As Diane Ravitch seeks allies in her lifelong crusade
for meaningful curriculum reform, she might stop and ask: Where will she find her friends now?
In fact, sensory play that enables children to explore, experiment and examine can target all areas of learning and development in the EYFS,
making meaningful curriculum outputs commonplace.
The report, Helping Students Finish School, suggests a range of potential solutions, including increasing students» sense of belonging, establishing smaller learning environments, and
adopting meaningful curricula.
A Protocol for
Developing Meaningful Curricula The actual process of developing curricula has not been properly defined for educational leaders who aspire to collaboratively engage their teachers in a thoughtful and sincere codification of the programs they are expected to implement in their classrooms.
Many steps and stumbles are required to create engaging,
meaningful curriculum.
Our agenda for reaching this goal will require that all students have access not only to great educators, but also to rich and
meaningful curriculum, health and social services, and an array of supports and experiences in their local communities and beyond.
The curriculum includes common core standards, child development and learning, building family and community relations, cultural diversity, assessment to support young children and families, strong content knowledge to build developmentally appropriate and
meaningful curriculum and experiences, and professionalism and ethics of educators.
Choice:
meaningful curriculum and assessment options.
Although
a meaningful curriculum that's tied to high standards can certainly help students reach lofty goals, it's not just curriculum or rigorous standards that count.
If the so - called reformers promoted revolutionary concepts such as a laptop for every child, multiple intelligences, project - based learning, collaboration,
meaningful curriculum, then I am sure we in the trenches would embrace it.