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Wika, Norris D. – Educational Leadership, 1972
Author states that administrators must create curriculum that stimulates students to learn and teachers must implement those programs so students recognize a personal sense of development. (RK)
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Educational Planning, Individual Development, Relevance (Education)
Ferguson, Donald G. – 1970
A new student climate is desperately needed in our schools. Basic to a new climate is recognition that what is occurring is an appeal to be recognized, heard, and respected. Students' legitimate demands need to be responded to. This calls for a searching look at what the school's job is and the development of a positive course of action to give…
Descriptors: Activism, Conflict, Curriculum Development, Developmental Programs
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Yogman, Judy; Kaylani, Cora T. – English for Specific Purposes, 1996
Addresses issues that have arisen in planning for short-term language teaching projects involving business English as a Second Language. The issues discussed include the expectations of client groups, conflicting instructional paradigms, theoretical notions supporting the approach taken in the program and how program and curriculum development can…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Business Communication, Business English, College Students
Saccardi, Marianne – School Library Journal, 1991
Describes a computer-literature project for middle school and high school students that was developed through the Fairfield-Westchester Children's Reading Project (CT) to promote online discussions between students and authors. Classroom activities are described, project financing is discussed, and teacher responses that indicate positive effects…
Descriptors: Adolescent Literature, Authors, Class Activities, Computer Assisted Instruction
Bourque, Edward H., Ed. – 1968
This volume, one of a continuing series of annual reports which first appeared in 1961, focuses on the effects of early second language training and the reactions of students as they advance through high school language classes and college courses. The report discusses who chooses to enter FLES programs, criteria for admission, student response,…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Curriculum Development, Educational Television, Elementary Schools
Rendon, Laura I. – 1993
Today's model of education forces students to assimilate, to compete against each other, to think only in abstract complex ways, and to believe that cultural separation leads to academic power. For many minority and nontraditional students, this traditional model is inappropriate. It results in many first-generation students being told that they…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Cultural Pluralism, Curriculum Development, Diversity (Student)
Webb, Clark; And Others – 1983
The productive involvement of students in curriculum development can lead to greater student interest in and satisfaction with learning. The dominant view in education today is that students are disruptive agents in the learning process, liable to interrupt teaching for their own purposes. This view results in a learning environment where the…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Curriculum Development, Educational Practices, Educational Quality