Curricula category: 1261 books
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Language: English
Release Date: August 27, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: August 27, 2010
Interdisciplinary Education in the Age of Assessment addresses a prevalent need in educational scholarship today. Many current standards-driven curricula follow strict subject-specific guidelines, leaving educators little room for interdisciplinary innovation. This book gears itself toward developing...
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Language: English
Release Date: November 10, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: November 10, 2017
“This book gives a voice to English language teachers faced with the challenges posed by English language curriculum change. As a core component of national state system curricula in virtually every country in the world, there has nevertheless been little research exploring how the millions of English...
Serious Play
Literacy, Learning and Digital Games
Language: English
Release Date: May 8, 2017
Serious Play is a comprehensive account of the possibilities and challenges of teaching and learning with digital games in primary and secondary schools. Based on an original research project, the book explores digital games’ capacity to engage and challenge, present complex representations and...
Literacy Teaching and Learning in Rural Communities
Problematizing Stereotypes, Challenging Myths
Language: English
Release Date: December 17, 2014
This definitive look at teaching English in rural secondary schools contests current definitions and discussions of rural education, examines their ideological and cultural foundations, and presents an alternative perspective that conceptualizes rural communities as diverse, unique, and conducive...
Sex Ed for Caring Schools
Creating an Ethics-Based Curriculum
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
While arguments for and against teaching abstinence, the use of contraceptives, and sexual identity are becoming more and more polarized, most people agree that students must learn to navigate an increasingly sexual world. Sex Ed for Caring Schools presents a curriculum that goes beyond the typical...
Knowledge that Counts in a Global Community
Exploring the Contribution of Integrated Curriculum
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2013
As the third millennium progresses, we are faced with increasing pressures relating to climate change and the sustainability of life on Earth. Concerned citizens are realizing that the responsibility to respond is both local and global. There is an increasing sense of urgency about the need to reform...
by Stephen J. Thornton
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
No plan to increase achievement and enact reform in the social studies classroom will succeed without recognizing the central importance of the teacher as the “gatekeeper” of instruction. In this book, Thornton details why teachers must develop strong skills in curriculum planning and...
The Misdirection of Education Policy
Raising Questions about School Reform
Language: English
Release Date: June 20, 2016
The Misdirection of Education Policy: Raising Questions about School Reform proposes critically important questions about the wisdom of American public education policy and reform initiatives. Laying out the particulars of three policy strands—creation of STEM curricula/schools, expansion of charter...
Curriculum Change in Secondary Schools, 1957-2004
A curriculum roundabout?
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2007
This book is about curriculum change in secondary schools and shows how the quality of education has been affected by increasing intervention from central government. Following the story of one secondary school between 1957 and 2004, Norman Evans looks at:
* the school before and after the...
by Dominic Wyse, Vivienne Baumfield, David Egan
Language: English
Release Date: August 21, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: August 21, 2012
Is there an ‘ideal’ primary school curriculum?
Who should decide what the curriculum is?
Should teachers have autonomy over how they teach?
The curriculum is the heart of what teachers teach and learners learn: effective teaching is only possible with an effective curriculum....
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Language: English
Release Date: August 10, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: August 10, 2006
Schooling, Society and Curriculum offers a much needed reassessment and realignment of curriculum studies in the UK and international contexts. Comprising a collection of eleven original chapters by prominent, nationally and internationally known experts in the field of curriculum studies, the book...
Bringing School to Life
Place-Based Education Across the Curriculum
Language: English
Release Date: October 27, 2017
Place-based education is on the rise. Tired of “teaching to the test,” educators are looking for authentic ways to connect their curriculum to real life. The place-based approach brings students into their communities to learn necessary content and skills by working to meet the needs of local...
Engaging Students in Disciplinary Literacy, K-6
Reading, Writing, and Teaching Tools for the Classroom
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
This accessible book will help elementary school teachers improve literacy instruction inside or outside the Common Core environment. The authors address teachers’ instructional needs by introducing key concepts from current trends in literacy education—from high-level standards to the use of...
Modernising Education in Britain and China
Comparative Perspectives on Excellence and Social Inclusion
Language: English
Release Date: December 8, 2003
In spite of the perceived differences between Eastern and Western culture and society, the education systems of Britain and China can be seen to share certain goals, priorities and challenges. Modernisation is very much a core objective for educators in both countries. Moreover, both education systems...