Community history units can provide a framework for elementary economics instruction. The DePaul Center for Economic Education developed a unit on Chicago's economic history. It includes strategies for collecting and organizing content, locating resource people, and developing materials. (AM)

Discusses trends in education for international understanding in Japan since World War II. Information is presented on curriculum development, objectives, student attitudes toward international understanding and human rights, efforts to develop lifelong learning programs, and experimental activities in the area of international understanding. (DB)

Outlines the formula and the preparation needed to design lesson plans adaptable to any science situation. Provides a detailed example using molds. (Author/MA)

Strategies for developing hands-on learning activities for a camp nature program include working with themes, establishing goals, structuring time, providing a "hook," keeping instructions simple, and appropriately supervising campers. Includes ideas for nature themes, a sample learning activity, and suggestions for linking projects to…

Investigates the transformation of a developmental mathematics curriculum from a 30-year-old, non-applied passive learner environment to a curriculum that engages students in active learning situations rich in meaningful health-related applications using problem based learning (PBL). Describes the purpose of the Fund for the Improvement of…

Integrated learning systems need to be integrated into the school's larger curriculum, into regular classroom teaching, and into each student's total learning experience. (SI)

Discusses interdisciplinary studies and integrated learning within the classroom and uses an example of one such program to address questions concerning integrated issues. It is argued that the holistic approach requires students to be deeply immersed in disciplinary study, thus giving them access to powerful ways of viewing the world and its…

Stresses the benefits of mainstreaming disabled children and offers general criteria and specific suggestions for teachers to improve the inclusiveness of their curricula. Activities focus on five areas of early childhood development: language development; physical development; cognitive development; social and emotional development; and self-help…

Robert Slavin's position--that extrinsic rewards promote student motivation and learning--may be valid within the context of a "facts-and-skills" curriculum. However, extrinsic rewards are unnecessary when schools offer engaging learning activities; programs addressing social, ethical, and cognitive development; and a supportive…

Discusses Hilda Taba's ideas and influence on the social studies curriculum and her work on a project to develop instructional guides for social studies teachers. Explores the importance of developing multiple objectives and organizing subject matter into key concepts, organizing ideas, and specific facts. Recommends emphasis on thinking, people,…

Presents a theoretical framework for using children's literature in dealing with cultural differences. Suggests classroom approaches that capitalize on the power of literature to promote intercultural and multicultural appreciation. (MG)

Explored the meaning of curricular differentiation for 11 gifted elementary school students by examining responses to open-ended activities. Participants' responses differed from typical students. Differentiation occurred by participants responding in more depth, with higher level skills, and in ways that were guided by their learning styles. (CR)

Describes how global education has been used in Jordan to reform the school curriculum and develop teacher expertise. The article examines learning activities introduced to the school curriculum through the vehicle of global education and analyzes how global education has stimulated teacher change and promoted the pedagogical development of…