This book is a survival guide as well as a valuable tool for making our schools more effective and appropriate places for students to learn and achieve. Exploring the often complex, multifaceted, and co-occurring problems in the education system, the book addresses specific problems, discusses the real reasons they developed and persist, describes…

A general framework consisting of four curricular dimensions (content, process, product, learning environment) and criteria for developing and judging appropriate curricula for gifted students are presented with adaptations for gifted preschoolers. Examples of teaching activities and techniques appropriate for gifted preschool students can be…

Argues that (1) understanding of the ways in which children think about the political aspects of their lives has been limited by functionalist views of schooling and positivist research paradigms; and (2) research should focus on ways children appropriate information from their experiences and use it to construct personal political realities.…

In the year 2000, Brazil celebrated the 500th anniversary of its discovery by the Portuguese navigator, Pedro Alvares Cabral, and subsequent settlement by the Portuguese and African, Western, and Asian immigrants. The seminar commemorating these events was designed for U.S. secondary and post-secondary teachers and curriculum specialists of the…

Principals can exercise leadership in citizenship education through three avenues: curriculum and classroom instruction, school climate and organization, and school and teacher relations with the community. (Author/WD)

This paper suggests that a play-based environment (rather than the teacher-directed activities more typical of special education) is the most natural instructional context for young children with severe disabilities. Utilization of best practices in the fields of early childhood education, early childhood special education, and education of…

This paper discusses the creation of essential conditions in schools and school jurisdictions in order to support the inclusion of the diverse range of learning preferences and needs found in today's classrooms. In order for inclusion to be successful educators need to work towards an educational climate and set of practices which include the…

Discusses a Belfast, Northern Ireland, secondary school's efforts to expand its age 16+ curriculum and investigates how internal communications and external negotiations were (mis)managed. The head teacher's lack of communication with his staff led to reluctant acceptance of a policy he was formulating and attempting to execute. More staff…

This posthumous paper attempts to clarify curriculum fundamentals such as boundaries, conceptual units, relationships, principles, and ethical dimensions. Presents an ontological approach viewing curriculum as a highly complex and dynamic interaction of events and acts and stressing the importance of the learning environment. (MLH)

Presents reasons for the lack of support for mainstreaming in secondary English classrooms. Suggests techniques that English teachers can use to adapt their teaching to the needs of all students. (JT)

In this article, Hazel Lawson, principal lecturer in education at the University of Plymouth, Sue Waite, a researcher at the University of Plymouth, and Christopher Robertson, lecturer in special and inclusive education at the University of Birmingham, discuss the curriculum for students with severe and profound and multiple learning difficulties…

Following a literature review on policy development and decision-making--their participants, processes, innovative directions, and contexts--this study develops a series of analytical questions exploring the aspects of curriculum innovation. (JW)

How to implement self-evaluation in classrooms is outlined. The book describes curricula in which students have a strong voice in evaluating, planning, and documenting their work. The chapters are: (1) "Students Evaluate Their Schoolwork"; (2) "Students Evaluate Their Out-of-School Lives"; (3) "Students Evaluate School"; (4) "Looking Back:…

The intent of this book is to analyze the moral and social problems that currently plague U.S. schools. The volume outlines what can be done to confront the problems of student behavior in and outside the classroom. Illegal drug use, theft and deceit, sexual practices, and race relations are among the troubling issues facing educators. Religious…

Much of the success of rural education lies in the creative, resourceful, and effective school programs and practices developed by teachers, administrators, and communities. This sourcebook contains a sample of programs that work well for rural and small schools in Arizona, California, Nevada, and Utah. The common characteristics of these schools…