DOCUMFNT RFSUME ED 021 866 24 TE 499 979 By- Michaetis, John U. PREPARATION OF TEACHING GUIDES AND MATERIALS ON ASIAN COUNTRIES FOR USE IN GRADES F INAL REPORT. Spons Agency- Office of Education (DHEW), Washington, D.C. Bureau of Resezwch Repor t No- HS-146 Bureau No- BR-5- 1036 Pub Date 1 Jul 68 Contract- OEC- 5- 10-040 Note- 324p. EDRS Price MF-$1.25 He-S13.04 Descriptors- AREA STUDIES*ASIANHISTORY, CHINESE CULTURE COURSE CONTENT, *CULTURE. *CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT, CURRICULUM EVALUATIOR CUR2ICULUM GUIDES ELEMENTARYEDUCATION, GEOGRAPHIC REGIONS, GEOGRAPHY, HISTORY, INDIANS SECONDARY EDUCATION, SOCIAL STUDIES *SOCIAL STUDIES UNITS *TEACHING GUIDES Identifiers- *Asia Intended to improve instruction in Asian studies in grades 1-12, this report of a project (University of California, Berkeley) contains extensive listsof general guidelines for incorporating Asian studies intothe social studies curriculum; gu;defines for preparing units of instruction on Asian topics; example units for elementaryand high school; assessments of units prepared for the project, based on teacher evaluations, student reactions, and test data; and an outline and illustrative lessons plansfor a thematic approach to an elective high school course on Asian cultures. A summary of project activities and recommendations for improving curriculum development projects in the social studies are also included. Appendixes present a list of sourcesof information on Asian studièS and Asian countries, a list of project personnel, a list of materials disseminated by the project, and instruments used to evaluate units of instruction. (US) Z.5"--ja 3 6 PREPARATION OF TEACHINGGUIDES ANDMATEWALS ON ASIANCOUNTRIES FOR USEIN GRADES By John U. Michaelis r-"" U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, EDUCATION a WELFARE OiFICE OF EDUCMION ;THIS DOCUMENT HAS MEN REPRODUCED EXACILY AS RECEIVED fROM THE 1PERSON OR ORGANIZATION ORIGINATING IT. POINTS OF VIEW OR OPINIONS 1STATED DO NOT NECESSARILY REPRESENT OFFICIAL OFFICE OF EDUCAI,ON 'POSITION OR POLICY. Final Report Pinject No. 118-146 Contract No.0E-5-10040 I FEMPARAT/ON OF TFACEN3 GUIDESAND MAUR= ON ASIANCOUNTESS FOR USE IN GRADES I-XII jtily 1, 1968 I U.S. Department ofHealth, Education and Welfare et Office of Education Bureau of Research - Final Report Project No. RS-146 Utal WM.: U LW %Mr ',eweI A effr MO . PRWARATION OF TEACBIIC GUIDES AND MATERLUS ON ASIAN COUNTRIES MR USE IN GRADES ti-lcrx John U. Michaelis University of California, Berkeley Berkeley, California July 1, 1968 , The research reported herein was performed pursuant to a contract with the Office of Education, U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare.Contractors undertaking such projects under Government spon- sorship are encouraged to express freely their professional judgment in the conduct of the project.Points of view or opinions stated do not, therefore, necessartly represent official Office- of Education position or policy. U.S. DEPARTMENT OF WALT; =CATION, AND 'WELFARE Office of Education Bureau of Research ii ACKNOWUDGMONTS Manyirdividuals were involved in, and contributed to, the prepara- tion and evaluation of curriculum materials in this project.Members of the Planning Committee and the Advisory Committee helped to shape overall plans for the project;they are listed in Appendix A.Without their backing and support the project would not have teen undertaken. Members of the project staff carried the heavy burden of librmry research, preparation of materials, supervision of classroom tryouts, guidance of evaluation activities, and revision of materials.The assistant project directors, Elgin Heinz and Robin McKeown, must be given full credit fOr whatever success vas achieved in the development of materials for use in secondary schools.Ethel Pickering gave service beyond the call of duty in administering project accounts, supervising secretarial assistants, editing materials, and assisting the project director in innumerable tasks.The group of teachers who worked under Robin McKeown's direction in preparing.the discovery units for use in secondary-sdhool courses added a creative spark to the program that moved it ahead a great distance. Asian scholars made significant contributions to the preparation .of materials. In addition to those on the Planning Committee, special help.was obtained from Professors Edgar Wickberg, Delmer Brown, George Mbore, James Townsend, Ralph Retzlaff, Daniel Lev, Eugene arschick, and Joseph Fischer.Research specialists in Asian Studies who made distinc- tive contributions included Jack Wells, Robert Bedeski, Baxane Heater, and Allan Samson. Elgin Heinz brought his special background of under- standing of Asian studies to bear upon the critical review of materials at the elementary and secondary