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Peer reviewedFriedman, Madeleine – Middle School Journal, 1994
Teacher-directed content, immovable subject divisions, and rigid scope and sequences perpetuate mismatch between middle school curricula and young adolescents' needs. Teachers at one Florida middle school are experimenting with Coalition of Essential Schools processes such as backward curriculum design and units of joy. Curriculum becomes an open…
Descriptors: Information Technology, Integrated Curriculum, Interdisciplinary Approach, Intermediate Grades
