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Beane, James A., Ed. – 1995
This book addresses issues relevant to the development of a coherent curriculum. A "coherent" curriculum is one whose parts are unified and connected by a sense of the whole. Following the foreword by Arthur W. Steller and the prologue by James A. Beane, the introduction (1) by James A. Beane raises a number of questions related to the search for…
Descriptors: Curriculum Design, Curriculum Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Experimental Curriculum
Nowicki, Joseph John; Meehan, Kerry F. – 1997
This book presents nearly 50 interdisciplinary strategies to link social studies and English classes around common themes. The book is designed for the changing classrooms of middle school and high school learners. The strategies are designed to offer a continuum of student-centered activities for a one day lesson to a semester's length. Each…
Descriptors: Area Studies, Fused Curriculum, Global Approach, High Schools
Download full textWilliams, Roger J. – 1986
The world's most serious problems involve people's inability to peacefully coexist with other people. The only antidote to prejudice, injustice, murder, and terrorism is to develop an understanding of the many different patterns of human life. However, western civilization and its educational systems have developed into fragmented forms, resulting…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Educational Development, Educational Improvement, Educational Innovation
Lounsbury, John H., Ed. – 1992
Interdisciplinary education has been considered a key element of middle level education since the 1960s. Interdisciplinary teaching teams and multi-disciplinary and interdisciplinary units of study have been frequently found in middle level schools since then. Although changes have been incorporated to support it, actual implementation of…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Curriculum Design, Curriculum Development, Fused Curriculum
Brazee, Edward N.; Capelluti, Jody – 1995
An examination of the issues surrounding the concept of change is fundamental to curriculum improvement for elementary and middle schools. New beliefs surround an integrative rather than a separate subject isolation approach to curriculum. This report examines past, current, and future curriculum practice and considerations, focusing on a new…
Descriptors: Area Studies, Case Studies, Change Strategies, Course Content
Douglass, Malcolm P., Ed. – 1985
The papers included in this book focus on writing and reading across the curriculum. Beginning with an introduction by Malcolm P. Douglass, the book contains the following 25 titles: "Writing and Reading Across the Curriculum" (Malcolm P. Douglass); "A Deepening Understanding of Reading and Writing" (Walter Loban); "The…
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Computer Assisted Instruction, Content Area Reading, Content Area Writing
