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Neves, Isabel P.; Morais, Ana M. – British Journal of Sociology of Education, 2001
Investigates the extent to which present Portuguese elementary school reform introduces fundamental changes in the discourses and competences it values. Finds that changes suggest an increasing valuation of the regulative dimension of learning. Points to a recontextualizing within the syllabi in the direction of blurring the changes observed.…
Descriptors: Academic Discourse, Curriculum Development, Educational Change, Educational Practices
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Lesley, Mellinee – Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, 2001
Describes a project that restructured the curriculum of a remedial reading course to incorporate a critical literacy pedagogy, and which led to skill improvements for the students. Notes that the curriculum developed emphasizes the interrelatedness of processes of reading and writing as well as critical reading and writing within an academic…
Descriptors: Academic Discourse, Curriculum Design, Curriculum Development, Elementary Education