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Direct linkEgan, Kieran – University of Chicago Press, 2011
For generations, schools have aimed to introduce students to a broad range of topics through curriculum that ensure that they will at least have some acquaintance with most areas of human knowledge by the time they graduate. Yet such broad knowledge can't help but be somewhat superficial--and, as Kieran Egan argues, it omits a crucial aspect of…
Descriptors: Expertise, Educational Innovation, Curriculum Design, Educational Principles
Denes, Julie, Ed. – 1989
The New Haven Initiative for Excellence in Education is a private sector endeavor to support public schools in New Haven (Connecticut). The Initiative's premiere program is the Grants for Excellence program. Grants of up to $500 are available to teachers, administrators, and parents to fund special innovative teaching projects not normally funded…
Descriptors: Curriculum Enrichment, Educational Improvement, Educational Innovation, Elementary Secondary Education
Barbara Bush Foundation for Family Literacy, Washington, DC. – 1989
This handbook presents annotated "snapshots" of 10 innovative family literacy programs, almost all of which were begun by an individual with a vision of a new way to solve a demanding educational problem. Profiles depict, in terms of background, characteristics, evidence of success, and advice to policymakers and practitioners, the: (1)…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Educational Innovation, Educational Needs, Educational Policy
Fearn, Gloria Wilber – 1993
Noting the fragile relationship between parent participation and school reform, this book tells the story of the Charquin Program, an alternative public school program in Hayward, California, dedicated to parent participation and notable for its open classroom structure and intensely democratic practice. The introduction relates the history and…
Descriptors: Educational Innovation, Elementary Education, Mixed Age Grouping, Nongraded Instructional Grouping
Download full textDruger, Marvin, Ed. – 1988
School provides only a small part of a child's total education. This book focuses on science learning outside of the classroom. It consists of a collection of articles written by people who are involved with several types of informal science education. The value of informal science education extends beyond the mere acquisition of knowledge.…
Descriptors: Educational Facilities, Educational Innovation, Educational Media, Educational Opportunities
PDF pending restorationBathurst, Effie G.; Blackwood, Paul E.; Mackintosh, Helen K.; Schneider, Elsa – Office of Education, Federal Security Agency, 1949
This bulletin is for those who sincerely want to understand the nature of a modern elementary school program. It presents a point of view, offers many illustrations of what happens in a classroom in the course of a school day, and interprets what children do, say, and learn as they work together with their teacher. Education should consist of…
Descriptors: Educational History, Elementary School Curriculum, Educational Principles, Class Activities