levels.Daniel Birch assisted in the preparation of secondary units and in the refinement of bitaiogrephies. FToject staff members contributed significantly to the preparation of evaluation instruments. Robin McKeown developed rating checklists for teacher assessment of materials, test items, and inventories for assessment of students' learning. Frank Ryan, Gary Heath, and Gary McKenzie assisted in the preparation of test items and inventories for use in the unit on Japan. Professor William Watts provided helpfml advice on the assessment program. Special thanks must be given to individuals in the United States Office of Education and the University administration.The good advice they gave and the dispatch with which they responded to requests for iii counsel, assistance, and clarification of policies and procedureswere most helpful.Their assistance made this one of the smoothest opernti tift activities with which the director has ever been associated. A special debt of gratitude is owed ta the workshop participants and the many teachers who tried out and evaluated materials.Without their help, projects such as this one would not be possible. John U. Michaelis, Project Director Lv TABLE OF CONTI= SUMMAR! 0 1 IffTROWCTION 2 ale Problem 555. 2 Objectives 3 Background 4 Procedures . 4 Sources of Information . 7 Project Materials . 7 Dissemination s . .13 II. GUIDELINES FOR INCLUDEIGASIAN STUDIES IN THE CURRICULUM . Objectives of Instruction. ,. OP 0 015 Substantive Guidelines . 19 /nquiry or Process Guidelines 0 * 34 Principles of Instruction . .42 Asian Studies in theNe.12 Program 47 Survey of Preferencesfor Asian Materials50 III. SPECIFIC GUIDELINES FOR PREPARING MATERIALS 0 60 Preparing Units for litein Elemeatary Sdhools 9 60 Example front Unitonchea. ittas Preparing High Schoolmitiiraiion Asia 69 Example from Uniton Industrialization Guidelines for PreparinnrcoveryMali. 77 Example from Role ofWomen in Asia IV. ASSESSMENT OFINSTRUCTIONALUNITS .. 105 Primary Units . 106 Intermediate Materials . 109 Secondary Units. 111 V. TEST DATA ON SELECTEDUNITS .149 Uhit on Japan 149 Secondary Units .158 High Sdhool Course Units 177 Afftctive Responses 182 AN OUTLINE FOR A COURSE ON ASIA 185. Overall Objectives.for the Course . 187 Overview OOOOO 188 Major Themes and TOpics, Commentary, and Instructional Materials 189 Illustrative lesson Plans 247 VII. summARr, CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS 260 Summary 4 260 Conclusions and Recommendations 269 Recommendations for FUture Developmental Agtivities 278 APPENDIXES 281 A. Project Personnel 281 B. Widely Used Sources of information 288 C. Nhterials Which Have Been Disseminated 299 D. Selected Readings and a Summary of . Evaluation 300 E. Bating Instrument for Secondary Uhits311 vi LIST OF TABLES 1. Rating of Readings in Emlopatorx.amtam of Asia. .- . .113 2. Rating of Readings in le z,L.:....t.ance of Water in Asia 115 3. Rating of Readings in Asia and Food 0 111 0 0 0 0117 4. Rating'of Readings in Portrait of Three Asian Cities 119 5. Rating of Readings in Role of Women in Asia. .121 6. Rating of Readings in Cultural Edfferenges and Similarities in mda 123 7. Rating of Readings in Leaders of New Nations . .125 8. Rating of Readings in Politica/ 122211.2zeilt in 'Asia: The ChineseThzim.....ple.r .127 9. Rating of Readings in Buddhism 0 * 9 0 0 0 000129 10. Eating of Readings in Attitudes of.....E.I..aImilakand Response 131 U.Eating of Readings in The Chinese Revolution 0 0 0 0133 10. Rating of Btadings in China: A Model for an &lightened Europe 135 13. Overall Rating of tke Secondary Units 0 000137 14. Overall Rating of the Teacher Guides for Secondary Units . 141 15. Per Cent of Correct Responses to Items on the Knowledge and Comprehension Levels 0 0 0*152 16. ftr Cent of Correct.Responses to Items on the Application, Analysis, Synthesis, and Evaluation, Levels . 0156 17. Per Cent of Correct Responses of Students to Test Items on Modernization in Asialii10:9 00178 18. Mean Scores of Studentson Affective Measures. 184 wersownistgIVIZIVFLAW 1 SUMMARY PREPARATION OF TEACRING GUIDES AND MATERIALS ON ASIAN comemmsMR USE IN GRADESI-ma The central problem of this curriculum development project was to devise materials for use in improving instruction on Asian cauntries. Objectives were to prepare guidelines and instructional units for use in elementary and secondary schools. Project activities were carried out by the project staff under policies set by the planning committee and suggestions from the advisory committee.Asian studies specialists assisted in compiling biblio- SsigtAm, preparing background papers, identifying topics for units, and reviewing project materials.Units pf instruction were prepared by summer workshop participants and unit writers. All units were tried out in the schools and revised 1,r4