EDT 190 Chapter Notes - Chapter 9: Intelligent Design, Phonics, Whole Language
3 Apr 2016
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Chapter 9: school curriculum in an era of standards and accountability. Instruction: strategies teachers use to help students reach learning goals. Explicit curriculum: stated curriculum found in textbooks, curriculum guides, and standards as well as other planned formal educational experiences. Teacher has a lot more freedom in choosing curriculum. Middle schools: designed to meet needs of early adolescents. Integrated curriculum: concepts and skills from various disciplines are combined and related. Implicit curriculum: includes unstated and sometimes unintended aspects of the curriculum. Consists of hidden messages schools and teachers send as students participate in school activities and heavily influenced by attitudes and actions of teachers. Extra curriculum: consists of learning experiences that extend beyond the core of the students formal studies. Standards: statements specifying what students should know and what skills they should have upon completing an area of study. No child left behind(2001): increased the federal government"s role in education.
