370 Education370 Education
Joan S. MitchellEditor in Chief, DDC
Dewey Breakfast/UpdateALA Midwinter Meeting
BostonJanuary 16, 2010
370 Education
• 372.3-372.8 Primary education in specific subjects
• 372-374, 378 Levels of education
Specific subjects:Interdisciplinary approach at 372.3
Specific subjects: 372.34 Computers
Specific subjects: Home and family management (1)
372[.82] Home and family management
Relocated to 372.37
Specific subjects: Home and family management (2)
372.37 *Personal health and safety; social skills
Including comprehensive works on home and family management [formerly 372.82]
Class here life skills
Subdivisions are added for personal health and safety, social skills together; for personal health and safety together; for personal health alone
Class food in 372.373; class social skills in 372.374
For sewing, see 372.54; for physical education, see 372.86
Specific subjects: Home and family management (3)
372.374 *Social skills
Class here family life, interpersonal relationships
Specific subjects: Social studies (1)
372.83 *Civics (Citizenship)
Comprehensive works on social studies relocated to 372.89
372[.832] Civics (Citizenship)
Number discontinued; class in 372.83
Specific subjects: Social studies (2)
372.89 History and geography
Standard subdivisions are added for history and geography together, for history alone
Class here comprehensive works on social studies [formerly 372.82]; civilization
For environmental studies, see 372.357; for social skills, see 372.374; for civics, see 372.83
Specific subjects: 372.6 Language arts (Communication skills)
New option in English-language edition:
(Option: Class here language arts (communication skills)
in a language other than English; in that case, class language arts (communication skills) in English in 372.6521)
New option in German-language edition:
(Option: Hier auch Sprachkompetenz (Kommunikationsfertigkeiten) in einer anderen Sprache als Deutsch; klassifiziere in diesem Fall Sprachkompetenz (Kommunikationsfertigkeiten) in Deutsch in 372.6531)
Specific subjects: 372.65 Foreign languages and bilingual
instruction (1)
Specific subjects: 372.65 Foreign languages and bilingual
instruction (2)
Levels of Education
•372 Primary education (Elementary education)
•373 Secondary education
•374 Adult education
•378 Higher education (Tertiary education)
Levels of Education: 372 (1)
Levels of Education: 372 (2)
Levels of Education: 372 (3)
372[.216] Nursery schools
Number discontinued; class in 372.21
372.218 Kindergarten
370 Education: Primary subjects and levels of education
• Discussion paper on Dewey web site http://www.oclc.org/dewey/discussion/papers/education_discussion_paper.pdf
• Comments by February 27, 2010 to [email protected]
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