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Berkowitz, Robert E.; Eisenberg, Michael B. – 1989
This digest brings together the various views on curriculum-related roles for library media specialists. The first section considers reasons why a disparity between theory and practice exists in regard to the involvement of library media specialists as curriculum consultants. Several sources addressing this issue are reviewed in the second…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Guidelines, Library Role
Van de Water, Gordon; Krueger, Carl – 2002
P-16 education is an integrated system of education stretching from early childhood through a 4-year college, emphasizing continuity of student learning and alignment across school levels. It seeks to address problems with the present educational system, considering, for example, that "A" students in high-poverty schools score at the…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Developmental Continuity, Elementary Secondary Education, Postsecondary Education
Hagaman, Sally – 1990
Aesthetics, or the philosophy of art, is perhaps the most troublesome discipline advocated in a discipline-based approach to art education. It is troublesome for many reasons, including its largely verbal nature and the lack of experience of most art teachers with its content and modes of inquiry. Nevertheless, aesthetics can serve as a basis for…
Descriptors: Aesthetic Education, Art Education, Curriculum Design, Curriculum Development
Weston, David – 1989
This ERIC Digest discusses: (1) reasons for learning about Inner Asia; (2) how to include Inner Asia in the curriculum; and (3) strategies for teaching about Inner Asia. U.S. students have difficulties in interpreting current events that occur in this region, because they lack knowledge of the history, geography, and cultures of Inner Asia. This…
Descriptors: Asian Studies, Curriculum Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries
Nugent, Helen Jean M. – 1987
This ERIC Digest considers: (1) why U.S. students should learn about Canada; (2) where course content on Canada belongs in the curriculum; and (3) useful strategies and resources to improve the teaching of Canadian studies. The United States and Canada share the world's largest undefended border, and the United States trades more with Canada than…
Descriptors: Area Studies, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Enrichment, Elementary Secondary Education
Majdalany, Gibran; Guiney, Susan – 1999
This digest discusses how urban schools can implement distance learning programs through customized development of the three elements crucial to a successful distance education program: (1) sound instructional design; (2) appropriate technology applications; and (3) support for teachers, students, and collaborative partners. A distance learning…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Distance Education, Educational Technology, Elementary Secondary Education
Britton, Edward; Raizen, Senta; Kaser, Joyce; Porter, Andrew – 2002
This ERIC Digest presents highlights and recommendations from a working forum (Britton, Raizen, Kaser, and Porter, 2000) in which participants considered diversity and equity issues in mathematics and science education with special emphasis on research directions for the future. An overview of needed research, gender issues in mathematics, and the…
Descriptors: Achievement, Curriculum Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Equal Education
Roeber, Edward – 1995
American schools are being challenged to provide opportunities for students to achieve at much higher levels. Assessment is viewed as one of the essential elements in assisting schools to address the standards now deemed to be important in a manner that will help all students to achieve them. The major challenge for assessment is to implement…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Evaluation, Educational Assessment
Trisler, Carmen E. – 1993
An action of an individual or a societal action that has an impact on other societies constitutes a "global issue." Global climate change, airborne toxins, ozone depletion, and solid waste management are a few of the global issues concerning the environment. This digest discusses methods by which students learn about global issues and…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Decision Making, Educational Needs, Elementary Secondary Education
Haakenson, Paul – 1994
This ERIC Digest discusses recent trends in global or international education. Global linkages are increasingly visible to the general public through environmental issues, telecommunications networks, and international trade. The increasing interdependence of nations necessitates a global perspective on the part of young people as they face the…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, International Education
Ford, Donna Y. – 2000
This brief paper offers an overview of strategies, with practical examples, to infuse multicultural content into the curriculum for gifted students. It proposes a framework for multicultural gifted education based on the four levels or approaches of J. Banks and C. Banks and within each approach, the six levels of B. Bloom's taxonomy. The four…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Cultural Differences, Curriculum Development, Educational Principles
Mayer, Victor J. – 1993
National concerns about the quality and effectiveness of science teaching have resulted in several efforts directed at restructuring the United States' science curriculum. This digest discusses recent initiatives of the Earth Systems Education. Topics discussed include: (1) efforts to understand the planet Earth; (2) the Program for Leadership in…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Earth Science, Elementary Secondary Education, Environmental Education
Edwards, Thomas G. – 1994
The current reform effort in mathematics education has its roots in the decade of the 1980's and the national reports that focused attention on an impending crisis in education, particularly in mathematics and science. Within this context, dozens of individual reform efforts have been initiated in recent years. Many have focused on the development…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education, Inservice Teacher Education
Sun, Ping-Yun – 2001
Since the Internet has become a primary information source, this digest offers a list of online resources to assist teachers and educators in conducting research and curriculum development and in meeting the National Standards for Arts Education in Theatre. The digest provides brief summaries of three Web sites on theatre education. It then…
Descriptors: Art Education, Curriculum Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education
Remy, Richard C. – 1994
This ERIC digest discusses the Education for Democratic Citizenship in Poland (EDCP) project, a cooperative effort of the Polish Ministry of National Education, the Mershon Center at The Ohio State University, and the Bureau for Civic Education in Local Control Schools at Warsaw, Poland. The digest discusses the background of the project, the…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Curriculum Development, Democracy, Elementary Secondary Education