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Direct linkByford, Jeffrey M.; Evaniuck, Jayson D. – Curriculum and Teaching, 2019
In the 1960s, the High School Geography Project (HSGP) was developed in the effort to improve geography's status within high school social studies curriculum. Now, nearly 50 years later, can selected units and activities be implemented in today's social studies curriculum? This article attempts to rekindle students' interest in geography education…
Descriptors: Social Studies, Geography Instruction, High School Students, Units of Study
Trauth-Nare, Amy; Buck, Gayle – Educational Action Research, 2011
Our purpose was to investigate the efficacy of using reflective practice to guide our action research study of incorporating formative assessment into middle school science teaching and learning. Using participatory action research, we worked collaboratively to incorporate formative assessment into two instructional units, and then engaged in…
Descriptors: Instructional Development, Action Research, Formative Evaluation, Program Effectiveness
Shear, Linda; Penuel, William R. – Journal of Staff Development, 2010
The best science teachers are not only experts in teaching and knowledgeable about science content, but they are also great at teaching science. They have specialized teaching knowledge, including knowledge of effective pedagogical practices in science, student difficulties with understanding content, and curricular purposes. As a result,…
Descriptors: Units of Study, Science Teachers, Faculty Development, Science Instruction
Penuel, William R.; Gallagher, Lawrence P. – Journal of the Learning Sciences, 2009
This study compared the efficacy of 3 approaches to professional development in middle school Earth science organized around the principles of Understanding by Design (Wiggins & McTighe, 1998) in a sample of 53 teachers from a large urban district. Teachers were randomly assigned to a control group or to 1 of 3 conditions that varied with…
Descriptors: Units of Study, Earth Science, Faculty Development, Teacher Competencies
Download full textGrant, Pat; Paige, Kathy – Australian Journal of Teacher Education, 2007
Curriculum integration and working in teams are two key characteristics of middle schooling in Australia today. As part of a new primary/middle teacher education program an interdisciplinary team of academics has developed a course that aims to teach pre service teachers how to plan for and teach an integrated curriculum unit in an authentic…
Descriptors: Integrated Curriculum, Student Teaching, Pretesting, Curriculum Development
Miller, Donna P.; Anderson, J'Lynn – 1996
This book provides teachers, media specialists, and administrators with a step-by-step method for integrating library resources and skills into the classroom curriculum. In this method, all curriculum areas are integrated into major units of study that are team-planned, team-produced, and team-taught. Topics include: components of the program and…
Descriptors: Administrators, Course Integrated Library Instruction, Curriculum Development, Elementary Secondary Education
