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Cohen, Audrey – Phi Delta Kappan, 1993
Purpose-centered education model identifies broad purpose at each learning stage enabling students to apply their academic learning to meet external challenges. The purpose should involve a socially useful outcome and focus on a substantive knowledge area that is developmentally enriching. Teaching should involve five dimensions of knowledge and…
Descriptors: Developmental Programs, Educational Change, Educational Objectives, Elementary Secondary Education
Elkind, David – Phi Delta Kappan, 1989
True educational reform will come about only when we replace the reigning psychometric educational psychology with a developmentally appropriate one. The developmental approach is superior regarding its conception of the learner, the learning process, the information to be acquired, and educational goals. Includes 14 references. (MLH)
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Developmental Programs, Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Early Childhood Education
