Title: National Standards: Program on Me and My Surroundings
Country: Armenia
Authors: Arakel Gyulbudaghyan et al.
CategoryStandards Documents and Curricular Frameworks
Date of Publication: 2007
Keywords: civics curriculum, civics standards, life skills
Resource Language(s): Armenian
Pages: 36
Level of Education: Elementary School
Publisher: Astghik Gratun Publishing
Access: This book can be obtained from the National Institute of Education, 67 Tigran Mets Ave, Yerevan 0005, Armenia, and at the organization's website. It can also be obtained from IDEA International, 18-2 Baghramyan Ave., Yerevan 0019, Armenia. Phone: (374 10) 58 14 89. Astghik Gratun Publishing can be contacted at 21 Gevorg Kochar Str., Yerevan, Armenia.
Abstract: The standards and curriculum for Me and My Surroundings consists of (a) teaching the subject and the ancillary materials; (b) educational goals; (c) minimum required content; (d) teaching methods and tips that elementary level teachers can use in the classrooms, requirements for student preparation (knowledge, skills, and abilities), and a description of the value system; (e) assessment and evaluation of learning outcomes; and (f) a list of related literature. The standards and curriculum were developed for elementary classrooms at the second- through the fourth-grade levels. The curriculum consists of such topics as me and the people around me; how I organize my life; security, health, nature, and the human being; and our motherland, society, and me.