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Coping with "Innovative Overchoice": A Curriculum Model

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Lafayette, Robert C. – Foreign Language Annals, 1978

A model for second language teachers includes the definition of basic content for all students, diagnosis, and a series of reinforcement and enrichment activities. Variation of the basic model are applied to three levels of instruction. (Author/SW)

Descriptors: Curriculum Design, Elementary Secondary Education, Enrichment Activities, Instructional Innovation

The Minicourse: A Viable Curricular Alternative. An Integrative Approach to Foreign Language Teaching: Choosing among the Options. ACTFL Foreign Language Education Series, Vol. 8.

Lafayette, Robert C. – 1976

The minicourse in foreign language teaching is an outgrowth of the diversified curriculum that is based on the personal-benefit theory. The importance of the individual and the need for a differentiated program designed to foster individual interests and maximize individual potential is stressed in this theory. The rapid growth of alternative…

Descriptors: Course Content, Course Descriptions, Curriculum Design, Educational Innovation