This study critically examines the K-12 curriculum reform in the Philippines and suggests ways on how it can move forward. Specifically, three recent curriculum guides (i.e., science, mathematics, and English) were analysed to determine how they fit with the Education 4.0 milieu. Using a curriculum analysis matrix, the findings indicate that these…

In this article, literacy, which is conceived of as a set of cognitive skills, is juxtaposed with a sociocultural orientation that sees literacy as a set of social practices for the production of meaning. Cognitive, skills-based pedagogies treat literacy as universal, autonomous, and independent of context, whereas sociocultural literacy…

State policies to encourage elementary teachers to teach for understanding and thinking are more comprehensive in California than in any other state. Based on in-depth interviews with eight curriculum and policy experts and an analysis of over 100 documents, this report describes efforts being advanced across six policy fronts: (1) curriculum…

Offers suggestions for types and content of curriculum guides as well as for curriculum use and evaluation. (Author/WD)

Twenty- five recommendations for curriculum and instructional materials development. (RA)

The monograph is intended to provide teachers of profoundly mentally handicapped students in South Carolina with a guide to ten existing curricula which were reviewed by the State Department of Education Consultant for the profoundly mentally handicapped. Usually included for each guide is title, information on curriculum components and…

This book is an annotated list of curriculum guides in the language arts which have been recommended by the Committee on Curriculum Bulletins of the National Council of Teachers of English. The guides are voluntarily submitted to the committee for evaluation and review, and those selected best exemplify good curriculum planning and guide writing…

This practicum attempted to create a comprehensive developmental curriculum to be used in a non-categorical program serving developmentally delayed preschool-aged children. A second goal was to develop a parent education component that would provide parents with information and tools necessary to be active and competent partners in their child's…

Questionnaires completed by 126 instructors of handicapped students in North Dakota were analyzed to examine the use of curriculum materials in special education. Teachers were asked to list at least 10 curriculum materials presently used by the students. Of the 536 materials named, 255 were classified through the use of the Annehurst Curriculum…

This paper presents a summary of curriculum guidelines in geography. The three elements of curriculum development -- objectives, learning experiences, and evaluation -- are sumarized, and a large number of questions on each element are listed as a checklist for teachers and curriculum developers. (Author/JR)

The aids consist of excerpts of curriculum guides that are representative models for sections of the "Criteria for Planning and Evaluation of Curriculum Guides." The criteria were established by the National Council of Teachers of English Committee on Curriculum Bulletins and were designed to facilitate the planning and evaluating of curricula.…

The State Department of Education for South Carolina has prepared this publication to help administrators and curriculum planners in selecting and evaluating science instructional materials for use in their schools. The report is divided into three major parts for elementary science (K-5), middle school science (6-8), and high school science…