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Learning in Depth: A Simple Innovation That Can Transform Schooling
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Egan, Kieran – University of Chicago Press, 2011
For generations, schools have aimed to introduce students to a broad range of topics through curriculum that ensure that they will at least have some acquaintance with most areas of human knowledge by the time they graduate. Yet such broad knowledge can't help but be somewhat superficial--and, as Kieran Egan argues, it omits a crucial aspect of…
Descriptors: Expertise, Educational Innovation, Curriculum Design, Educational Principles
The Pine Bush Central Gifted and Talented Program (Handbook). (A Guide for Parents, Teachers, Administrators).
Watkins, Yvonne E. – 1984
Intended for parents of gifted and talented children as well as for teachers and administrators, the handbook provides an overview of gifted education while describing one district's program model. The district's philosophy, goals and objectives, and definition of giftedness are set forth, followed by a list of learning and behavioral…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Gifted, Models
In Search of the Dream: Designing Schools and Classrooms That Work for High Potential Students from Diverse Cultural Backgrounds
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Tomlinson, Carol Ann; Ford, Donna Y.; Reis, Sally M.; Briggs, Christine J.; Strickland, Cindy A. – National Association for Gifted Children (NJ3), 2004
This book offers guiding principles for culturally diverse environments and curricular choices to support multicultural inclusiveness. Case studies provide examples of exemplary gifted education programs, emphasizing the aspects of the program that best respond to diverse student populations. Subsequent chapters on gifted and general education…
Descriptors: Program Descriptions, Gifted, Curriculum Development, General Education
The Positive Power and Potential of Well Rounded Movement Experiences.
Benton, Rudy – 1983
This compilation of learning activities, essays, songs, and poems provides a framework for reevaluating and reorganizing a conventional K-12 physical education curriculum. Over one hundred inexpensive items and equipment for use in physical education instruction are listed and a formula for movement is offered. The paper emphasizes the shift in…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Games, Integrated Activities
Education in Maryland. A Resource Guide - Teaching Children Ages 4, 5, 6, and 7.
Maryland State Dept. of Education, Baltimore. Div. of Compensatory, Urban, and Supplementary Programs. – 1983
Designed for teachers and others involved in the development of early childhood education programs, the resource guide presents a model for teaching children, ages four through seven. Part 1 presents a brief overview of the growth and background of early childhood education in Maryland. Part 2 traces the origins and development of kindergarten…
Descriptors: Child Development, Childhood Needs, Class Organization, Classroom Design