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Powerful Learning
This book uses vivid classroom examples to illustrate what research tells us about how people learn best and what schools can do to become "learning" organizations that support learning and adapt to change.
Content of the Curriculum
This yearbook presents 12 papers comprising recognized experts' thoughts about the content and organization of the various disciplines within the K-12 curriculum. These papers are as follows: (1) "Introduction: What Should Schools Teach?" by Ronald S. Brandt; (2) "Social Studies: The Study of People in Society" by Donald H. Bragaw and H. Michael Hartoonian; (3) "Content and Process in the English Curriculum" by Charles Suhor; (4) "New Goals for School Mathematics" by Patricia F. Campbell and James T. Fey; (5) "Rethinking the Science Curriculum" by F. James Rutherford and Andrew Ahlgren; (6) "Tomorrow's Emphasis in Foreign Language: Proficiency" by Myriam Met ; (7) "What Students Should Learn in the Arts" by Paul R. Lehman; (8) "Curriculum for Critical Reflection in Physical Education" by Linda L. Bain; (9) "School Health Education" by Richard G. Schlaadt; (10) "The Transition from Industrial Arts to Technology Education" by M. James Bensen; (11) "Reconceptualizing the Home Economics Curriculum" by Joanna B. Smith; and (12) "Conclusion: Conceptions of Content" by Ronald S. Brandt. (TE)
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Cooperative Learning and the Collaborative School
Cooperation in the classroom counteracts well-established routines and values that nearly all adults and many educators take for granted. Education remains a fiercely competitive enterprise, and individualistic notions of professionalism predominate. Despite the continued importance of independence, initiative, and personal achievement, today's schools are experimenting with consideration, sharing, collegiality, and commitment to group goals. This volume contains readings from recent editions of "Educational Leadership" on cooperative learning and collaborative schools, beginning with Robert Slavin's introduction and Ronald Brandt's insistence that cooperation is not un-American. The article...
Implementing Dimensions of Learning
Part of a practical training course for K-12 teachers, intended to improve the quality of teaching and learning in any content area.
