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Brown, Brentt; Vargo, Merrill – Policy Analysis for California Education, PACE, 2014
California has embarked on a major new wave of curriculum reform with the adoption of the Common Core State Standards (CCSS), the new English Language Development (ELD) standards, and the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS). The adoption of the CCSS builds a legacy of standards-based education reform in California that began with the…
Descriptors: State Standards, Program Implementation, Educational Practices, Educational Strategies
Alberta Dept. of Education, Edmonton. – 1987
Physical education guidelines are presented for Alberta, Canada secondary school students. Sections discuss program rationale and philosophy, focusing on a student-centered instructional philosophy that fosters self-initiated participation in developing healthy lifestyles, goals, learner outcomes, content, exemptions, requirements, and resources.…
Descriptors: Curriculum Design, Educational Objectives, Foreign Countries, Physical Education

Vilkinas, Tricia; Cartan, Greg – Higher Education Research and Development, 1990
A survey of 251 postsecondary students enrolled in management education revealed that the students preferred a student-centered and problem-based curriculum and felt their current curricula did not correspond to that model. Results are detailed and the questionnaires used are appended. (Author/MSE)
Descriptors: Business Administration Education, Curriculum Design, Postsecondary Education, Problem Solving
Scarino, Angela; And Others – 1988
The Australian Language Levels (ALL) Project, begun in 1985 to develop an organizational framework and curriculum guidelines for language instruction in elementary and secondary education, offers a coherent model for curriculum design drawing on recent research on teaching and learning. The first volume in the four-volume series outlines the…
Descriptors: Curriculum Design, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Program Development
Jones, Elizabeth; Nimmo, John – 1994
Emergent curriculum in early childhood education refers to the process of using the spontaneity generated in the daily life of the children and adults in the program, along with teacher planning, to develop the curriculum. This book presents a story about a year in the life of a fictional child care center as a context for the discussion of…
Descriptors: Curriculum Design, Curriculum Development, Early Childhood Education, Parent Participation

Hinckley, June – Music Educators Journal, 1992
Discusses the effects of school scheduling practices upon middle school music instruction. Offers recommendations for addressing scheduling difficulties. Describes teaming and block scheduling, curriculum integration, redesigning the "exploratory wheel" scheduling technique, electives, and other scheduling options. Identifies principles of…
Descriptors: Curriculum Design, Elective Courses, Interdisciplinary Approach, Intermediate Grades
Dandoulakis, George – 1986
This paper considers the role of teaching English literature in an advanced English as a foreign language (EFL) course, and the importance of creating a literature syllabus that reflects the needs and the interests of the students. Classroom literature instruction has traditionally taught students to interpret literature as the teacher does, while…
Descriptors: Advanced Courses, Classroom Techniques, Curriculum Design, English Literature

McCarthy, Jan – Contemporary Education, 1983
Classified according to the roles played by children and teachers, curriculum models for early childhood education fall into four general categories: (1) structured/programed; (2) open/interaction; (3) child-centered; and (4) eclectic. Methods and objectives of each approach are discussed. (PP)
Descriptors: Curriculum Design, Early Childhood Education, Educational Strategies, Learning Activities

Kantor, Kenneth J. – Theory into Practice, 1983
Curriculum development efforts for English instruction over the past 20 years are reviewed, and an "inside-outside" approach that uses the structure of the discipline, or its inner core, to guide curriculum development is suggested. Three principles--metaphoric thinking, writing as reconstruction of experience, and language in context--would…
Descriptors: Curriculum Design, Curriculum Development, Educational Needs, Educational Theories
Scarino, Angela; And Others – 1988
The Australian Language Levels (ALL) Project offers a coherent model for elementary and secondary language curriculum design. Book 3 of the four-volume series focuses on teaching methods, appropriate instructional resources, and student evaluation and provides advice for teachers in each of these areas. The section on methods discusses the…
Descriptors: Curriculum Design, Educational Resources, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods
Light, Richard – 1984
Despite the diversity in syllabus design and teaching methodologies for English as a second language, and for second language instruction in general, communicative proficiency is the underlying common goal. Some of the most influential ideas supporting this trend come from the fields of sociolinguistics, second language acquisition, and second…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Classroom Techniques, Communicative Competence (Languages), Course Organization
Scarino, Angela; And Others – 1988
The Australian Language Levels (ALL) Project offers a coherent model for elementary and secondary language curriculum design. Book 2 of the four-volume series elaborates on each of the major features of the ALL Project proposal for language curricula outlined in Book 1, focusing on the syllabus, suggesting possible content at different…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Classroom Techniques, Course Content, Course Organization

Hickman, Richard – Art Education, 1994
Asserts that elementary school art experiences are not always positive experiences. Discusses Eisner's model of art criticism which comprised six dimensions of critical judgments. Recommends a synthesis of subject-centered approaches based on four areas of activity: reacting; researching, responding, and reflecting. (CFR)
Descriptors: Aesthetic Values, Art Criticism, Art Education, Art Products

Reddiford, Gordon – Oxford Review of Education, 1993
Examines the arguments that students should determine their own curriculum. Reviews the case for student autonomy based on philosophical anarchism and Immanuel Kant's views on autonomy. Argues that curriculum should be a result of the shared autonomy of students and teachers. (CFR)
Descriptors: Course Selection (Students), Curriculum Design, Educational Objectives, Educational Philosophy
Schwartz, Susan; Pollishuke, Mindy – 1991
This book provides practical implementation strategies for, and a clear outline of, the theory behind the child-centered classroom, a theory which involves an understanding of the concepts of whole language and active learning. It is hoped that teachers will use the ideas in the book to build their own beliefs and understandings, and to develop…
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Classroom Environment, Classroom Techniques, Curriculum Design