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Hastings, Kathryn; Trexler, Megan – Interchange: A Quarterly Review of Education, 2021
In this essay, we reinterpret critical literacy through our engagement with structured word inquiry (SWI). By reflecting upon our experiences within a literacy practicum for educators earning their reading specialist certification, we demonstrate how SWI can provide students and educators with opportunities to transcend the limitations of a scope…
Descriptors: Critical Literacy, Reading Skills, Reading Instruction, Power Structure
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Bernhardt, Elizabeth; Nissler, Paul; Leffell, Cici Malik – Unterrichtspraxis/Teaching German, 2020
The contemporary watchword within curricular discussions in German is integration across multiple linguistic levels and literacy dimensions. This article contributes to the discussion by chronicling how one university responded and contributed to curricular currents in German, constructing concrete documents reflective of those currents. The…
Descriptors: German, Second Language Instruction, Curriculum Development, Oral Language
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Leda Cempellin – International Journal of Education & the Arts, 2024
Art and design students in higher education often prioritize design skills over written communication. With the opportunity to restructure courses around increased asynchronous flexibility arising from the COVID-19 pandemic, the author of this manuscript (who is also the course instructor) has developed a hybrid-blended course design in the art…
Descriptors: Courses, Art Education, Design, COVID-19
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Emily Jo Noschese – Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education, 2025
This qualitative study delves into the innovative Bilingual Grammar Curriculum. The curriculum aims to enhance bilingualism and linguistic skills among deaf students by integrating American Sign Language instruction and written language grammatical structures. The researcher conducted in-depth interviews with 12 experienced educators of the deaf…
Descriptors: American Sign Language, Deafness, Bilingual Education, Grammar
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Clark, Margaret M. – FORUM: for promoting 3-19 comprehensive education, 2017
Languages differ in the way that speech and meaning are represented in written form: in English, the correspondences are variable. Thus, in learning to read in English there is need for an approach that combines alphabetic decoding and a mastery of sight vocabulary. Teaching children to read should develop from an analysis of the skills and…
Descriptors: Literacy, Written Language, Speech Communication, Phoneme Grapheme Correspondence
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Bergqvist, Ewa; Bergqvist, Tomas – Journal of Curriculum Studies, 2017
More than 15 years after the introduction of a standards-based curriculum reform, the mathematics teachers are positive towards the reform message but have not changed their classroom practice accordingly. To improve the impact of future reforms, it is important to learn from this situation and to better understand the role of the national policy…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Policy, Educational Change, Academic Standards
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El Aissati, Abderrahman; Karsmakers, Suzanne; Kurvers, Jeanne – Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, 2011
In 2003, the Amazigh (Berber) language and the Tifinagh script were, for the first time in history, introduced as a subject for all students in public primary schools in Morocco. This study first investigates the language planning policy behind the introduction of the new Amazigh curriculum: selection, codification, standardization, curriculum…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Language Planning, Familiarity, Educational Practices
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Battison, Robbin; Goswami, Dixie – Journal of Business Communication, 1981
Surveys recent trends in the area of clear writing. Discusses the problem of incomprehensible language in functional writing (forms and documents). Considers solutions, particularly those developed by the Document Design Center. (PD)
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Higher Education, Models, Publications
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Hayes, John R.; Flower, Linda S. – American Psychologist, 1986
There has been a shift of emphasis in research on the teaching of writing. The focus changed from the products of writing to writing processes. This has strong implications for instruction. Writing curriculum should be based on the organization of the cognitive processes involved in writing skills. (Author/VM)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Creative Writing, Curriculum Development, Instruction
Kelly, Robert – Guidelines, 1990
The problem of devising a course in business communications for students of English as a Second or Foreign Language is addressed. A way to approach course design in general is described, using creative problem solving and decision making and a partial linguistic analysis of business writing. (one reference) (LB)
Descriptors: Business Communication, Course Content, Curriculum Development, English (Second Language)
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Wiederholt, J. Lee – Learning Disability Quarterly, 1978
The author identifies assumptions which, though not firmly validated by research, are suggested as bases for effective assessment and instruction of learning disabled adolescents. (PHR)
Descriptors: Career Education, Curriculum Development, Educational Philosophy, Educational Planning
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Wallach, Geraldine – Topics in Language Disorders, 1990
This article discusses how the processing, form, and content requirements of written language pose challenges to professionals trying to design and implement regular or remedial educational programs. Differences between oral and written language; influences of culture, value systems, and world knowledge; and structure and content interactions are…
Descriptors: Cultural Influences, Curriculum Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Interaction
Higman, F. M. – Journal of the Modern Language Association of Northern Ireland, 1978
Proposals currently being debated for a reform of the examination system at 18+ in England and Wales, and comments on the proposals, are presented to aid in future planning of language courses in Northern Ireland. The context in which the new proposals arose is briefly examined. The following three standard course proposals are diagrammed for…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Communicative Competence (Languages), Curriculum Design, Curriculum Development
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Harste, Jerry – Reading Teacher, 1990
Summarizes key insights from the author's studies of literacy. Makes three recommendations which are designed to explore curriculum as a potential for language learning. (MG)
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Curriculum Development, Early Childhood Education, Language Acquisition