individuals who identify as white—is a social construction; and social constructions, by definition, can be disassembled. Whiteness is also wholly constituted by and inseparable from white supremacy, and thus exists purely as racial injustice. These are historical facts. Consequently, racial justice demands that whiteness be dismantled and abolished. Social work, as a profession committed to racial justice, is directly implicated in this imperative. Yet, due to misunderstanding and unawareness, the above facts register with most social workers as exaggerated claims, baseless untruths, or ideological propaganda. Social work requires a historically accountable critical whiteness curriculum in order to correct this pervasive misunderstanding and to facilitate informed participation in the pursuit of racial justice in a way that accurately apprehends the nature of whiteness. This curriculum, introduced here, explores the history and invention of whiteness in global, U.S., and social work contexts; examines the integral role of education in deploying and maintaining whiteness; and considers reconstruction and abolition as alternative modes of responding to whiteness as a social problem. The curriculum ultimately shows abolition to be the only historically and theoretically consistent response to whiteness, leading to a call for abolition as praxis and for further curricular development.
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Page, Timothy, and Rhonda Norwood. "Attachment Theory and the Social Work Curriculum." Advances in Social Work 8, no. 1 (April 30, 2007): 30–48. http://dx.doi.org/10.18060/130.
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Attachment theory, as developed by Bowlby and Ainsworth, represented a major departure from the current theories of human development of the time, particularly in its rejection of the major tenets of psychoanalytic theory and its integration of core ideas from evolution theory and cybernetics (Ainsworth & Bowlby, 1991). Attachment theory posits that a foundational human instinct, the desire to achieve safety and protection through proximity to a protective figure, is responsible for the formation of a special class of life-long affectional bonds, referred to as “attachments.” Emotional security is derived to a great extent, according to the theory, from experience with caregivers who are consistently responsive to the developing infant’s expression of attachment behavior toward them. Forty years of empirical research has shown that attachment is a universal characteristic that predicts children’s development of cognitive and social competence, emotional regulation, and positive self-image (Weinfield, Sroufe, Egeland, & Carlson, 1999). Social work educators are currently challenged to better integrate the findings of attachment research into their curricula to reflect more the current state of developmental science.
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Sumrall, William J., and Donald N. Schillinger. "A Student-Directed Model for Designing a Science/Social Studies Curriculum." Social Studies 95, no. 1 (January 2004): 5–10. http://dx.doi.org/10.3200/tsss.95.1.5-10.
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Yağcı, Esed, Tarık Başar, and İlkay Aşkın. "The prediction power of the learning level of life science course in science and technology course." Pegem Eğitim ve Öğretim Dergisi 6, no. 1 (November 24, 2015): 61–72. http://dx.doi.org/10.14527/pegegog.2016.004.
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Besides providing students with the essential life skills, Life Science Course Curriculum should also provide a basis to social sciences, and science and technology courses. In this study, it is intended to reveal the prediction power of the learning level of life science course in science and technology course. According to the result of the study, grades of the third grade life science course are significant in the prediction of student's grades of the fourth grade science and technology course. Students' grades of 57% of fourth grade science and technology course can be explained with third grade life science course's grade. Likewise, student's achievement test scores of third grade life science course are significant in the prediction of student's achievement tests of the fourth grade science and technology course. %47 of fourth grade science and technology course academic achievement scores can be explained with third grade life science course achievement test scores. Also, tetrachoric correlation analysis results show that third grade Life Science Course Curriculum has shown consistency with the attainments of the fourth grade Science and Technology Course Curriculum. In other words, the results of the study present clues that the third grade life science course is helpful to prepare the students to the fourth grade science and technology course
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Pröbstl, Gerlinde, and Kerstin Schmidt-Hönig. "Self-Efficacy in Social Science." Discourse and Communication for Sustainable Education 10, no. 2 (December 1, 2019): 49–59. http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/dcse-2019-0017.
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Abstract In order to manage the challenges of the 21st century, the assessment of individual self-efficacy constitutes an important factor in the educational context; both on the personal as well as on the social and organisational level. This fact justifies the consideration of self-efficacy as a basic competence, whose development must be started on the primary level. Pupils and teachers realise the resources that contribute to the development of a successful self-concept: increased motivation, a courageous selection of tasks to be fulfilled, and the possible influence on future social and economic developments. During their formation pedagogues are learners and teachers at the same time. In their lectures they deal with Social Entrepreneurship Education and competences connected with it. They reflect their own potential to exert influence and develop strategies to support pupils/students in the development of their own self-concept. In accordance with current findings the re-formulation of the curriculum of primary and secondary level demonstrates a development towards conceptual learning in larger contexts, following the principles of self-guidance and activity-orientation.
