This research is a study on the development of school management innovation in the sensitive border provinces of Thailand. We found that the operating conditions of innovative educational administration lead to the development of educational quality through processes that result in positive changes from the original. Our results also indicated…

This exploratory study was designed to determine if there is a level of alignment between technology education curriculum and theories of intellectual development. The researcher compared Epstein's Brain Growth Theory and Piaget's Status of Intellectual Development with technology education curriculum from Australia, England, and the United…

The landscape of music education in the UK is constantly shifting and developing. This book provides a timely and unique overview of this restless sector by considering the achievements of music education, analysing its current performance and setting out aspirations for the future. "Music Education in the 21st Century in the United…

Children in grades 1, 3, and 5 were asked to decide whether selected contradictory sentences were true or false. The age at which children were first able to evaluate the false sentences correctly corresponded to the relative speed with which adults evaluated the sentences in a timed vertification task. (Author/JMB)

Educators often cause children to behave as though they understand something they don't, denigrating their own questions and conceptions. In an attempt to increase their self-esteem, educators often turn children's attention inward and cause them to be self-absorbed. (MT)

The theories and practices of Jean Piaget and Maria Montessori are outlined in relation to the teaching of beginning reading. Parallels are drawn between the two authors' views of the nature of intelligence and of motivation, leading to the conclusion that there may be danger of overemphasizing reading at the expense of other areas of the…

A structural arithmetic curriculum is designed to help students develop their own powers of thought. (Author/MLF)

Findings suggest that spatial relationships are established earlier in a developmental sequence than temporal relationships. (RB)

THIS PAPER PRESENTS A RATIONALE FOR CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT IN THE PRE-SCHOOL YEARS AND OUTLINES A METHODOLOGY FOR CURRICULUM DESIGN IN GENERAL. AN EXTENSIVE APPLICATION OF THIS METHOD TO THE DESIGN OF AN EARLY LEARNING CURRICULUM WILL BE UNDERTAKEN OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS BY THE PRIMARY EDUCATION PROJECT. THE PROJECT AIMS TO DESIGN AND IMPLEMENT…

The author comments on reactions made by Vincent Rogers, Elisabeth Hirsch, and John E. McGill to his original paper. (Author/RM)

Three national evaluation efforts--Head Start, Follow through Planned Variation, and Head Start Planned Variation--are reviewed to examine their effectiveness concerning the trainability of intelligence in disadvantaged children during preschool and elementary grades. The evidence on the effectiveness of these projects is highly controversial, but…

Urges language arts teachers to assign literature and classroom activities that provide practical knowledge about the world of work, the realities of social change, and the resources that will aid students to grow intellectually and emotionally. (DD)

Discusses John Dewey's concept of curriculum, as applied in his Laboratory School. Describes the planning of the school and how its curriculum evolved over time. Identifies both Dewey's belief in educational specialization and his understanding of its limits. Notes the implications of Dewey's work for today's educators. (SG)

The purpose of this publication is to point out that reading comprehension questions frequently assess only literal comprehension, and to suggest kinds of questions that involve broader levels of comprehension. The publication first presents two reading passages; for each one it lists sample questions that involve only literal comprehension and…