The current case study investigated how teacher-learners (TLs) in an Indonesia-based undergraduate English language teacher education program learned to apply critical pedagogy (CP) when co-constructing a critical English language teaching (ELT) curriculum with English language learners (ELLs). CP insights into ELT and second language teacher…

Teacher-scholars have called upon fellow language educators to redevelop curricula at all proficiency levels to portray the lived experiences of target language (TL) speakers. This article presents a semester-long project that contributes to developing diverse teaching materials for college-level learners at the novice level. Via an ePortfolio…

From the biographical perspective of her own career as a curriculum developer and university lecturer, the author explores how the present day curriculum for primary and lower secondary education has developed, and which values and principles have determined curriculum decisions during more than 15 years. Curriculum, with its apparatus of learning…

Describes the balanced curriculum proposed by the Schools Council, activities taken by the Committee of Independent Learning in Science, and suggestions for material development made in an A-level physics workshop. Indicates that the general rather than specific objectives should be stressed to broaden the scope of physics teaching. (CC)

This report consists of two papers devoted to the learning of English in the comprehensive high schools of Hessia, West Germany. The first paper discusses a study which suggests replacement of traditional methods by an audiolingual approach. A catalog of learning goals supplants outdated curriculums, thereby ensuring a stepwise progression of…

The process of developing an elementary art curriculum intended for national distribution is described. Emphasis is on the theoretical and practical criteria employed in making curriculum decisions. (Author/RM)

This paper provides practical expression to views contained in previously published papers and explores issues involved in designing a scheme appropriate particularly to formal secondary education in Scotland in the 12-16 age range. Among the areas addressed are core objectives for environmental education, organization of course content, and…

CONTACT WITH NONMIGRANT CULTURES CREATES DETRIMENTAL INSECURITY FEELINGS IN MIGRANT CHILDREN. TEACHERS SHOULD BE WELL VERSED IN THEIR WAY OF LIFE AND IN METHODS OF HELPING THESE INDIVIDUALS ACQUIRE AN ADEQUATE SELF-CONCEPT. THE CHILD SHOULD BE MADE TO ASSIMILATE HIS SCHOOL EXPERIENCES RAPIDLY THROUGH ESTABLISHING A FRIENDLY ATMOSPHERE AND…

The purpose of this book is to introduce elementary and secondary history teachers to simulation as a teaching aid. The authors provide a rationale for using simulations, present examples of classroom games, and explain how to develop games from historical materials. Chapters one and two point out that simulations provide students with motivation,…

This report traces the origins of the Mid-America Program for Global Perspectives in Education (MAP), describes its accomplishments, and assesses its impact. A summary of the report is provided in a related document (SO 011 596). This report comprises five chapters. Chapter I reviews conditions that made MAP necessary: growing global…

An outline of principles for the construction of study materials is presented, including: (1) an analysis of prerequisites: goals, pupils, and language; (2) analysis of the educational process in experiments on method; (3) analysis of products with tests of various kinds; and (4) a description of the process of constructing study materials…

This handbook is designed to provide uniform criteria and a support system to help individuals involved in curriculum-related functions within a school system to implement the Wisconsin Competency Based Occupational Curriculum Data System (WisCom). (The WisCom system is a complete support system for curriculum development and management that…

This chapter discusses how to develop materials which integrate environmental education in language instruction, particularly second language instruction. The discussion includes methodology, and a sample unit is provided. [This paper was published in: A. C. Hidalgo, D. Hall, & G. M. Jacobs (Eds.), "Getting started: Materials writers on…