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Maurice J. Elias; Francesco Marsili; Lauren Fullmer; Annalisa Morganti; Erin Bruno – Gifted Education International, 2025
Traditionally, giftedness was perceived as a fixed trait, exclusively evaluated through cognitive testing. However, contemporary perspectives view it as a dynamic and socially constructed attribute reflected in many domains. As this paradigm-shift aligns with global movements emphasizing the importance of avoiding labelling students and enhancing…
Descriptors: Social Emotional Learning, Gifted, Children, Inclusion
Glynis Frater – SAGE Publications Ltd (UK), 2025
This is a practical guide for school leaders and teachers who have responsibility for designing and delivering a knowledge-rich and skills-focused curriculum at KS3 and KS4. It considers the elements that underpin a high-quality curriculum and how to create sequential and conceptually rich learning experiences for pupils across the secondary…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary School Curriculum, Secondary School Students, Curriculum Design
Meier, Deborah, Ed.; Knoester, Matthew, Ed.; D'Andrea, Katherine Clunis, Ed. – Teachers College Press, 2015
How do teachers and schools create meaningful learning experiences for students with diverse skills, abilities, and cultures? How can teachers authentically assess the learning of their students and build on their strengths and interests in ways that enrich the larger community? How can schools become places where everyone is learning from each…
Descriptors: Student Diversity, Student Evaluation, Elementary Schools, Middle Schools
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McLennan, Deanna Pecaski – Young Children, 2011
First conceptualized by Friedrich Froebel as a "children's garden," kindergarten classrooms in Canada today emphasize play and exploration as the primary methods of learning and development. This garden provides multiple opportunities for children to become lost in spontaneous play and creative interactions with peers. Kindergarten has…
Descriptors: Play, Foreign Countries, Kindergarten, Teaching Methods
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Wang, Victor C. X., Ed.; Bryan, Valerie C., Ed. – IGI Global, 2014
Today's ever-changing learning environment is characterized by the fast pace of technology that drives our society to move forward, and causes our knowledge to increase at an exponential rate. The need for in-depth research that is bound to generate new knowledge about curriculum and program development is becoming ever more relevant.…
Descriptors: Andragogy, Teaching Methods, Curriculum Development, Program Development
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Pollanen, Sinikka – International Journal of Art & Design Education, 2009
Craft education in Finland is, in many aspects, in a state of change. This concerns the independent position of craft as a school subject, the content of the compulsory craft courses containing textiles and technical work, the implementation of the new concept of a holistic craft process in the National Core Curriculum and so on. This bears…
Descriptors: Core Curriculum, Handicrafts, Foreign Countries, Models
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Qian, Xiaofang; Tian, Guisen; Wang, Qiang – System: An International Journal of Educational Technology and Applied Linguistics, 2009
This paper presents the results of a small-scale study of codeswitching (CS) between Chinese and English in primary English classrooms with a view to informing classroom interaction with young learners of English as a Foreign Language (EFL). It analyzes CS of two teachers participating in the Primary English Curriculum Innovation (PECI) project in…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Curriculum Development, Holistic Approach, Interaction
Peters, Richard O. – 1994
This document discusses Learning Enhancement Teams (LETs). Working together, social studies teachers from grades K-12, science teachers, vocational education teachers, curriculum specialists, instructional support services personnel, media specialists, contracted services representatives, administrators, and community resource people design…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Holistic Approach, Interdisciplinary Approach
Jacobs, Heidi Hayes – Instructor, 1991
Discusses the advantages of an interdisciplinary curriculum, especially in elementary school. Implementing interdisciplinary curriculum units helps children acquire targeted concepts and skills of various disciplines more effectively. Existing curriculum, current events, and student concerns are the places to find interdisciplinary unit ideas. (SM)
Descriptors: Creative Teaching, Curriculum Development, Elementary Education, Holistic Approach
Walters, Michael; LoGiudice, James – Gifted Child Today (GCT), 1990
This article puts forth some of the concepts and complexities involved in teaching secondary students ethical and aesthetic reasoning skills as well as the ideas of and debates throughout history. It is argued that curricula should connect holistically to the intellectual and emotional hierarchies of the gifted personality. (PB)
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Ethical Instruction, Ethics, Gifted
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Miller, John P. – Journal of Curriculum and Supervision, 1986
Examines three world views influencing curriculum development--atomism (underpinning competency-based education), pragmatism (promoting inquiry-based approaches), amd holism (associated with confluent or Waldorf education). Holism embodies the perennial philosophy and attempts to integrate cognitive, affective, and transpersonal dimensions,…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Curriculum Enrichment, Educational Philosophy, Elementary Secondary Education
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Boardman, Eunice – Music Educators Journal, 1992
Recommends a holistic approach to teaching that emphasizes learning as a generative amalgamation of actions, cognitions, and emotions. Discusses the implications for change that such an approach would have for the teacher education curriculum. Argues that individuals do make a difference that can be positive if teachers embrace a principal of…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Higher Education, Holistic Approach, Music Education
Garmulewicz, Liza Ireland – 1986
Environmental education ideally involves a holistic integration of all school subjects, but in reality the curriculum structure is very segmented. Traditional approaches to the study of environmental degradation have not recognized the interrelatedness of the system: problems in the biosphere have been addressed from the perspective of the…
Descriptors: Conservation Education, Curriculum Design, Curriculum Development, Educational Methods
Perna, Daniel M.; Davis, James R. – 2000
This book provides classroom teachers at every grade level and subject the tools and background to effectively work with standards as a guide in their planning. It explains the process by which educators can rearticulate state standards and align the locally rearticulated standards to their curriculum and student performance. Six chapters include:…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Standards, Curriculum Development, Elementary Secondary Education
Foster, Andrea; And Others – Instructor, 1991
Four elementary teachers describe how they support an interdisciplinary curriculum using integrated units. One builds tall towers of spaghetti. Another touches on all subjects using baseball card games. The third turns the playground into an archeological dig. The last sails the ocean along with the Pilgrims. (SM)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Creative Teaching, Curriculum Development, Elementary Education
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