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More detail on the assignment for Nov 8:  Select one of the suggestions from "For Further Study" from any chapter, and do it. Present your findings in class on Nov 8. Paper not required. Eg. P.33, #3., and where it says, Do you see your own school... just adapt to your experiences doing your practicum or your own past schooling experiences. Or you could create your own "For Further Study" by studying one of the schools, programs, theories in the book, and in class elaborating on your findings. Another idea would be to get the R & D candidates' platforms on education, analyze them in terms of AAD or HDD and present.

Curriculum Project Guidelines

 

Schools & Programs

 

Investigate one of the following schools and/or educational programs and present your findings to the class. 

What kind of school/program is it?

In what ways is it non-traditional?

What are the main points made in the mission statement?

What are the aims? 

How is the curriculum connected to the aims?  Give examples.

What is the evaluation system?  Is it consistent with the aims?

What is the role of the various stakeholders – students, staff, parents, community?

Would you like to work in such a school or program?

Can you identify another worthy school or program?

 

• Arlington VA Traditional Schools
• Artspace Charter School
• Big Picture Schools
• Boston Latin School
• Evergreen Charter School
• Federal Hocking High School
• Randolph Learning Center
• Coalition of Essential Schools

• Expeditionary Learning
• First Amendment Schools
• Forum for Democracy and Education
• Foxfire Program
• Waldorf Education

Multiple Intelligences Test

Foundations in Curriculum

The Aims of Education  a classic, by Alfred North Whitehead

Philosophy of Education Page

The Tyler Rationale

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Topics & Issues Relevant in Curriculum Development

Problems & Issues in Education

Phi Delta Kappan 39th Annual PDK/Gallup Poll on the Public's Attitudes toward Public Schools - Why does the public think their own schools are fine, but the schools in the nation are in bad shape?

ASCD Topics in Education, with Resources

Controversial Issues on Curriculum and Religion

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Teaching & Learning

Websites Related to Teaching & Learning

Teaching Ideas & Strategies

Curriculum Approaches Based on Democratic, Progressive Frameworks

Learning by Story, by Neil Postman.  This is a book review that was published in The Atlantic in December, 1989.  Citation:  Title: Learning by Story. Author: Postman.  Source: Atlantic v. 264. no. 6.   Date (year, month, day): 1989
Page(s): p. 119-124. In it, Postman makes a cogent case for the value of teaching via story rather than with isolated facts.  He was the co-author of Teaching as a Subversive Activity and numerous other publications.

Hunter Library main page:  http://library.wcu.edu 

Link to Western North Carolina Library Network: http://wncln.wncln.org/search/j

 

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