The Happiness Curriculum is made up of compulsory 45-minute daily lessons with the aim of developing mindfulness, critical thinking, reflection, and social-emotional skills among students in more than 1,000 government-run schools in Delhi, India. Three units--Exploring Happiness through Learning and Awareness; Experiencing Happiness in…

In the current study, the aim is to investigate the theses addressing the issue of program evaluation in the field of Curriculum and Instruction (C&I) in 1997-2015. The study employed the survey model. The universe of the study consists of totally 87 theses addressing the issue of program evaluation in the field of C&I in 1997-2015. As the…

Children's rights education is to enable children to gain the necessary social behaviors and essential knowledge for creating a democratic society that is based on respecting human rights. The purpose of this study was to investigate the preparation, application and assessment of a curriculum for teaching children's rights in elementary education.…

The present study examines the nonroutine problems that eight Anglo-American principals encountered in managing three elementary bilingual immersion schools in the Northwest United States. Using qualitative inquiry to collect data, I employed the multisited ethnographic research model. The principals reported nonroutine problems in the following…

The project described in this publication took place during the 1974-75 school year in an elementary school (K-4) in Berkeley, California. The purpose of the project was to integrate the school yard into the daily classroom activities of the children and the staff. Included in the publication are: (1) a description of the environmental yard, (2)…

Describes the establishment of a science processes curriculum in an elementary school utilizing elements from the Science 5/13 and Science-A Process Approach (SAPA) projects. (SL)

Briefly describes an instructional program based on the individual needs of students that was designed for grades K-8. (EB)

This address, presented to the National Council of Supervisors of Mathematics and the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics at their 1978 annual meetings, discusses poor mathematics scores in elementary grades and argues that they are the result of an outdated and outmoded elementary school mathematics curriculum. The origin of the standard…

A program designed to manage instruction so that each student's work can be evaluated daily with specially designed assignments for each student is described in this report. By means of placement tests, pre-testing, and highly sequenced behavioral objectives, the teacher can prescribe for each student in the class according to his needs. The…

The elementary school science curriculum program, Science Curriculum Improvement Study (SCIS), was investigated to determine effects upon students' attitudes toward science and perception of the science instruction. The data show favorable results. (MP)

The philosophy behind the Nuffield Mathematics Project, the process of curriculum development, and evaluation of the project are discussed. (SD)

Several issues concerning mathematics curriculum for the primary grades are discussed. Five considerations necessary for building a balanced curriculum are defined and discussed: broadening content, providing variety in learning and thinking strategies, balancing emphasis on skills, concepts and applications, discretion in use of manipulative…

Encourages the integration of science into other subject areas and into current events as a means to increase the emphasis upon science in the elementary school curriculum. (CP)

It is noted computer literacy is being placed within school curricula even when the general movement in education seems to be back to basics. The situation in Foothills Elementary School in Monterey, California is detailed. Economics is seen as the main issue that limits immediate expansion of computers in schools. (MP)

An environmental education resource facility was developed as a joint school/community/university project in Berkeley, California. The overall aim embodies developing an environmental ethic. The staff have created environmental learning stations focusing on land use, microhabitats, man/plant interactions, etc. A detailed description of the project…