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Hall, Gene E., Ed.; Quin, Linda F., Ed.; Gollnick, Donna M., Ed. – John Wiley & Sons, Inc, 2018
This enlightening handbook offers current, international perspectives on the conditions in communities, contemporary practices in schooling, relevant research on teaching and learning, and implications for the future of education. It contains diverse conceptual frameworks for analyzing existing issues in education, including but not limited to…
Descriptors: Global Approach, Teaching Methods, Educational Practices, Context Effect
Murdoch, Kath; Wilson, Jeni – David Fulton Publishers, 2008
"Creating a Learner-centred Primary Classroom" is an essential resource to improve teaching practice, examining the key elements that contribute to a learner-centred classroom and offering strategies to encourage children to take a shared role in their learning. Including case studies describing teachers' methods for linking theory to…
Descriptors: Student Centered Curriculum, Educational Strategies, Case Studies, Teaching Methods

Deuze, Mark – Journalism and Mass Communication Educator, 2001
Attempts to locate the changes and challenges to the traditional understanding of what journalism is, to describe ways of dealing with them up to this point, and to formulate a number of arenas to explore initiatives to educate the new journalists of today and tomorrow. Notes that the argument is based on recent developments in journalism…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Higher Education, Journalism Education, Journalism Research
McGraw-Hill Book Co., New York, NY. – 1998
A "New American High School" is a place that prepares students for a global, knowledge-based economy, helping them to be effective citizens, parents, and workers. Case histories are provided for 10 high schools that received awards for instructional innovation. These schools were chosen by the United States Department of Education and…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Curriculum Development, Educational Improvement, Educational Innovation

William, Gillian Mary – Early Child Development and Care, 1989
Identifies issues connected with effective encouragement of dance in elementary education. (RJC)
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Cognitive Development, Curriculum Development, Dance Education

Savenye, Wilhelmina C.; Olina, Zane; Niemczyk, Mary – Computers and Composition, 2001
Introduces writing instructors to theories of instructional design that form the foundation to support effective student learning. Discusses how best to support students in online environments. Concludes with suggestions for faculty support and training for online course delivery. (SG)
Descriptors: Course Organization, Curriculum Design, Curriculum Development, Distance Education
Tchudi, Stephen – 1991
Resisting the notion that there is a single English language arts curriculum that all schools can or should follow, this book focuses on processes for designing, implementing, and evaluating curriculums suited to the needs of individual schools and students. Part 1 of the book (The English Language Arts Curriculum in the 1990s), provides the…
Descriptors: Curriculum Design, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Evaluation, Elementary Secondary Education

Callaghan, Patricia – Journal of Teaching Writing, 1990
Describes the collaboration between a researcher and the teachers at an elementary school in a curriculum inquiry and assessment process. Discusses putting the process to work, locating the questions, deciding what skills to teach and when and how to teach them, deciding what revisions to make, and notes the effects of the process on the…
Descriptors: Curriculum Design, Curriculum Development, Elementary Education, Elementary School Curriculum
Applebee, Arthur N. – 1993
The awakening of public interest in curriculum has come at a time when, within the education profession, the conventional wisdom about teaching and learning has itself undergone a major transformation. New Constructivist theories of knowing have emphasized the social nature of the construction of knowledge: students learn by "putting it into…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Constructivism (Learning), Curriculum Development, Discourse Communities

Jacobs, Heidi Hayes; Borland, James H. – Gifted Child Quarterly, 1986
The Interdisciplinary Concept Model is a four-step plan for developing interdisciplinary curriculum units for gifted students. The model's steps are selecting a topic, brainstorming associations, formulating guiding questions for inquiry, and designing and implementing activities. (Author/CB)
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Curriculum Enrichment, Elementary Secondary Education, Gifted

Sanchez, Tony R. – Clearing House, 1996
Offers a framework to help teachers change their personal or curricular perspective from "mainstream" to more "diverse" and to incorporate that new perspective into whatever subject matter they teach. Discusses the teacher's role, analyzing one's personal attitude, choosing instructional materials, and goals and objectives. (SR)
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Educational Change, Educational Objectives, Elementary Secondary Education
Keefe, James W., Ed.; Walberg, Herbert J., Ed. – 1992
This volume represents a variety of current efforts to incorporate thought-provoking methods into teaching. There are three sections. "Curriculum Developments" defines key curricular terms and offers a framework and general examples of teaching tactics. In this section, Barbara Presseisen distinguishes thinking from other cognitive…
Descriptors: Accountability, Curriculum Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Instructional Improvement

Voorhees, Alice Bedard – New Directions for Institutional Research, 2001
Presents a framework for creating competency-based models, including an analysis of the utility of national competency banks. Presents a checklist that institutional researchers can use during and after the implementation phase to guide institutional success. Concludes with a bibliography of selected Internet-based resources in the area of…
Descriptors: Check Lists, Competence, Competency Based Education, Curriculum Development
Abernathy, Tammy – 1989
This paper outlines a method for meeting the vocational needs of students with mild disabilities and the instructional demands placed on both teacher and student, without sacrificing time devoted to content areas. By manipulating the existing curriculum and environment, educators can cultivate the skills necessary for success in the working world.…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Job Skills, Lesson Plans, Mainstreaming

Tebeaux, Elizabeth – College Composition and Communication, 1985
Notes studies defining important communication skills for a wide range of job categories, but which many courses in business, technical, and science writing are not providing. Suggests changes for the basic business communication course, including modes of writing and rhetorical principles. (HTH)
Descriptors: Business Communication, Course Content, Curriculum Development, Education Work Relationship