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Eckhoff, Angela – Early Child Development and Care, 2011
The role of the visual arts in early childhood education has long been recognised and valued as an essential component of the curriculum. The project featured in this writing stems from a collaborative relationship forged between a non-profit, community-based early education centre and community arts centre. As a result of this collaborative…
Descriptors: Visual Arts, Early Childhood Education, Artists, Young Children
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Vezzoli, Carlo; Sciama, Dalia – International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2007
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to introduce the hypothesis that it is fruitful to study new areas within research for sustainability, through experimental education courses, that are based on international and multilateral (transcultural) learning processes. Design/methodology/approach: This way of introducing education into open research…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Learning Processes, Experimental Curriculum, Hypothesis Testing
CEMREL, Inc., St. Louis, MO. – 1974
This pair of brochures describes the elementary curriculum of the Comprehensive School Mathematics Program (CSMP). Many of the topics and exercises unique to this program are illustrated. The educational philosophy underlying the program is briefly described. (SD)
Descriptors: Curriculum, Elementary Education, Elementary School Mathematics, Experimental Curriculum
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Johnson, Darrell B. – Journal of Legal Education, 1985
Southwestern University School of Law's two-year, intensive, year-round program, the Southwestern Conceptual Approach to Legal Education, which emphasizes hypothetical problems as teaching tools rather than the case-book method, is described. (MSE)
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Concept Formation, Curriculum Development, Experimental Curriculum
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Washton, Nathan S. – School Science and Mathematics, 1981
The interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary curriculum at the experimental high school on the Sde Boker campus of Ben Gurion University in the Negev, Israel, is described. It is viewed as a worldwide model available to academic communities to study the impact of environment on survival of all living things. (MP)
Descriptors: Conservation Education, Curriculum Design, Environmental Education, Experimental Curriculum
Andrys, Bonita Bridgeford – Momentum, 1988
Describes a program at Sacred Heart High School, East Grand Forks, Minnesota, in which students take two weeks from regular coursework each fall and spring to enroll in two intensive academic, service-oriented, or recreational courses on- or off-campus. Considers purposes, benefits, and problems such as transportation, scheduling, and liability.…
Descriptors: Catholic Schools, Cooperative Programs, Curriculum Enrichment, Elective Courses
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Baldwin, Roger G.; Baumann, Melissa J. – Innovative Higher Education, 2005
In this article we examine a flexible curricular approach known as the "Option." The Option enables students to supplement traditional majors with a coherent set of courses and other educational experiences in a related, often interdisciplinary field. Options can act as curricular bridges between mainstream academic fields and problems of…
Descriptors: Majors (Students), Educational Change, Educational Experience, Curriculum Development
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Repka, Richard – ELT Journal, 1986
Discusses recent changes in the system, status, function, content and methodology of English teaching in Czechoslovakian elementary and secondary schools and gives a short account of the experimental evaluation of the new system in secondary grammar schools. (Author/SED)
Descriptors: Communicative Competence (Languages), Curriculum Evaluation, Elementary Secondary Education, English (Second Language)
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Marsden, W. E. – Teaching Geography, 1979
Describes the West German Curriculum Research Project for the Spatial Sciences, its chronology, organization, content, evaluation, and dissemination. Also discusses influences and implications of the project. For journal availability, see SO 507 291. (Author/CK)
Descriptors: Comparative Education, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Evaluation, Curriculum Research
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Simmons, Ella Smith; Strenecky, Bernard J. – MultiCultural Review, 1995
Examines the Semester at Sea program and discusses its use in multicultural education and in the study of global and social issues. The program's goals, activities, and events are discussed as well as learner outcomes of students from three participating schools. (GR)
Descriptors: Cultural Education, Cultural Pluralism, Educational Innovation, Educational Strategies