This case study explores the implementation of personalized learning at an elementary school in Santa Cruz Valley Unified School District 35. The study, conducted by Research for Action and funded by KnowledgeWorks, sheds light on the shift towards personalized, competency-based learning practices within the district. Through qualitative sources…

The aim of this study was to describe how teacher educators design and implement group learning activities (GLAs). We used the Group Learning Activities Instructional Design (GLAID) framework to analyse their descriptions. The GLAID framework includes eight components: (1) interaction, (2) learning objectives and outcomes, (3) assessment, (4) task…

There has been much international concern about the present and future status of school physical education. Recent research has employed surveys or case studies to examine the status of physical education but there is a dearth of in-depth physical education curriculum document analysis. The aim of this study is to contribute to the international…

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…

A curriculum is a perspective: it gives view to human knowledge, values, and skills. It imposes discipline because it presumes to create a plan or a structure for seeking and recognizing and valuing experience. (Author/IRT)

Reports on the conference proceedings of the Australian Association of Teachers of English. (RB)

Following a general discussion of the goals of individualized instruction, the role of the teacher in an instructional system developed at the Learning Research and Development Center of the University of Pittsburgh is described. (LS)

This curriculum guide outlines the language arts skills, levels of instruction, and suggested classroom activities for instruction from kindergarten through grade six. The first section of the guide contains course content outlines for each grade level, listing learner objectives, the skills associated with these objectives, and the page numbers…

A report by the Educational Resources Information Center at the National Council of Teachers of English; includes ERIC abstracts of documents pertinent to this topic. (Author)

Describes reading instruction's goals as instilling within children a love for reading and providing them with a further means of understanding their environment. (MM)

Activities for sixth grade students that are part of the School Health Curriculum Project, "Our Health and Our Hearts," are described. Major concepts and instructional objectives for each activity are detailed. (CJ)

A survey of authors of elementary social studies methods texts indicates a lack of agreement on goals for the elementary social studies. Implications of this study are outlined. (JMF)

This model for curriculum development is dependent upon teacher involvement to be successful and is characterized by its placement of the learner and his needs at the center. The model described in this document, if it is to serve the educational needs and interests of the learner, must be carefully developed so that it is in harmony with the…

This book explores what constitutes good and meaningful math homework, what the purposes of math homework are, and how teachers and school administrators create a culture in which math homework assignments are more inventive and meaningful. Many examples of math homework assignments in this book show how homework can reinforce skills, prepare…

Article presented the impressions of the author who toured Russia in October 1973 with a group of American journalists and visited Soviet schools. (Editor/RK)