Curriculum Design 8: Moving from “Here” to “There” with 21st Century Skills
In my post, Curriculum Design 7: Designing within the Context of a School Culture, I made the following statement in …
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Curricular Designing within the Context of a School Culture (Edited Version)
Note: This is a revised version of the Curricular Design 7 post on “Designing within the Context of a School …
Curriculum Design 7: Designing within the Context of a School Culture
Summer vacations may just be starting, but they promise to be very short-lived for most teachers. Despite the warmth of …
Curriculum Design 6: Listening to Learners & the Impact on Design
Wordsworth defined poetry as ” … the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings … recollected in tranquillity” ( http://www.bartleby.com/39/36.html ), and …
Learning in the Fade — Thoughts on Reflective Learning
Sometimes, I think of how many Friday afternoons I have spent over the years drifting into places where teachers meet …
Curriculum Design 5: Operating Strategies for Essential Knowledge Designs
When curricular alignment is mentioned in school reform debates today, it is generally a demand for teachers to align course …
Curriculum Design 4: Teacher Dispositions and Design
When I started this blog, I decided that, if I could not write about serious things in a playful way, …
Curriculum Design 2: Of Learning Intentions and Lightning Bolts
I am going to begin this post with a personal anecdote and work my way back into some thoughts about …
Curriculum Design 1: Getting Past The Swallowing of Flies
This post is among the first in what will be a series of posts about curricular design, and, just to …
Standardized Testing — The Brutal Search for Factual Data
George Bernard Shaw once said: “Live in contact with dreams and you will get something of their charm: live in …
