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Knudson, Joel – California Collaborative on District Reform, 2014
As district leaders search for the best ways to improve student learning with the Common Core State Standards, California districts are leading the way as early implementers of the new standards. The ideas and lessons emerging from their work can help other educators maximize the effectiveness of their own implementation efforts. This brief…
Descriptors: State Standards, Academic Standards, Program Effectiveness, Program Implementation
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Shkedi, Asher – Journal of Curriculum Studies, 2009
The paper examines the implementation of an external written curriculum in the classroom. The study is based on observation of and interviews with 26 Israeli Bible teachers who followed a formal curriculum and used a teachers' guide. The study identified three types of curriculum narrative: the frame narrative, the task narrative, and the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Biblical Literature, Grade 8, Public Schools
Gross, Richard E. – Phi Delta Kappan, 1988
From the demise of numerous "New Social Studies" programs initiated 25 years ago have sprung some guidelines for revising curricula and promoting educational change. Some lessons: Avoid too many course offerings, involve teachers in early stages of projects, and design programs to meet major goals. Above all, such programs need to be relevant to…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education, Guidelines
Kimpston, Richard D. – 1983
This study sought to determine the degree of congruence between a planned curriculum and that actually being taught in one large midwestern suburban school district and the implementation tasks employed by teachers. In measuring curriculum congruence it was found that, while the district expects fidelity of its planned curriculum, adaptation by…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Elementary School Curriculum, Elementary Secondary Education, Program Implementation
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Hentges, Kae; Hosokawa, Michael C. – Journal of School Health, 1980
The Delphi technique for determining goals and objectives provides for the explicit articulation of the direction in which an institution, organization, or program should go. An example is given of planning a health education curriculum using the Delphi technique with maximum participation on the part of teachers. (JD)
Descriptors: Cooperative Planning, Curriculum Development, Decision Making, Elementary Secondary Education
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Sweezey, William – Social Studies, 1985
Basic characteristics of the more influential curriculum development models in social studies are discussed. For a curriculum development model to be effective, it must provide for extensive teacher involvement. The most successful school practices are those that are school-based and collaborative. (RM)
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Educational History, Educational Needs, Educational Quality
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Gaidimas, Linda; Walters, Susan – Educational Leadership, 1993
Describes one district's struggle to implement Maine's Common Core of Learning, model of education that blurred subject area lines and moved toward integrated framework for curriculum and instruction. Common Core presented a set of outcomes divided into four interdisciplinary categories: human record, reasoning and problem solving, communication,…
Descriptors: Core Curriculum, Curriculum Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Interdisciplinary Approach
Bullough, Robert V., Jr.; And Others – Journal of Curriculum Theorizing, 1982
Interviews were conducted with elementary secondary teachers, who used a new curriculum management system, to ascertain how the teachers perceived their work and the degree to which they reflected upon the purposes behind what they were doing. The perceived alienation of the teachers toward the new system is discussed. (CJ)
Descriptors: Adoption (Ideas), Curriculum Development, Educational Innovation, Elementary Secondary Education
Bezzina, Michael – 1989
This paper presents findings of a case study that examined Australian primary teachers' perceptions of school-based curriculum development (SBCD). The study was conducted at Blackpool Primary School, a Catholic school in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Data were derived from participant observation, a teacher questionnaire, interviews with all…
Descriptors: Catholic Schools, Curriculum Development, Elementary Education, Foreign Countries
Ben-Peretz, Miriam; Silberstein, Moshe – 1985
A sample of curriculum projects representing the first generation of new curricula in Israel was analyzed, using an instrument developed to determine the implicit or explicit message regarding the teacher's role in curriculum development and use. Curriculum development in Israel is moving from a centralized approach to greater involvement of…
Descriptors: Comparative Education, Curriculum Development, Decision Making, Educational Practices
Campbell, Patricia E. – 1995
In 1992, Okanagan University College, in British Columbia (Canada), undertook a project to develop and implement an integrated curriculum in four participating health and human services programs. The project stemmed from findings in province-level reports on curriculum integration and on needs for health and human services programs. Specific…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Curriculum Development, Educational Quality, Faculty Development
New York City Board of Education, Brooklyn, NY. Office of Educational Evaluation. – 1985
Of the 110 public high schools in New York City, 11 are alternative high schools serving students who have been identified as "high risk," particularly dropouts and potential dropouts, as well as students who would benefit from learning environments and options not offered in comprehensive high schools. In 1984, the Curriculum…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Dropouts, High Risk Students, High Schools
Iowa State Dept. of Public Instruction, Des Moines. – 1981
This booklet presents a model for changing an elementary and secondary school curriculum. In the first section, forms and resources are provided for analyzing change at the local level. The second section offers the following step-by-step guidelines for curriculum development: (1) identify components of the existing curriculum; (2) focus on skills…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Curriculum Design, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Evaluation
Smorodin, Calla – 1984
The overarching variable in this study is the effect of differing amounts of personal contact between teachers and a program coordinator on the degree of implementation of a consumer education curriculum innovation in fifth-grade classrooms. Other variables under study were inservice training, feedback mechanisms, and participation. The sample…
Descriptors: Adoption (Ideas), Change Strategies, Consumer Education, Coordination
Dempsey, Ellen – 1981
This paper examines the strategies involved in planning, organizing, developing, administering, evaluating, and providing materials for replication for a teacher-to-teacher network program. The data for this paper was collected as part of IMPACT II, a program designed to identify, support, document, and disseminate successful classroom-based…
Descriptors: Community Resources, Curriculum Development, Demonstration Programs, Information Networks
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