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Curriculum on the edge of survival : how schools fail to prepare students for membership in a democracy / Daniel A. Heller.
LIBRA LB1570 .H438 2007
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Heller, Daniel A., 1953-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Education--Curricula--United States.
- Education.
- Education--Curricula.
- United States.
- Democracy and education--United States.
- Democracy and education.
- Physical Description:
- xxi, 129 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield Education, [2007]
- Summary:
- Daniel A. Heller contends that public education is in a downward spiral because we have failed to notice the erosion of the basic curricular dimensions that support the preparation of students as active participants in our ever-changing world. While many books explain procedural knowledge such as how to differentiate instruction, how to create standards-based curriculum, or how to write a constructivist lesson-Curriculum on the Edge of Survival discusses the "what" and "why" rather than the "how." What is the purpose of schools in a free, democratic society, and why is the answer to that question crucial in deciding the most fundamental questions about curriculum?
- Contents:
- Curriculum at the level of survival
- Kindness
- Thinking
- Problem solving
- Communication
- Words into actions.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 123-127).
- ISBN:
- 9781578866526
- 1578866529
- 9781578866649
- 1578866642
- OCLC:
- 166368673
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