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Cultural Literacy in Classroom Settings: Teachers and Students Adapt the Core Knowledge Curriculum.
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Johnson, Margaret J.; Janisch, Carole; Morgan-Fleming, Barbara – Journal of Curriculum and Supervision, 2001
A group of teachers at a large, urban Texas district participated in a project to develop and teach study units based on E.D. Hirsch's Core Knowledge Curriculum. Drawing on their deliberations and university coursework, teachers selected topics, built units, and devised literacy strategies to teach core knowledge content. (Contains 34 references.)…
Descriptors: Cultural Literacy, Curriculum Development, Elementary Education, Literacy Education
A Policy at Odds with Itself: The Tension between Constructivist and Traditional Views in the New York State Social Studies Framework.
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Grant, S. G. – Journal of Curriculum and Supervision, 1997
Examines New York State's draft social studies curriculum framework as a case of constructivist thinking in curriculum policy. Elaborates constructivist thought and practice, chronicles the framework's development, and analyzes it on three dimensions: learning, teaching, and subject matter. The tension between constructivist and traditional…
Descriptors: Cognitive Psychology, Constructivism (Learning), Curriculum Development, Educational Policy