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Swan, James – Phi Delta Kappan, 1969
Descriptors: Attitudes, Conservation Education, Curriculum Development, Environment
Brown, Rexford – Phi Delta Kappan, 1987
Schools need more incentives to begin to produce more "thoughtfulness." As it is now they respond by "getting by" because they are only held accountable for minimal levels of achievement. Policymakers need to develop a different system of acccountability. (MD)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Basic Skills, Critical Thinking, Curriculum Development
Sternberg, Robert J. – Phi Delta Kappan, 1987
Instruction in thinking skills is possible and desirable, but educators must guard against assumptions that undermine the process. Eight fallacies that obstruct the teaching of critical thinking skills are presented. (MD)
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Enrichment, Elementary Secondary Education
Brown, Dave F. – Phi Delta Kappan, 2006
If teachers and parents genuinely believe that it is educators' responsibility to prepare students for a life of "meeting employers' needs," then teachers have to better examine what it is that they choose to teach students. That is, what should be in the curriculum to ensure that students have the knowledge to prepare them for a life of…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Education Work Relationship, Outcomes of Education, Role of Education