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Hammerman, Elizabeth – Principal Leadership, 2008
State and national standards identify what students should know and be able to do, including what it means to "do" science, the historical significance of science achievement and its ethical underpinnings, and science from the human perspective. Middle level science programs that address the full range of science standards and connect learning to…
Descriptors: Middle Schools, Science Education, Relevance (Education), Science Curriculum
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Reisberg, Leon – Intervention in School and Clinic, 1998
Discusses using integrated curriculum as a means of providing for the unique instructional needs of students with disabilities in inclusive classrooms. Models of integrated inclusion, advantages of integrated curriculum, and procedures for integrating independent living skills, social skills, and learning strategies into the curriculum are…
Descriptors: Daily Living Skills, Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education, Inclusive Schools
Lazear, David – 2000
This guide offers teaching models based on the theory of multiple intelligences (MI) and applies these models to the design of lessons that address the unique learning needs of all students. The first chapter makes the case for integrating MI into the curriculum. The second chapter describes the capacities of the various intelligences. Chapters 3…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Curriculum Based Assessment, Curriculum Development, Elementary Secondary Education
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Dooley, Cindy – Roeper Review, 1997
The problem-centered learning model for gifted students is described and applied to development of learning experiences that are organized around exploration of past, present, and future perspectives of trends, problems, events, and phenomena in the social sciences. Ways to use problem-centered learning in regular classrooms, special programs for…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Elementary Secondary Education, Gifted, Integrated Curriculum
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Atwood, Virginia A.; And Others – Social Studies and the Young Learner, 1989
Maintains that young children view the world holistically, and thus the social studies curriculum should emphasize the concept of integration. Provides two sample lessons on soup in which students explore geographic concepts, history, economics, and the sociology of soup consumption and production. Includes teaching strategies and learning goals.…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Curriculum Development, Economics, Elementary Education
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Francis, Mark G.; And Others – Journal of Environmental Education, 1993
Proposes an alternative model for environmental education in natural resources emphasizing a complete systems approach. Helps people evaluate and understand natural resources based on underlying ecological principles. Attempts to account for integrating factors in the natural resource system, with land serving as the foundation resource. (MDH)
Descriptors: Biological Sciences, Ecology, Elementary Secondary Education, Environmental Education
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Smith, Christopher B. – Teaching Sociology, 1990
Outlines a newly designed foundations of sociology course at Mount Saint Mary's college (California) that attempts to integrate the course into the College's liberal arts core curriculum. Suggests teaching this integrated, sociohistorical curriculum furthers students understanding and attraction to the discipline. (NL)
Descriptors: College Curriculum, College Instruction, Core Curriculum, Course Descriptions
Aspinall, Art; Roberts, Lynn; Robinson, Ruth; Tomlan, Patricia S., Ed. – 1992
This curriculum guide is intended to provide students (with and without disabilities) in grades 3-6 with career awareness instruction integrated with instruction in personal and social skills, reading, writing, and mathematics. Introductory materials present the program's philosophy, including instructional goals, student performance goals, and…
Descriptors: Career Awareness, Career Education, Daily Living Skills, Delivery Systems
Rasmussen, Geri; Skinner, Elizabeth – 1997
This monograph discusses learning communities in the context of community colleges, presents the challenges and benefits of learning communities, provides examples, and outlines the steps for a community college to follow in initiating a learning community. In part 1, the authors discuss the educational context in which learning communities have…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Cooperative Learning, Curriculum Design, Instructional Effectiveness
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Ellis, Edwin S. – Intervention in School and Clinic, 1994
This article offers the Integrated Strategies Instruction Model as a method for teaching content-area lessons to students with mild disabilities, using a variety of graphic organizers. The model lends itself to both teacher-directed and student-directed learning activities. (DB)
Descriptors: Advance Organizers, Classroom Techniques, Content Area Writing, Elementary Secondary Education
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Klock, John – Science Education Review, 2003
To provide an international perspective, and to get American students focused on the United Nations (UN) as a legitimate scientific institution, the United Nations and its role in addressing global environmental concerns should be taught in the American science classroom. The target audience for this paper is high school teachers. The United…
Descriptors: Illiteracy, Science Curriculum, Integrated Curriculum, Environmental Education