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Koh, Aaron – Oxford Review of Education, 2015
English teaching and learning has taken an interesting shift in Hong Kong schools with the implementation of the New Senior Secondary (NSS) curriculum under the "334" education reform. Situating the paper within the broader considerations of the intersection of Cultural Studies and English teaching, this paper examines the challenges and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Popular Culture, Language Arts, Curriculum Development
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Hewings, Ann; Seargeant, Philip – Open Learning, 2014
This paper explores the ways in which module and curriculum development in the context of a distance education (DE) programme play an important role in "constructing" a discipline's object of study, thus contributing to the ways in which knowledge is understood in society. The paper examines how the process of module production both…
Descriptors: Open Education, Distance Education, Curriculum Development, Learning Modules
Gottesman, Barbara – Curriculum Review, 1980
The author favorably reviews the "SUCCESS in Beginning Reading and Writing Program" developed by Dr. Anne Adams of Duke University. The two-hour instructional program is divided into four modules: phonics/spelling; content reading; writing language experience stories; and recreational reading. Program costs and ease of use are noted.…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Language Arts, Learning Modules, Primary Education
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Williams, David L., Jr.; And Others – 1978
This final report describes the development and field evaluation of teacher training materials (for inservice workshops) and elementary school language arts materials. The basic goal of the training materials, called Teacher Development Packages (TDPs), was to provide teachers with the information and skills needed to utilize games and informal…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Data Collection, Elementary Education, Evaluation
Epstein, Joyce L.; Herrick, Susan C. – 1991
In the summer of 1989, Summer Home Learning Packets in mathematics and language arts were distributed to seventh and eighth graders at Calverton Middle School (Maryland). The packets contained review exercises for students to complete with the help of their parents. In the first of the two studies reported in this document, "Reactions of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Family School Relationship, Grade 7, Grade 8
Schneider (USA), Inc., Plymouth, MN. – 1992
The Schneider Skills Enhancement Program is a workplace literacy partnership between the medical manufacturing firm Schneider, Inc., and the Adult Academic Program of the Robbinsdale Area Schools in Minnesota. A literacy audit of 39 Schneider employees established a need for instruction in literacy, numeracy, and English as a Second Language (ESL)…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Behavioral Objectives, Biomedical Equipment, Cost Effectiveness