The curriculum resources used for teaching secondary mathematics vary considerably from school to school. Some schools base their teaching largely on a single published scheme, while others design their own schemes of learning, curating their resources from a range of (often free) online sources. Both approaches seem problematic from the…

In this essay, I examine the problems I now see with the sample curriculum I proposed in "College Writing and Beyond: A New Framework for Writing Instruction" in 2007. There are numerous factors that must be considered in designing a writing course: choice of subject matter, choice of genres to assign, sequencing of writing assignments, number of…

Discusses elements of a larger work on music education in the context of a rebuttal to critics. Includes sections on philosophical bases, composing and performing, works of music, musical listening, musical understanding, verbal knowledge, music and other arts, musical creativity, and educational values. (DSK)

Commenting on Stanley S. Madeja's article in the October, 1980, issue of this journal, the author argues that the lack of substance and curriculum organization in public school art programs is largely a reflection of the lack of substance in most university- and college-level studio art programs. (Author/SJL)

This paper approaches the concept of curriculum design from a philosophical perspective, arguing that the concept of "design" in curriculum is fundamentally misleading. The paper begins with a series of comments questioning the assumption that curriculum design involves a set of discrete skills or procedures in which one may attain expertise, like…

Describes philosophy of Paulo Freire as foundation for an existential/humanistic curriculum and explores practical and theoretical implications of this curriculum for second language teaching. Expands curriculum design principles into sample second language curriculum design principles. (Author/BK)

Five principles for curriculum development are need for conceptual framework; attitudes and beliefs about learning; epistemological rationale; macro- and micro-level curriculum development and planning; and awareness of political realities. (SK)

Offers an explanation of the concept of Discipline-Based Art Education (DBAE) as developed at the Southeast Center for Education in the Arts. Using the DBAE model, develops expanded definitions of the four DBAE discipline perspectives and six organizing principles under which the arts may be taught and studied. (DSK)

The effect of television on children is in part a reflection of the effect of current schooling practices, so that the simplicity of television is a reflection of the discontinuity and incoherence of modern schooling practices. This state of affairs in schooling is due to several factors: (1) efforts to make schooling less stuffy and mechanical…

Discusses the current state of arts education and outlines the issues facing arts education in the future. Provides information concerning the Philadelphia Resolution through which 24 national organizations in arts education and the arts set forth agreed upon principles and concepts for teaching the arts. (KO)

Argues that neopragmatism can provide art educators with theoretical perspectives to guide interpretations of works of art, pedagogy, and curriculum. Notes ways in which neopragmatist strategies would open art education to new forms of inquiry. Uses an analysis of Gerhard Richter's "October 18, 1977" to show how neopragmatic pedagogy…

In this introductory article to a theme issue on multicultural education, the author argues for an across-the-curriculum multicultural policy based on fundamental liberal and humanistic values rather than on currently fashionable prescriptions which overemphasize race and racism or which fossilize the cultures of immigrant groups. (Editor/SJL)

Outlining procedures involved in arriving at a newly adopted curriculum for the Oak Park, Illinois, high school of which he is the associate principal in charge of instruction, the author argues the importance of developing a comprehensive vision of educational priorities before considering specific curricular components. (JBM)

Although "The Paideia Proposal" (1982) has been "all but totally eclipsed" by other recent publications on school reform, the Paideia Group's painstaking, unified, long-range approach (expanded on in its newly published second volume, "Paideia Problems and Possibilities," and the remaining volume, to be released later…

Examines majaor constituent ideas of education (from Durkheim, Plato, Rousseau, Dewey), suggesting that they are mutually incompatible and consequently result in an incoherent concept of education. Proposes an educational scheme that would develop the kinds of understanding developed in cultural history, which would require focus on imaginative…