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Peer reviewedKelly, Thomas E. – Theory and Research in Social Education, 1986
Examines literature from several fields that supports the four roles teachers may take during the discussion of controversial issues: exclusive neutrality, exclusive partiality, neutral impartiality, and committed impartiality. Maintains that committed impartiality is the most defensible teacher role. (Author/JDH)
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Controversial Issues (Course Content), High Schools, Intermediate Grades
Gnagi, Anne; And Others – 1988
This report describes the activities of a task force composed of classroom teachers and media professionals which was created to develop an information skills curriculum for the Holt (Michigan) Public Schools. Introductory materials include brief descriptions of the school system, library/media personnel, and the curriculum process, as well as a…
Descriptors: Course Integrated Library Instruction, Critical Thinking, Curriculum Development, High Schools
Download full textSpies, Paul – 1995
High school educators can learn much from the middle school reform movement and apply its strategies to change interdisciplinary teaming and student advocacy programs. Many high schools today still operate with an outdated, impersonal, departmentalized, and factory-model approach to schooling, in which students do not develop a sense of belonging…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Community Development, Educational Change, Educational Environment
Smith, Cyrus F., Jr. – 1985
Because of the difference between narrative and expository material, students in grades 4-12 require different reading skills, as well as different levels of skills to comprehend subject matter reading. This means the content area teacher has two roles: subject matter specialist and instructional leader. The following model suggests a process by…
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Educational Objectives, High Schools, Intermediate Grades
Peer reviewedDiPardo, Anne – Teacher Education Quarterly, 1997
The paper satirically describes three public school environments that promoted teacher collaboration. It examines the effect of teacher collaboration in the workplace and investigates the importance of two issues (time and authority) in shaping the extent to which collaboration can succeed. (SM)
Descriptors: Collegiality, Cooperative Planning, Educational Change, High Schools
Weintraub, David – 1992
The goal of this practicum was to increase the number of students enrolled in the middle school and high school chorus. A secondary goal was to introduce teachers to group process, as a method of writing curriculum. To meet both ends, the subject of recruitment was incorporated into the curriculum plan. The practicum was conducted in a public…
Descriptors: Choral Music, Cooperative Learning, Curriculum Development, Educational Objectives
Peer reviewedTindal, Gerald; Nolet, Victor – Focus on Exceptional Children, 1995
The application of middle school and high school curriculum-based management (CBM) to critical thinking in content areas is discussed. The article outlines essential features of critical thinking assessments, development of CBM problem-solving prompts, and examples of scoring systems. An example involving a student with learning disabilities is…
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Curriculum Based Assessment, Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Needs
