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Shaked, Haim; Schechter, Chen – NASSP Bulletin, 2016
As instructional leadership involves attempts to understand and improve complex systems, this study explored principals' perceptions regarding possible contributions of systems thinking to instructional leadership. Based on a qualitative analysis, systems thinking was perceived by middle and high school principals to contribute to the following…
Descriptors: Systems Approach, Instructional Leadership, Holistic Approach, Principals
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Hill, John C. – NASSP Bulletin, 1988
To ensure that curriculum development staff are focusing on student needs, this article suggests a question matrix showing the holistic relationship in the planning, implementation, and outcomes processes and in five interrelated program components (curriculum design, instructional means, resources, staff development, and learning experience).…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Curriculum Evaluation, Elementary Secondary Education, Holistic Approach
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Ornstein, Allan C. – NASSP Bulletin, 1989
Future school curricula are likely to be less departmentalized and more integrated and holistic. This article summarizes new trends and emerging issues, such as telecommunications; computer literacy; nuclear, environmental, and AIDS education; nutrition and exercise, aging education, and futuristic study. Includes 18 notes. (MLH)
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Educational Trends, Elementary Secondary Education, Futures (of Society)
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Garton, Susan – NASSP Bulletin, 1984
Recommended strategies for improving the education of economically disadvantaged students include dispelling teacher misconception, hiring teachers from disadvantaged backgrounds, using noncredentialed staff from the community, emphasizing mastery learning and holistic teaching, and revising the curriculum to incorporate heterogeneously grouped…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Curriculum Development, Economically Disadvantaged, Holistic Approach
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Cuetara, Paul – NASSP Bulletin, 1995
The societal effects of rapidly changing technologies signal the need for an educational system combining the best in vocational and academic learning. Career paths join a liberal arts academic core with hands-on technological options. A New Hampshire high school's tech-prep/school-to-work partnership with local higher education institutions and a…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Consortia, Curriculum Development, Education Work Relationship
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Ryan, Joseph M.; Miyasaka, Jeanne R. – NASSP Bulletin, 1995
Reviews current student-assessment practices, highlighting alternative-assessment definitions and terminology, portfolio-assessment methods, holistic and analytic scoring rubrics, and improved traditional approaches. Educators must reconsider the wisdom of traditional practice, while giving a fair hearing to new approaches. Fundamental changes in…
Descriptors: Alternative Assessment, Curriculum Development, Definitions, Educational Change