A CURRICULUM FOR EXCELLENCE: A QUESTION OF VALUES DONALD GILLIES ABSTRACT A Curriculum for Excellence outlines a curriculum for young people in Scotland from age 3 to 18. In the report‚ endorsed wholly by Scottish ministers‚ much is made of the underpinning values of the proposed curriculum. However‚ the absence of any consultation period has meant that such values and the report itself have not been subject to systematic debate by parliament‚ public‚ or the educational community values
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section of a movie theater as that was the only time and place we could agree on. We only able to speak briefly‚ because of a prior engagement on her part. Nevertheless‚ the interview was quite informative and helpful. I asked her first about her education‚ Deaton received her undergraduate degree in history at The College of William and Mary‚ in 2000. Deaton wanted to become a history professor at that point in time. At the College of William and Mary she saw how her life would be‚ had she taken that
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WESTERN MINDANAO STATE UNIVERSITY College of Education Graduate School Summer 2013-2014 Course Title: EDAD 205 Educational Planning and Curriculum Development Course Professor: Dr. Alicia T. Baldicano Facilitator: Julie Ann N. Guardame Course Topic: b. Curriculum Development in the Philippines 1. Levels of Decision making 2. External enablers 3. The EDCOM study as an external enabler STRATEGY (GROUP 1): FLOW CHARTS STRATEGY (GROUP 2): STRUCTURED OVERVIEW
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Curriculum Development The term curriculum originates from the Latin meaning “race course”. The term has been expanded and today is more widely used in education to mean "a plan for a sustained process of teaching and learning" (Pratt‚ 1997‚ p. 5). There are numerous formats for curriculum models. They can be deductive‚ meaning “they proceed from the general (examining the needs of society‚ for example) to the specific (specifying instructional objectives‚ for example)”‚ or inductive
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Music Education in our Public Schools Music Education is no doubt a necessity to the students of today. Music plays a major role in everyone ’s daily life. Music is listened to while driving in the car‚ when eating in restaurants‚ relaxing at home‚ and even when on hold to a company ’s overloaded phone system. Music is everywhere you turn‚ and it should be one of the main subjects to be studied in our public school systems. Public schools in America need to understand that the funding and
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PART I. Worldview is the way humans gather information around them and analyze it to form an opinion about the world they live in and the everyday life challenges around them. PART II. The Christian worldview of origin is that God created man and even before man‚ God had created the Earth. We believe that science is relevant‚ but that is not how living things became to be. It tells us this in Genesis 1:1 and Genesis 1:27 (KJV)‚ this is why we believe that God created mankind. One must understand
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November 29‚ 2014 Jonathan Sharpe Worldview Essay This semester of Christian Worldview has been beneficial for me learning more about all different types of worldviews. I started this class with a Christian background but a clean slate of not knowing what my true worldview really was. As I went through the semester‚ I gained tons of new knowledge to help me understand how my opinions matched with the different worldviews. In the beginning of the semester I did a worldview outline answering seven questions
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The California State Public Education System: Can it live up to current demands? "All who have meditated on the art of governing mankind have been convinced that the fate of empires depends on the education of youth." -Aristotle- It has been said many times that children are our future. That is a scary thought considering our lack of investment as a people in that future‚ for without a solid base of education now the bright future we hope for may never come to fruition. This Paper will look at
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Part I - What is worldview? Worldview is whatever we use to guide our life and help us along our path of life. As Christians this guide is our Bible. A framework in which we use as a philosophy of life and helps us in our decision making process. (Weider‚ L. & Gutierrez‚ B.‚ 2011) It is a way to interpret the life and world around us. Part II - The Christian worldview of origin is that God created all things from nothing. Everything from the heavens and the earth; light and dark; land and
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Hong Kong’s education system has been criticized for being extremely tough and all of us have been studying in Hong Kong for years. So‚ what is your feeling about the education system in Hong Kong? In the following presentation‚ I’m going to talk about the existing education system and suggest ways to improve it. The education system in Hong Kong is failing most young people because the education isn’t a real education. But‚ what is a real education? In my view‚ education should help students
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