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Whaley, Charles E. – Gifted Child Today (GCT), 1987
Parents should encourage schools serving the gifted to establish a futures studies curriculum and should instill positive attitudes about the future in their children. Exercises to help develop foresight and perspective regarding the environment, technology, and human dignity are provided. (JDD)
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Futures (of Society), Gifted
Couchenour, Donna – 1994
Using as a framework concerns and problems which two early childhood educators encountered in connection with curriculum in programs for infants and toddlers, this guide focuses on common questions about child developmental needs shared by caregivers and parents. The chapters consider the following questions: (1) "What Is Curriculum?"…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Curriculum Design, Curriculum Development, Developmentally Appropriate Practices
Peer reviewedWolfe, Pamela S.; Harriott, Wendy A. – Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities, 1998
Reviews major tenets of the reauthorized Individuals with Disabilities Education Act amendments of 1997, including strengthening of the role of parents, ensuring access to the general education curriculum, modification of discipline procedures, and changes in how Individualized Education Programs are developed and written. Discusses potential…
Descriptors: Accessibility (for Disabled), Curriculum Development, Disabilities, Discipline
Download full textBennett, William J. – 1986
Aided by a 21-member Elementary Education Study Group, the Secretary of Education has prepared the first comprehensive report on elementary education in the United States in more than three decades. The report finds America's elementary schools in pretty good shape, and states that they do their job especially well in the early grades, only…
Descriptors: Community Role, Curriculum Development, Educational Improvement, Elementary Education
Goodstein, Carol – Crisis, 1989
Discusses the responsibility of parents and schools to train American children to respect diversity and reject racial and ethnic stereotypes. Examines curricula that emphasize race relations and multicultural values and educational strategies that promote racial harmony. Suggests that a strong sense of self may best help children cope with racism.…
Descriptors: Cultural Differences, Cultural Pluralism, Curriculum Development, Elementary Secondary Education
Ediger, Marlow – 1982
The four essays in this collection provide guidelines for parents and teachers in educating children. The first essay, "Parents, the Pupil, and the School Curriculum," describes selected ways parents may help pupils to achieve in the school curriculum. "Objectives of the School, the Pupil, and Parents" discusses the need for teachers to plan…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Curriculum Development, Educational Objectives, Educational Planning
Lewis, Francione N.; Margold, Jane – 1981
A rationale for helping primary grade children learn about and value their own and other cultures while acquiring basic academic skills is provided. The handbook is based on the responsive multicultural basic skills approach (RMBS), which states that the school curriculum should reflect society's multicultural nature. The RMBS approach emphasizes…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Differences, Cultural Traits
