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| Goodlad, John I. | 1 |
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Peer reviewedBetts, Frank M. – Educational Leadership, 1991
Critiques the first two volumes of E.D. Hirsch, Jr.'s Core Knowledge Series, "What Your 1st Grader Needs to Know" and "What Your 2nd Grader Needs to Know" (Doubleday, 1991), for thin coverage of core curriculum fundamentals, highly condensed format, and unbalanced content. Parents should realize there is no substitute for a…
Descriptors: Book Reviews, Core Curriculum, Elementary Education, Minimum Competencies
Peer reviewedGoodlad, John I. – Educational Leadership, 1987
Reviews history of the use of the concept "core curriculum" and its decline. Includes a discussion of educational ethics and excellence centering on the need to evaluate the push toward a more academic curriculum and the effect it is having in pushing some students out of the system while developing excellence for a smaller group of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Core Curriculum, Curriculum Development, Educational History
