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Curriculum Development and Instructional Development: A Father and Son Exchange Letters.
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Foshay, Wellesley R.; Foshay, Arthur W. – Educational Leadership, 1981
The strengths and weaknesses of the fields of curriculum development and instructional development are discussed in a father-and-son letter exchange. (MLF)
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Definitions, Educational Objectives, Educational Technology
Laughing with Children.
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Rogers, Vincent R. – Educational Leadership, 1984
The author presents a well-structured argument for including humor and laughter in the classroom. He includes ideas and resources for nurturing humor. (MD)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Curriculum Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Health
Military Curriculum Development.
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Evans, Richard M. – Educational Leadership, 1981
The Instructional Systems Development process and the application of a mastery learning strategy is used to train Marine Corps recruits. This method seems to hold promise in training widely divergent groups of human beings for high levels of performance. (Author/MLF)
Descriptors: Computer Managed Instruction, Curriculum Development, Instructional Development, Mastery Learning
Instructional Design and the Curriculum Development Process.
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Dick, Walter – Educational Leadership, 1987
Outlines the history of the use of the Instructional Design Process (a "systems approach" that can be applied to the curriculum development process) and its advantages. Includes a summary of the process and a list of references. (MD
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Educational History, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation
Reshaping the High School Curriculum.
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Hay, LeRoy – Educational Leadership, 1987
In 1983 Manchester High School (CT) became involved in a five-year planning process to reshape the school curriculum through redefinition of the competencies needed by its students to achieve success in the future. The five-year plan is outlined along with a discussion of establishing a flexible planning process that allows the school to shape the…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Educational Change, Educational Development, Educational Needs
Instructional and Organizational Arrangements that Improve Achievement in Inner-City Schools.
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Levine, Daniel U.; Stark, Joyce – Educational Leadership, 1982
Describes the results of a study of three programs successfully teaching basic skills. Characteristics of successful schools include careful alignment of curriculum and instruction and grade-level instructional planning. (Author/JM)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Administrator Characteristics, Curriculum Development, Educational Resources
Backward Design for Forward Action.
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McTighe, Jay; Thomas, Ronald S. – Educational Leadership, 2003
Discusses "backward design," a strategy for planning curriculum and school improvement by first thinking carefully about desired results and then working backward to develop meaningful assessments and learning plans. For this design to work, educators must identify desired results, analyze multiple sources of data, and determine appropriate action…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Curriculum Design, Curriculum Development, Educational Change
Using Data: Two Wrongs and a Right.
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Marzano, Robert J. – Educational Leadership, 2003
Discusses how schools can avoid mistakes in building their school-improvement plans. The two most common mistakes are (1) using measures of student learning that are not sensitive to the actual learning occurring, and (2) having no system for interpreting and using the data. (Contains 1 figure and 11 references.) (WFA)
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Curriculum Development, Data Analysis, Data Collection