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Krasner, Michael – Social Studies, 2011
This article describes the personal and pedagogical contexts for the development of a 9/11 curriculum. The author relates his own experiences learning of the event and teaching it soon afterwards and the subsequent development of a nationally distributed 9/11 curriculum.
Descriptors: United States History, Terrorism, Air Transportation, Suicide
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Browder, Diane M. – Research and Practice for Persons with Severe Disabilities, 2012
Hunt and McDonnell have provided an excellent overview of one of the most important aspects of planning for students with severe disabilities--an ecological curricular framework that is created with input from the student, family, and needs of current and future environments. The standards-based reform-movement has created tension for educators to…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, State Standards, Teaching Methods, Quality of Life
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Goldberg, Merryl – Arts Education Policy Review, 2009
Arts Education is, technically, core to the school curriculum according to federal mandates and certain state mandates. However, it is rarely made accessible to all students despite earnest advocating on the part of dedicated organizations and individuals. In order for a democratic society to function successfully, its members must be invested and…
Descriptors: Art Education, Access to Education, Democratic Values, Citizenship Education
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Sawyer, Wayne – English in Australia, 2008
Gunther Kress's call for a curriculum based on textual creation in a global era of instability is particularly appropriate to the present historical moment. Here I argue the need for a notion of creativity as the basis for a national curriculum in English. The kind of creativity envisaged issues out of a systems theory approach which sees…
Descriptors: National Curriculum, Curriculum Development, Creativity, Curriculum Design
Skinner, Desiree A. – Online Submission, 2008
All educators should be concerned about curriculum. Curriculum is the path to giving students the best possible education enveloping an in-depth learning experience. Dr. Kritsonis's "Ways of Knowing Through the Realms of Meaning" provides a guide for schools to select curriculum that is appropriate, rigorous, and enriched. Through alignment, Dr.…
Descriptors: History, Religion, Holistic Approach, General Education
Hentges, Kae – Lifelong Learning, 1983
This paper proposes a new model for the development of adult education curricula. The model is holistic to complement the segmental needs and special interests approach that is characteristic of most programs. (JOW)
Descriptors: Adult Development, Adult Education, Curriculum Development, Holistic Approach
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Poplin, Mary S. – Learning Disability Quarterly, 1984
The introduction to the special issue on holism with learning disabled students addresses five current practices not espoused by the holistic model: segmentation of learning, narrow school goals, preoccupation with students' deficits, lack of consideration of student interests/needs in selecting curricula, and obsession with objectivity and fact.…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Educational Philosophy, Elementary Secondary Education, Holistic Approach
Dobson, Russell L.; Dobson, Judith E. – 1989
Curriculum knowledge cannot be legitimized until its method of construction is examined. Dominant curriculum theories, those that are well established by tradition, usually provide research results reflecting a deterministic or imposed reality. The basic premise of this paper is that curriculum theorizing has, for the most part, been a utilitarian…
Descriptors: Cognitive Structures, Curriculum Development, Educational Philosophy, Epistemology
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Oaks, Merrill M.; Pedras, Melvin J. – Technology Teacher, 1992
Virtually all elements of human society are touched by technology. Students who are not educated in modern advances will be ill-prepared for the world of work in the twenty-first century. All educators must modify their curriculum to reflect advanced technology. (JOW)
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Education Work Relationship, Holistic Approach, Integrated Curriculum
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Swaffar, Janet – ADFL Bulletin, 1998
Applies teaching approaches from "Standards for Foreign Language Learning" to higher education, discussing recycling of old curricula to meet students' pragmatic needs and current literacy state without compromising the discipline. Department members are urged to collaborate to determine literature's place in their programs, identify core topics…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Higher Education, Holistic Approach, Literature
Frazier, Gwen Blair – Illinois Teacher of Education, 1991
Describes New Hampshire's curriculum development project that aimed to use a holistic perspective and integrate content related to the following concepts into existing courses: sustainable lifestyles, ecological responsibility, technological literacy, appropriate technology, international reciprocity, balanced development, global education, and…
Descriptors: Appropriate Technology, Curriculum Development, Environmental Education, Holistic Approach
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Park, C. C. – Environmental Education and Information, 1984
Explores the need for a philosophical foundation for environmental education. Considers two overriding ingredients: the need to avoid indoctrination and to concentrate on development of attitudes and acquisition of knowledge; and the need to offer positive, optimistic, and realistic views on environmental topics. (Author/BC)
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Decision Making, Educational Objectives, Environmental Education
Walters, Michael; LoGiudice, James – Gifted Child Today (GCT), 1990
This article puts forth some of the concepts and complexities involved in teaching secondary students ethical and aesthetic reasoning skills as well as the ideas of and debates throughout history. It is argued that curricula should connect holistically to the intellectual and emotional hierarchies of the gifted personality. (PB)
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Ethical Instruction, Ethics, Gifted
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Brady, Marion – Educational Forum, 1996
Traditional education is irrelevant to current human experience. Displaying reality in disjointed pieces, it denies the essential oneness of things. Students must learn that everything is interconnected, and school reform should start with the reorganization of knowledge. (SK)
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Educational Change, High Schools, Holistic Approach
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Miller, John P. – Journal of Curriculum and Supervision, 1986
Examines three world views influencing curriculum development--atomism (underpinning competency-based education), pragmatism (promoting inquiry-based approaches), amd holism (associated with confluent or Waldorf education). Holism embodies the perennial philosophy and attempts to integrate cognitive, affective, and transpersonal dimensions,…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Curriculum Enrichment, Educational Philosophy, Elementary Secondary Education
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