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Improving the Curriculum: The Principal's Challenge. A Report of the NASSP Curriculum Council.
Tanner, Daniel, Ed.; Keefe, James W., Ed. – 1988
This second report of the National Council is an outgrowth of a conference conducted as an inservice program for members of the Council's parent organization, the National Association of Secondary School Principals. The report contains four papers which examine problems, issues, and perspectives about the improvement of American secondary…
Descriptors: Curriculum Design, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Enrichment, Educational Strategies
Global Voices: Culture and Identity in the Teaching of English.
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Milner, Joseph O., Ed.; Pope, Carol A., Ed. – 1994
This book presents essays that reflect the dialogue and the spirit of conversation of the 1990 International Federation for the Teaching of English (IFTE) Conference in Auckland, New Zealand. The book begins with some of the impressions of the IFTE conference held by the classroom teachers, school administrators, writers, and scholars who attended…
Descriptors: Cultural Context, Cultural Differences, Curriculum Development, Elementary Secondary Education
Assessment versus Evaluation. Children, Teachers and Learning Series.
Cullingford, Cedric, Ed. – 1997
The chapters in this collection deal with a range of issues that surround the positive and negative aspects of assessment and distinguish assessment and evaluation. Educational organizations have become more and more dominated by the processes of assessment and evaluation in various guises such as teacher appraisal, accountability, and student…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Educational Assessment, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods
Planning and Teaching Creatively within a Required Curriculum for School-Age Learners
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McKay, Penny, Ed.; Graves, Kathleen, Ed. – Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages, Inc. (TESOL), 2006
As the second volume of a seven-volume series, this book describes curriculum development as three interrelated processes: planning, enacting, and evaluating. Curriculum development is a dynamic process that happens among learners and teachers in the classroom. In this volume, readers will encounter teachers, curriculum developers, and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Second Language Learning, Language of Instruction, Curriculum Development
Beyond the Basics: Achieving a Liberal Education for All Children
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Finn, Chester E., Jr, Ed.; Ravitch, Diane, Ed. – Thomas B. Fordham Institute, 2007
Citing Aristotle, Franklin and Einstein as proponents of a broad, liberal-arts education, Finn and Ravitch promote the need for liberal learning as preparatory to the civic life needed for a well-functioning democracy. Drawing together the work of a number of educators, the editors have organized this volume in two sections. Part I, Liberal…
Descriptors: General Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Democracy, Accountability
Reaching Potentials: Transforming Early Childhood Curriculum and Assessment. Volume 2.
Bredekamp, Sue, Ed.; Rosegrant, Teresa, Ed. – 1995
This book builds on Volume 1 of "Reaching Potentials," which attempted to operationalize the "Guidelines for Appropriate Curriculum Content and Assessment" set by the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) and the National Association of Early Childhood Specialists in State Departments of Education…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Art Education, Course Content, Curriculum Development
New Labour's Policies for Schools: Raising the Standard?
Docking, Jim, Ed. – 2000
This book, which is designed primarily for undergraduate and graduate students of education, contains 12 papers devoted the New Labour's policies for schools in the United Kingdom. "Introduction" (Jim Docking) presents an overview of the book's contents and lists questions to help evaluate the effectiveness of New Labour's educational…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Adult Education, Citizenship Education, Comparative Analysis