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Li, Ling – Social Studies, 2006
In this article, the author discusses her experiences with developing an English-language science curriculum for students at the experimental Hai Bin Lu Primary School in China. She uses Schwab's (1973) four common denominators (or essential factors) of curricula--teacher, student, subject matter, and milieu--and Genette's (1980) three…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Science Curriculum, Bilingual Education, Environmental Education
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Salinas, Cinthia; Franquiz, Maria E.; Guberman, Steve – Social Studies, 2006
In this article, the authors argue that despite the variable of language proficiency of young, immigrant children and educational programs designed for their language development (for example, ESL, Transitional Bilingual, Dual Language Bilingual, Sheltered Content Instruction), the strategy of historical thinking can help immigrant children…
Descriptors: Prior Learning, Language Proficiency, Metacognition, Language Acquisition