The International Baccalaureate (IB) curriculum is increasingly popular in both national and international secondary education settings. The "Theory of knowledge" (TOK) course is cast as the prime example of the international globalised values the IB Diploma represents. This article argues that such a positioning is contested within the TOK…

This project plays upon technology and an innovative way to research history -- the use of online primary source data that highlight the history of women in volunteer and reform organizations, education, the arts, the workplace, and private lives. Using an archival database from the Lycoming County Women's History collection, this curriculum…

Schools nationwide are transitioning to the Common Core--our advice to you: Be prepared, but don't go it alone! Our new book, "Common Core Literacy Lesson Plans: Ready-to-Use Resources, 9-12," shows you that teaching the Common Core State Standards in high school doesn't have to be intimidating! This easy-to-use guide meets the particular needs of…

Recently, in Australia both the "National Review of School Music Education" and "The Australian Curriculum" identify the importance of technology in school music education. However, the understanding of music technology, as demonstrated by state and territory curricular guidelines, is limited with technology mostly recognised…

Whether they are acknowledged or not, resources such as textbooks, curriculum guides, assessments, and professional development programs present messages about what is most important for students to learn and how students can best learn this. At times teachers feel obligated to enact these messages, but at other times they feel free to ignore…

GRADES OR AGES: High School. SUBJECT MATTER: Driver education. ORGANIZATION AND PHYSICAL APPEARANCE: The guide is divided into six parts: 1) Organization and Administration; 2) Course Content and Presentation; 3) Practice Driving and Observation; 4) Special Teaching Aids; 5) Visual Aids and Reference Materials; 6) Appendix. Parts 2 and 3 are…

GRADES OR AGES: High school (grades not specified). SUBJECT MATTER: Psychology. ORGANIZATION AND PHYSICAL APPEARANCE: The course contains 12 units. The material is set out in columns--content, student activities, time, teacher activity or strategy, materials, and evaluation. The guide is mimeographed and spiral bound with a soft cover. OBJECTIVES…

GRADES OR AGES: High school (grades not specified). SUBJECT MATTER: Sociology. ORGANIZATION AND PHYSICAL APPEARANCE: The course contains 13 units. The material is set out in columns--content, student activities, time, teacher activity or strategy, materials, and evaluation. The guide is mimeographed and spiral bound with a soft cover. OBJECTIVES…

GRADES OR AGES: Not specified. SUBJECT MATTER: Marine sciences. ORGANIZATION AND PHYSICAL APPEARANCE: The guide has 39 chapters, each set out in a similar pattern but with minor variations: 1) to the teacher, 2) to the student, 3) problem or purpose, 4) materials, 5) procedure, 6) questions for consideration, and 7) references. Major topics…

GRADES OR AGES: Grade 10. SUBJECT MATTER: Driver education. ORGANIZATION AND PHYSICAL APPEARANCE: The guide has the following sections: 1) administration of driver education; 2) rules and regulations of the Department of Motor Vehicles pertinent to the driver education program; 3) instructional planning; 4) suggested 18-week course outline for…

GRADES OR AGES: Senior high school. SUBJECT MATTER: World history. ORGANIZATION AND PHYSICAL APPEARANCE: The guide covers ten units: 1) Perspective--Man in Pre-historic and Ancient Times; 2) Feudalism and the Church in the Middle Ages; 3) Renaissance and Reformation; 4) The Emergence of Nationalism--Its Cause and Effects; 5) Revolutions of Rising…

GRADES OR AGES: Grade 8. SUBJECT MATTER: Social Studies--You and Man in the Western World. ORGANIZATION AND PHYSICAL APPEARANCE: The guide contains five units: 1) cultural orientation; 2) social studies dimensions in Western Europe; 3) social studies dimensions in Eastern Europe and Soviet Union; 4) social studies dimensions in Latin America; and…

GRADES OR AGES: High school. SUBJECT MATTER: Social studies, comparative government. ORGANIZATION AND PHYSICAL APPEARANCE: The guide is divided into nine units, each with introductory material including general objectives, skills, and attitudes, and with the main material set out in three columns--objectives, activities, and instructional…

GRADES OR AGES: High School. SUBJECT MATTER: Anthropology. ORGANIZATION AND PHYSICAL APPEARANCE: The guide covers three units: 1) "The Study of Man"; 2) "Introduction to Physical Anthropology," including the process of evolution, descent and change in time, chronology of events, dawn of man, fossil man, race, and definitions of race; and 3)…

A comparative study was conducted to compare two approaches to engineering design curriculum between different schools (inter-school) and between two curricular approaches, "Project Lead the Way" (PLTW) and "Engineering Projects in Community Service" (EPIC High) (inter-curricular). The researchers collected curriculum…