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Joyce, William W., Ed. – 1985
This publication was developed to encourage United States educators to add a significant Canadian dimension to their social studies teaching. Though there is a growing teacher interest in Canada, teachers are often not adequately prepared. The 10 authors of the articles contained in this volume view Canada from a wide variety of perspectives; they…
Descriptors: Area Studies, Canadian Literature, Curriculum Development, Geography
Wood, Karen D., Ed.; Dickinson, Thomas S., Ed. – 2000
This comprehensive handbook focuses on literacy issues in grades 4-9. It is a reference guide that covers everything from the role of the principal and the characteristics of the learners to teaching the gifted and motivating the reluctant learner. Chapters offer an array of examples of student work, classroom vignettes, sample lessons, and…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Class Activities, Gifted, Instructional Effectiveness
Download full textLounsbury, 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
Siu-Runyan, Yvonne, Ed.; Faircloth, Victoria, Ed. – 1995
Using reading and writing to learn, inquire, construct, and examine ideas across the curriculum is central to an integrated curriculum. Too many middle school students do not view writing as a communication process that permeates the curriculum, nor reading as an active, constructivist process whereby various perspectives can be examined and…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Adolescent Development, Curriculum Development, Developmentally Appropriate Practices
Hayes, Donald G.; Dockery, Linda B., Ed. – 1989
The book provides 13 model interdisciplinary teaching units for use with academically gifted students in grades four through nine. Each unit contains an introduction; objectives; introductory developmental culminating and evaluation activities; materials; and a bibliography. Topics of the teaching units include cemeteries, famous women, coastal…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Aviation Education, Creative Thinking, Creativity
Pace, Glennellen, Ed. – 1995
This book brings together, under the term "whole learning," ideas from the language-arts-based whole language movement and work in middle schools with multidisciplinary, problem-centered, integrative approaches. The book contains 15 chapters, most written by teachers about their experiences with implementing whole learning curricula. The…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Curriculum Development, Educational Innovation, History Instruction