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Burks, Gabriel, and Jennifer R. Amos. "Impact of Ethics and Social Awareness Curriculum on the Engineering Identity Formation of High School Girls." Education Sciences 9, no. 4 (September 28, 2019): 250. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/educsci9040250.
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A national need exists to effectively engage women and people categorized as minorities in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields and career paths. Given the minimal existence of standards and accreditation boards for engineering design and holistic engineering practice in K–12 contexts, we must better understand how said engineering design and holistic engineering practice affects the learning and identity formation of K–12 students. Here, 50 rising 9th–12th grade girls are exposed to either a socio-ethics enhanced engineering curriculum or a standard engineering curriculum through a week-long STEM summer camp. Qualitative methods are used to conduct a thematic analysis on the engineering language used by students in each curriculum group. Significant differences in language and attitudes towards engineering and the practice of STEM subjects is observed through the incorporation of ethics and humanities into a standard model engineering curriculum. The study presented in this paper demonstrates that students have a tendency towards describing scientific ideas through abstract terms, while a group who participated in the social science integrated camp tended to describe scientific ideas using social-emotional terms. Lastly, students who participated in the camp with integrated social sciences displayed an expanded view and sense of responsibility for the society for which their science is developed to serve. These results could have implications on how STEM subjects are communicated to attract and sustain student interest.
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Tibbetts, Yoi, Judith M. Harackiewicz, Stacy J. Priniski, and Elizabeth A. Canning. "Broadening Participation in the Life Sciences with Social–Psychological Interventions." CBE—Life Sciences Education 15, no. 3 (September 2016): es4. http://dx.doi.org/10.1187/cbe.16-01-0001.
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Randomized controlled trials (RCTs) have recently documented the positive effects of social–psychological interventions on the performance and retention of underrepresented students in the life sciences. We review two types of social–psychological interventions that address either students’ well-being in college science courses or students’ engagement in science content. Interventions that have proven effective in RCTs in science courses (namely, utility-value [UV] and values-affirmation [VA] interventions) emphasize different types of student values—students’ perceptions of the value of curricular content and students’ personal values that shape their educational experiences. Both types of value can be leveraged to promote positive academic outcomes for underrepresented students. For example, recent work shows that brief writing interventions embedded in the curriculum can increase students’ perceptions of UV (the perceived importance or usefulness of a task for future goals) and dramatically improve the performance of first-generation (FG) underrepresented minority students in college biology. Other work has emphasized students’ personal values in brief essays written early in the semester. This VA intervention has been shown to close achievement gaps for women in physics classes and for FG students in college biology. By reviewing recent research, considering which interventions are most effective for different groups, and examining the causal mechanisms driving these positive effects, we hope to inform life sciences educators about the potential of social–psychological interventions for broadening participation in the life sciences.
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Crowe, Jessica, and Austin Boe. "Integrating Undergraduate Research into Social Science Curriculum: Benefits and Challenges of Two Models." Education Sciences 9, no. 4 (December 13, 2019): 296. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/educsci9040296.
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Evidence shows that undergraduate research is beneficial to students during their college years and beyond. This study evaluates two models for integrating undergraduate research into the college curriculum: (1) integrating a community-based research project into a social science course and (2) designing a senior seminar course as an undergraduate research experience. Findings show that students benefit from a hands-on research experience that deepens their understanding of both survey methods and social issues. While, students who participated in the community-based research project enjoyed interacting with community members and learning about community concerns, students in the senior seminar research experience ranked all aspects of the research project more favorably than students participating in the community-based research project. We discuss the benefits and challenges of both models as well as the implications of these findings and the steps instructors can take to improve the learning experience of undergraduates in the social sciences.
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Kurniawan, Rezki, Sulaiman Zhiddiq, and Maddatuang Maddatuang. "Problematic of Teacher in Implementation of Curriculum 2013 on Learning Social Science Integrated SMP in Gowa District." UNM Geographic Journal 2, no. 1 (February 25, 2019): 1. http://dx.doi.org/10.26858/ugj.v2i1.5271.
