ART SUBJECTS IN NATIONAL CURRICULA – IDEAS FOR FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS IN GENERAL EDUCATION

Developments in Speech Science Curricula

Training students in phonetics or speech science involves much more than simply putting on a course of lectures. It requires careful planning of practical work, lecture-based teaching and small-group activities. The main components of this teaching are reviewed, and their place in a curriculum are discussed.

the relationship between academic self-concept and academic achievement in english and general subjects of the students of high school

according to research, academic self-concept and academic achievement are mutually interdependent. in the present study, the aim was to determine the relationship between the academic self-concept and the academic achievement of students in english as a foreign language and general subjects. the participants were 320 students studying in 4th grade of high school in three cities of noor, nowshah...

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Constructivism and authentic pedagogy: state of the art and recent developments in the Dutch national curriculum in secondary education

The recently introduced national curriculum for the ® rst stage of Dutch secondary education requires not only a change in educational content but also a change in educational processes. The knowledge students acquire is expected to be related to everyday life, and tobe meaningfully embedded in society. Furthermore, the student is expected to use social and cognitive strategies such as research...

Meaningful General Education Reform: Integrating Core Curricula and Institutional Values

A central element of higher education today is the “core” or “general education” curriculum: that configuration of courses that often encompasses the essence of liberal arts education. Ensuring that such offerings reflect the mission and values of the institution is a challenge faced by most college and universities, often more than once. This paper presents an action model of program planning ...