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Download full textBeane, James – 1992
Recent debates among educators about the middle school curriculum involve three concepts: (1) middle school ought to provide a general education school in which the curriculum focuses on widely shared concerns of early adolescents and the larger world rather than specialization among separate subjects; (2) the curriculum ought to serve the…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Curriculum Development, Integrated Curriculum, Intermediate Grades
Katz, Lilian G. – 1997
A project is an in-depth investigation of a topic worth learning more about, usually undertaken by a group of children within a class. The goal of a project is to learn more about a topic rather than to find answers to questions posed by a teacher. Project work is complementary to the systematic parts of a curriculum. Whereas systematic…
Descriptors: Activity Units, Curriculum Development, Early Childhood Education, Elementary Education
Katz, Lilian G. – 1994
A project is an in-depth investigation of a topic worth learning more about, usually undertaken by a group of children within a class. The goal of a project is to learn more about a topic rather than to find answers to questions posed by a teacher. Project work is complementary to the systematic parts of a curriculum. Whereas systematic…
Descriptors: Activity Units, Curriculum Development, Early Childhood Education, Elementary Education
Katz, Lilian G. – 1994
A project is an in-depth investigation of a topic worth learning more about, usually undertaken by a group of children within a class. The goal of a project is to learn more about a topic rather than to find answers to questions posed by a teacher. Project work is complementary to the systematic parts of a curriculum. Whereas systematic…
Descriptors: Activity Units, Curriculum Development, Early Childhood Education, Elementary Education
Lumsden, Linda – 1999
Motivation is the ultimate product of many aspects of the school experience: significant relationships between teachers and students and among students; a meaningful, well-taught curriculum; teachers who maintain high expectations and look for ways to help each student connect to the curriculum; and opportunities for choice and self-evaluation…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Competition, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Problems
Imel, Susan – 2002
A form of group learning, cohorts, has become increasingly attractive to administrators, instructors, and participants in adult education. Basic academic skills cohort learning supports three types of knowing: instrumental, socializing, and self-authoring; whereas, in higher and adult education cohort learning, the development of critical…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Academic Achievement, Adult Development, Adult Education