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This research aims to determine: 1) Form of implementation of Curriculum 2013. 2) Problematic of teacher in implementation of Curriculum 2013. 3) Efforts made to overcome problematic of teacher in implementation of Curriculum 2013. Collecting data in this research using observation techniques, interview and documentation, and analyzed using qualitative descriptive analysis techniques. Result showed that: 1) Implementation of Curriculum 2013 with competence graduates covering aspects of attitudes, knowledge, and skills; using the student-oriented learning process, applying scientific approach. 2) In process of implementing curriculum in 2013 there are still many problems experienced teachers such as; curriculum changes in lesson plans; lack understanding function lesson plans; lack computers control develop lesson plans; lack preparation time in design lesson plans; social studies material presented integrated; distribution school books is not equitable; learning materials source limited; student worksheet function is not maximized; facilities learning media limited; lack mastery computer learning media; there are difficult in authentic assessment; format change in report book; social studies integrated textbooks still lack in library; computer laboratory not functionalized; lack extra facilities in class. 3) Efforts are being made to overcome the problematic of teachers, transform thoughts to mindset Curriculum 2013; seek school headmaster more attention and motivate teachers; followed socialization and training related Curriculum 2013 even harder; improve socialization relationships among teachers; self motivate to be passionate; utilizing resources reference books as well possible; studying computer science and information technology; and pursue school to provide and improve infrastructure and facilities to support learning process.
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Blyth, Alan. "Planning for a Guided Primary Social Curriculum: Early Stages, Featuring TAXIS." Citizenship, Social and Economics Education 1, no. 3 (September 1996): 250–65. http://dx.doi.org/10.2304/csee.1996.1.3.250.
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Social education for young children, with a moral component, can be achieved by means of a Guided Primary Social Curriculum. The earliest years give most opportunity for work of this kind, before official curricula become more prescriptive. This social curriculum involves starting from children's own experience but proceeding by means of interactive guidance. In an approach of this kind, teachers extend children's perceptions by leading them towards subjects as perspectives, through a sequence of themes of increasing complexity of understanding. An example is suggested: TAXIS. Subsequent age-groups, and implications for teachers are considered.
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Aikenhead, Glen. "Research Into STS Science Education." Educación Química 16, no. 3 (August 25, 2018): 384. http://dx.doi.org/10.22201/fq.18708404e.2005.3.66101.
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<span>STS science curriculum content includes both the internal workings of the scientific enterprise and the scientific enterprises external interaction with technology and society. The educational goal is to prepare future citizens who understand the human and social dimensions of scientific practice and its consequences. This article synthesizes the published research into STS science education in terms of policy making (curriculum development), student learning, and teacher orientations toward such a curriculum. The article encompasses both educationally sound and politically realistic results that are found in the literature. This synthesis is restricted to research with students aged 12 to 18, and it excludes literature that simply advocates a position without basing its conclusions on research evidence.</span>
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TURAN, Saim, and Adem KOÇ. "Fen Bilimleri ve Sosyal Bilgiler Öğretim Programlarının Çevre Eğitimi Açısından Değerlendirilmesi." Gazi Journal of Education Sciences 7, no. 2 (July 31, 2021): 178–95. http://dx.doi.org/10.30855/gjes.2021.07.02.004.
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Becvar, Dorothy S. "Family Therapy in the Social Work Curriculum." Journal of Family Social Work 1, no. 2 (April 26, 1995): 43–55. http://dx.doi.org/10.1300/j039v01n02_04.
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Ai, Amy L., Kristin Moultine, Joseph F. Picciano, Biren Ratnesh Nagda, and Linda Hendrickson Thurman. "Integrating Spirituality into the Social Work Curriculum." Journal of Teaching in Social Work 24, no. 1-2 (May 19, 2004): 105–28. http://dx.doi.org/10.1300/j067v24n01_07.
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Rowlands, Allison. "Social Work Training Curriculum in Disaster Management." Journal of Social Work in Disability & Rehabilitation 12, no. 1-2 (January 2013): 130–44. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/1536710x.2013.784602.
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Onalu, Chinyere E., and Uzoma O. Okoye. "Social Justice and Social Work Curriculum at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Nigeria." Research on Social Work Practice 31, no. 6 (April 5, 2021): 576–83. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/10497315211001532.
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Purpose: With increasing incidents of injustices in Nigeria, concerns for social justice have been topical. Social workers are expected to be at the fore of campaigns and implementation of social justice, hence, the question of their preparedness to match these expectations. This article sets out to ascertain whether the content of the curriculum of the Department of Social Work, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, meets these expectations. Method: Focus group discussion and in-depth interviews were used to collect data from purposively selected 20 undergraduates and four postgraduates. Results: Findings show that the students believe that the curriculum has enough social justice content though there is a need for review and change in delivery methods. Discussion: The incorporation of social justice into the curriculum encourages its application by practitioners. It is important to introduce more courses on social justice to impact more on the students and train teachers on better delivery methods.