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Peer reviewedGordon, Marshall – Curriculum Inquiry, 1978
For the mathematics experience to be liberating, the curriculum must share how and why mathematical knowledge is developed, with special emphasis on its grounding in belief, intuition and subjectivity, and facilitate our understanding of the world in which we live and create and the beliefs we act upon. (Author)
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Discovery Processes, Elementary Secondary Education, Instructional Improvement
Peer reviewedGiroux, Henry A. – Curriculum Inquiry, 1978
Examines traditional theoretical assumptions about the pedagogy of writing and critical thinking, and shows that they are linked dialectically. Illustrates how a pedagogy of writing can be used as a learning vehicle to help students learn and think critically about any given social studies subject. (Author/MLF)
Descriptors: Critical Reading, Curriculum Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Instructional Improvement
Peer reviewedPosner, George J. – Curriculum Inquiry, 1978
Briefly summarizes recent advancements in information processing psychology, particularly work related to the representation of knowledge stored in long-term memory. Illustrates through example the educational possibilities yet to be derived from the study of cognition. (Author/MLF)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Concept Formation, Content Analysis, Curriculum Development
Peer reviewedCalfee, Robert C.; Drum, Priscilla A. – Curriculum Inquiry, 1978
Some ideas about how available pieces of reading theory, research, and instruction fit together. (Author)
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Elementary Education, Learning Theories, Models
