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New York State Education Dept., Albany. Bureau of General Education Curriculum Development. – 1977
The purpose of this publication is to encourage and assist high schools in designing elective English courses and programs for grades 10 through 12. After pointing out the advantages and disadvantages of using electives, the discussion shifts to salient questions concerning the planning, construction, and implementation of elective courses and…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Elective Courses, English Curriculum, English Instruction
Download full textDearborn Public Schools, MI. – 1972
The philosophy and design of a nongraded, phase elective English curriculum as implemented at O. L. Smith Junior High School in Dearborn, Michigan, is presented. In addition, a listing of courses offered and an outline of the administrative and scheduling changes required are given as an aid to others who may wish to institute such a program. One…
Descriptors: Administrative Problems, Curriculum, Curriculum Design, Curriculum Development
Lamar, Wilmer A., Ed. – Illinois English Journal, 1971
This document reviews some of the facets of the Department of English at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The Department has a long tradition of involvement with high school teaching and high school teachers. The scheduling and programming activities of the Department are complex inasmuch as a range of courses must be made available…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Course Objectives, Curriculum Development, Drama
Stafford, James L. – 1963
An experimental team-teaching program in 10th-grade English and social studies at El Rancho High School (Pico Rivera, California) is described in this publication. Included are (1) a report of the summe r planning sessions held voluntarily by interested teachers; (2) topics of lectures, delivered to students, on literature, language, history, an d…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Curriculum Evaluation, English Instruction, Experimental Programs
Porter, Carol – 2002
The story of the process that Mundelein High School (located in a northwest suburb of Chicago, Illinois) as it moved from a traditional schedule to a block schedule is described throughout this book as a way to blend theory with practice. The book addresses types of block schedules; key issues for effective preparation; professional development…
Descriptors: Block Scheduling, Curriculum Development, Decision Making, English Instruction
Davis, Harold S. – 1966
This annotated bibliography on independent study lists 150 books, pamphlets, and articles published between 1929 and 1966, with most of the entries dated after 1960. Entries also cover independent study in relation to team teaching, nongraded schools, instructional materials centers, individualized instruction, flexible scheduling, curriculum…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Curriculum Development, Elementary Schools, English Instruction
