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Direct linkBates, Neil; Bowry, Robert – Teaching History, 2021
Neil Bates and Robert Bowry have chosen to tackle the issue of curriculum coherence by including local history, both as starting point for new students joining the school in Year 7 and as a golden thread running throughout their Key Stage 3 curriculum. In this article they explain the rationale for their plans, focusing not only on the powerful…
Descriptors: Local History, History Instruction, Curriculum Development, Grade 6
Bertling, Joy G.; Hodge, Lynn; Ryba, Ericka – Art Education, 2023
With the emergence of COVID-19, public interest in data visualization has surged. Data visualizations also, importantly, raised questions related to the data and the social context in which it occurred. Extending beyond but remaining connected to COVID-19, this context involved the racial and social inequality and economic disparities brought to…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Data Analysis, Visual Aids
Simmons, Kelli; Fleer, Marilyn – Australian Primary Mathematics Classroom, 2023
At the commencement of 2022 there was an opportunity to be engaged in a curriculum development project focused on reimagining mathematics learning in primary schools. Schools were seeking new experiences to support engaging students and teachers in mathematics learning. Laburnum Primary School participated in the project with Monash University,…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Evidence Based Practice, Teaching Methods, Childrens Literature
Cusworth, Hannah – Teaching History, 2021
Making a passionate case for teaching Black British history in the secondary school curriculum, Hannah shares here the personal journey she has travelled in planning for Black British history in her curriculum. She cites her inspirations and offers striking examples to illustrate her rationale and approach to teaching this history. Hannah…
Descriptors: History Instruction, European History, Secondary School Students, Grade 6
Pedagogical Framework for Cultivating Children's Data Agency and Creative Abilities in the Age of AI
Download full textJuho Kahila; Henriikka Vartiainen; Matti Tedre; Eetu Arkko; Anssi Lin; Nicolas Pope; Ilkka Jormanainen; Teemu Valtonen – Informatics in Education, 2024
The integration of artificial intelligence (AI) topics into K-12 school curricula is a relatively new but crucial challenge faced by education systems worldwide. Attempts to address this challenge are hindered by a serious lack of curriculum materials and tools to aid teachers in teaching AI. This article introduces the theoretical foundations and…
Descriptors: Personal Autonomy, Data, Children, Creativity
Hunter, D. A.; Castagno, A. E.; Gonzales, T.; Tallsalt, V.; Little, A.; Brown, T.; Pipe, M.; Greyeyes, J.; Marsh, E.; Smith, J.; Paulson, S.; Yazzie, J.; Black, P.; Saganey, E.; Cole, C. – Journal of STEM Outreach, 2023
The Native American Astronomy Outreach Program (NAAOP) at Lowell Observatory is an in-class STEM enrichment program that pairs astronomers with 4th-8th grade teachers at Native-serving schools in northern Arizona. The astronomer works with the teacher to present hands-on astronomy activities to their class with the goal of getting students excited…
Descriptors: Elementary School Teachers, Elementary School Students, Grade 4, Grade 5
Edelson, Daniel C.; Reiser, Brian J.; McNeill, Katherine L.; Mohan, Audrey; Novak, Michael; Mohan, Lindsey; Affolter, Renee; McGill, Tara A. W.; Buck Bracey, Zoë E.; Deutch Noll, Jamie; Kowalski, Susan M.; Novak, Dawn; Lo, Abraham S.; Landel, Carolyn; Krumm, Andrew; Penuel, William R.; Van Horne, Katie; González-Howard, María; Suárez, Enrique – Journal of Science Teacher Education, 2021
OpenSciEd is an ambitious effort to implement the vision of the "Framework for K-12 Science Education" and the "Next Generation Science Standards" broadly across the United States. The premise of OpenSciEd is that high quality instructional materials can play a critical role in transforming science teaching and learning at a…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Evidence Based Practice, Instructional Materials, Educational Change
Clabough, Jeremiah; Bickford, John H., III – History Teacher, 2020
There are significant apertures between the history told within historians' scholarship and teachers' curricular resources. The Civil Rights Movement (hereafter, CRM) of the 1950s and 1960s did not start with Rosa Parks' arrest in Montgomery, though it was a spark that inflamed a long-smoldering fire. Nor did it end with Dr. King's dream in…
Descriptors: Civil Rights, Freedom, Activism, History Instruction
Holthuis, Nicole; Deutscher, Rebecca; Schultz, Susan E.; Jamshidi, Arash – American Educator, 2018
As schools work to implement the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS), a team at Stanford University found that project-based learning is an effective framework for engaging students. The team used project-based learning, group activities, and performance-based assessments to design an effective, engaging curriculum. Over a three-year period,…
Descriptors: Student Projects, Teaching Methods, Group Activities, Performance Based Assessment
Salen, Katie; Torres, Robert; Wolozin, Loretta; Rufo-Tepper, Rebecca; Shapiro, Arana – MIT Press (BK), 2011
Quest to Learn, an innovative school for grades 6 to 12 in New York City, grew out of the idea that gaming and game design offer a promising new paradigm for curriculum and learning. The designers of Quest to Learn developed an approach to learning that draws from what games do best: drop kids into inquiry-based, complex problem spaces that are…
Descriptors: Video Technology, Research and Development, Games, Educational Innovation
Creswell, Ian – FORUM: for promoting 3-19 comprehensive education, 2011
The author, Head of Year 7 at Cantell Maths and Computing College in Southampton, describes the development of an innovative approach to Year 7, which is based on the Qualifications and Curriculum Development Agency programme "Personal, Learning and Thinking Skills". He shows how the new approach evolved and continues to develop…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Grade 6, Educational Innovation, Differences
Schill, Bethany; Howell, Linda – Science and Children, 2011
A major part of developing concept-based instruction is the use of an overarching idea to provide a conceptual lens through which students view the content of a particular subject. By using a conceptual lens to focus learning, students think at a much deeper level about the content and its facts (Erickson 2007). Therefore, the authors collaborated…
Descriptors: Ecology, Grade 6, Teaching Methods, Problem Based Learning
Balantic, Jeannette; Fregosi, Erica – Social Studies and the Young Learner, 2012
According to the authors, five years ago their school district embraced Understanding by Design as the organizing framework for curriculum. The emphasis on enduring understandings and essential questions led the sixth grade social studies teachers to reevaluate what they were teaching in their World History Curriculum. Together the authors worked…
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, Writing Skills, Curriculum Development, Learner Engagement
Carlisle, Katie – Middle Grades Research Journal, 2011
The author reports on the formation of a performing arts-focused curriculum integration project, in which key components of curriculum integration were employed within a project-focus involving the performing arts of music, theater, and dance. The project occurred within a curricular community partnership between a public school and nearby…
Descriptors: Integrated Curriculum, Curriculum Development, Theater Arts, Art Education
Weston, Marla; Biin, Dianne – International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2013
The goal of the ANCESTOR program is to use digital storytelling as a means of promoting an interest in technology careers for Aboriginal learners, as well as increasing cultural literacy. A curriculum was developed and first tested with Aboriginal students at the LÁU,WELNEW Tribal School near Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. Based on feedback…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Story Telling, Computer Science Education, Canada Natives
