Other Side of Curriculum Lessons from Learners

Name: Other Side of Curriculum Lessons from Learners
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ISBN: 9780867095623

ISBN-10: 0867095628

ISBN-13: 9780867095623

Edition: 2002

Authors: Lois Easton

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What exactly should students "know and be able to do" and how do we help them to know and do it? The Other Side of Curriculum answers these questions with a powerful model of curriculum development - one that fosters experiential and personal growth. Lois Brown Easton provides ideas and practical tools for creating an effective learning community, based on her experience at Eagle Rock School, where learners are central and the curriculum responsive to their needs. Her curricular concepts are common to all; Easton carefully considers how they can be customized and applied to almost any school or district. Each of her chapters begins with a story of learning that illustrates a concept of…

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List price: $48.13
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: Heinemann
Publication date: 12/5/2001
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 256
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.58" tall
Weight: 0.792
Language: English

Lois Brown Easton is Director of Professional Development at Eagle Rock School and Professional Development Center in Colorado. An English/language arts teacher for fifteen years, she was Arizona's first Writing Specialist. She has also been the Director of Curriculum and Assessment Planning for the state of Arizona and worked nationally as Director of Re: Learning Systems at the Education Commission of the States in association with the Coalition of Essential Schools.



Foreword



Preface


About This Book


Introduction



About Eagle Rock



Curriculum Emanates from the Culture



Curriculum Includes Instruction and Assessment



Curriculum Is Learner Centered



Curriculum Is Competency Based



Curriculum Helps Learners Become Self-Directed



Curriculum Is for the Whole Student



Curriculum Encourages a Constructivist Approach



Curriculum Is Meaningful



Curriculum Is for Learning


Afterword


References


Index