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Jiyoung Kim; Anne Leftwich; Daniel Castner – Education and Information Technologies, 2024
Many K-12 computer science (CS) education initiatives at the local, state, and federal levels have recently started to focus on engaging the young children. Although most CS education research has focused on the secondary level, only minimal research has explored how computer science (CS) and computational thinking (CT) can be taught in elementary…
Descriptors: Computation, Thinking Skills, Preschool Teachers, Kindergarten
Melissa Steyn; Kudzaiishe Peter Vanyoro – Education, Citizenship and Social Justice, 2024
We propose the Critical Diversity Literacy (CDL) framework for citizenship education in contemporary heterogeneous societies. It encourages an anti-essentialist, power-conscious awareness of difference beyond notions of citizenship that have been constitutive of the nation and tend to normalise masculinity, patriarchy, heterosexuality,…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Cultural Pluralism, Diversity, Intersectionality
Counsell, Shelly L.; Hyerle, David – Teachers College Press, 2023
"What" and "how" young children are thinking are typically expressed and shared at home and school through verbal and written modes of communication. As a visual language framework conceived and developed by David Hyerle, Thinking Maps® offers an additional way for learners to represent their ideas by visually mapping their…
Descriptors: Thinking Skills, Cognitive Processes, Evidence Based Practice, Metacognition
Hardy, Jessica K.; Hemmeter, Mary Louise – Young Exceptional Children, 2020
Many teachers want to provide meaningful science activities and instruction in their classroom that benefit all young children. This is consistent with the increasing focus on enhancing science experiences and instruction in preschool classrooms. Recommendations for how to engage in early childhood science activities are available, as are science…
Descriptors: Inclusion, Science Activities, Individualized Instruction, Preschool Teachers
Bautista, Alfredo; Bull, Rebecca; Ng, Ee Lynn; Lee, Kerry – Policy Futures in Education, 2021
As a result of globalization, kindergarten curriculum frameworks in Asia have been strongly influenced by Western theories, pedagogies, and values. In this article, we argue that Singapore's "Nurturing Early Learners" and Hong Kong's "Kindergarten Education Curriculum Guide" present key notions that are inconsistent with…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Kindergarten, Elementary School Curriculum, Curriculum Design
Palilonis, Jennifer; Watt, Tiffany – International Journal on E-Learning, 2019
To be digitally literate, an individual must be able to effectively make and share meaning in different modes and formats, effectively create, collaborate, and communicate in digital environments, and understand how and when technology can support these processes. However, K-5 teachers lack resources that adequately support their digital literacy…
Descriptors: Elementary School Teachers, Technology Integration, Curriculum Design, Developmentally Appropriate Practices
Barros, Joana – Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 2017
The paper proposes a strategy for designing introductory GIS modules at Birkbeck, University of London. Seven design aspects or elements (content, practical exercises, assessment, pace, mode, level of support, and level of difficulty) for tailoring modules at appropriate levels and for diversity are introduced and their application in Birkbeck's…
Descriptors: Introductory Courses, Curriculum Design, Learning Modules, Design Preferences
Eskay, Michael; Oboegbulem, Angie – Online Submission, 2013
The provision of a well-planned, modified, and articulated curriculum that would provide students with disabilities appropriate access to the general curriculum and effective instructional support is the thrust of this paper. The paper examined the various issues on the concept and objectives of special education and the role of a well-designed…
Descriptors: Special Education, Foreign Countries, Urban Schools, Curriculum Design
Goldman, Juliette D. G. – Health Education Journal, 2015
Background: Children and young adolescents are reaching puberty earlier. Providing information about such changes before puberty can help them develop in a more competent and informed manner. Context and Objective: UNESCO's "International Technical Guidance on Sexuality Education" forms a comprehensive, evidence-based, authoritative…
Descriptors: Preadolescents, Puberty, Sex Education, Comprehensive School Health Education
Fish, Ted – Independent School, 2011
A hundred years ago, if people had asked a group of competent and talented educators whether any child--regardless of race, class, or gender--could one day learn to read Shakespeare, write scientific papers, or do algebraic math, all but the most visionary would have answered, "No." Only a small segment of the population was deemed capable of…
Descriptors: Educational Practices, Leadership, Leadership Effectiveness, Leadership Training
Bagiati, Aikaterini – ProQuest LLC, 2011
Engineering education for the pre-college years is a developing academic discipline that emanates from the need to understand and improve the ways that engineers are formally educated. To date, there are no curricula available that incorporate engineering at a preschool level. The focus of this study is on the development of an early engineering…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Preschool Teachers, Engineering, Engineering Education
Schweinhart, Lawrence J.; Hohmann, Charles F. – Principal, 1992
The High/Scope curriculum differs radically from typical K-3 teacher-directed instruction in emphasizing the child as a self-initiating active learner. This curriculum differs from other child-centered curricula by using cognitive-development theory to stress problem-solving and independent thinking, rather than social development and…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Curriculum Design, Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Individual Development

Van Scoy, Irma J. – Childhood Education, 1995
Presents the Four E's curriculum model--Experience, Extension, Expression, Evaluation--which offers a framework for selecting and organizing appropriate curriculum for preschool and primary students. The model focuses on integrating curriculum but is also useful for planning a single unit, or whenever teachers want to evaluate the appropriateness…
Descriptors: Curriculum Design, Curriculum Evaluation, Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Integrated Curriculum

Vars, Gordon F. – Middle School Journal, 2001
Discusses the value of curriculum integration and developmentally appropriate curriculum in middle school education. Suggests ways to incorporate standards into the integrative curriculum process that includes life skills competencies, prioritizing subject matter standards, organizing staff to teach the hybrid curriculum, and involving students.…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Curriculum Design, Curriculum Development, Developmentally Appropriate Practices
Dodge, Diane Trister – Children and Families, 1999
A developmentally appropriate curriculum should be an integral part of the written education and early childhood development services plan for every Head Start Program. Curriculum implementation is an ongoing process that includes developing a plan, orientating staff and families to the framework and its components, and providing continuous…
Descriptors: Curriculum Design, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Guides, Developmentally Appropriate Practices