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Peer reviewedJohnson, Margaret J.; Janisch, Carole; Morgan-Fleming, Barbara – Journal of Curriculum and Supervision, 2001
A group of teachers at a large, urban Texas district participated in a project to develop and teach study units based on E.D. Hirsch's Core Knowledge Curriculum. Drawing on their deliberations and university coursework, teachers selected topics, built units, and devised literacy strategies to teach core knowledge content. (Contains 34 references.)…
Descriptors: Cultural Literacy, Curriculum Development, Elementary Education, Literacy Education
Peer reviewedGreene, Myrna L. – Journal of Curriculum and Supervision, 1992
In 1985, the Medicine Hat School District in southern Alberta, Canada, initiated the Model for Teacher Supervision and Evaluation to change school district culture and promote teachers' professional development and empowerment. The change mechanism was clinical supervision--a process allowing teachers to determine and achieve their own goals. The…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Models
Peer reviewedNelson, Murry R. – Journal of Curriculum and Supervision, 2001
By 1993, New York City's multicultural and innovative Children of the Rainbow curriculum had been discontinued and the education chancellor fired. This article examines the curriculum's development and implementation and the controversies surrounding it. After-effects linger, as other U.S. districts address various social issues in the school…
Descriptors: Administrative Problems, Curriculum Design, Educational Innovation, Elementary Education
Peer reviewedvan den Akker, Jan; Kuiper, Wilmad – Journal of Curriculum and Supervision, 1993
Describes a study that evaluated implementation of curriculum materials for secondary social studies in the Netherlands. The evaluation focused on individual teachers' actual use of these materials in their classrooms. A large discrepancy emerged between the curriculum developers' original intentions and the observed instructional processes.…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Instructional Materials, Program Evaluation, Program Implementation
Peer reviewedKretovics, Joseph R.; And Others – Journal of Curriculum and Supervision, 1991
Project SHAPE is a two-year intervention and enrichment program for underachieving and educationally disadvantaged ninth and tenth grade students in Toledo, Ohio. Operating through teacher empowerment; curriculum development; structural organization; and student, parent, and community involvement, SHAPE's goals are developing an academically…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Democratic Values, Educational Change, Enrichment Activities
Peer reviewedMathison, Sandra – Journal of Curriculum and Supervision, 1991
Explores the ethical issues involved in using standardized tests to implement a state-level policy. Examines the fourth grade science program evaluation test administered in New York State for the first time in 1989. A utilitarian view of ethics ignores the consequences of testing for different constituents, obviates caring behavior, and damages…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Educational Policy, Elementary Education, Ethics
