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| Vars, Gordon F. | 7 |
| Rakow, Susan R. | 1 |
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| Journal Articles | 4 |
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| Guides - Non-Classroom | 1 |
| Reports - Descriptive | 1 |
| Reports - Evaluative | 1 |
| Speeches/Meeting Papers | 1 |
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Peer reviewedVars, Gordon F. – Educational Leadership, 1991
Organizing a school staff to deliver a core curriculum has historically taken three forms: the all-school theme approach, interdisciplinary teamwork, and the block time or self-contained class models. The ultimate in student-centered integrative curriculum is the unstructured core approach, which involves teacher and student cooperation in…
Descriptors: Core Curriculum, Elementary Secondary Education, History, Integrated Curriculum
Vars, Gordon F. – 1981
The core curriculum movement, as of 1981, is in crisis and apparently declining. Among the discouraging signs are the abandonment of core curriculum programs by many school districts and the conclusion of a long-time student of the core curriculum movement that the democratic goals of the core curriculum program conflict with the more autocratic…
Descriptors: Core Curriculum, Democratic Values, Educational Innovation, Educational Trends
Vars, Gordon F. – ASCD Yearbook, 1972
At least seven lessons can be drawn from educational history that may prevent repetition of errors in curriculum reform in colleges and secondary schools. (JH)
Descriptors: Colleges, Core Curriculum, Curriculum Development, Educational History
Peer reviewedVars, Gordon F. – Educational Leadership, 1979
Core and other "soft" programs are vulnerable in the current educational and financial climate. Evaluation, communication, and involvement can help save them. (Author/MLF)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Communication (Thought Transfer), Core Curriculum, Educational Innovation
Peer reviewedVars, Gordon F. – Journal of Higher Education, 1982
Five curriculum designs appropriate for general education programs that have evolved in American secondary schools and colleges are identified: distribution requirements, required courses, correlated courses, combined courses, the integrative seminar, and core curriculum. The advantages and disadvantages of each are discussed. (Author/MLW)
Descriptors: College Curriculum, Core Curriculum, Curriculum Design, Curriculum Development
Download full textVars, Gordon F. – 1970
This 62 item bibliography is divided into three parts: 1) Comparative Studies: block-time students matched with students in more conventional programs; 2) Normative Studies: achievement of block-time students compared with test norms or averages; and, 3) Summaries. Most of the doctoral dissertations, journal articles, and other research reports…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Bibliographies, Comparative Analysis, Core Curriculum
Peer reviewedVars, Gordon F.; Rakow, Susan R. – Roeper Review, 1993
A rationale for providing an integrative curriculum for gifted students is offered, and three curriculum designs are explained: (1) correlation (in which the sequence of presentation is altered to maximize learning of interrelationships); (2) fusion (in which content and skills of several subjects are blended); and (3) core curriculum (focusing on…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Core Curriculum, Correlation, Curriculum Development
