List Members, Interesting read about core curriculum. Doesn't this remind one of Multiple Intelligences? I know the Downtown Open school utilized it. I went to an open house they held way back when the school was brand spanking new. We were told then that "MI" WAS the core of their curriculum.
Pamela Tayloe (Tampa) --- "Joseph A. Erickson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Core Curriculum > What is a core curriculum? Nearly 10 years ago, > noted educator Ernest Boyer > asked that question of hundreds of parents, > educators, school board members, > and others worldwide and developed a wonderful > multicultural approach called > the "Basic School." In his book discussing this > approach, Boyer outlines > several central forms of literacy (textual, > numerical, artistic, and > social/emotional) and a number of key intellectual > domains (the physical > world, the social world, etc.) that parents of > children from all over the > world agreed they wanted their children to possess > by grade 6. I believe > this approach is one of the most innovative and > worthwhile "core curricula" > available today. > > The Basic School approach is modeled here in > Minneapolis at the Downtown > Open School, a Minneapolis Public School founded by > parents and the district > as a downtown learning community. Our local expert > is teacher Kristin > Sonquist, a teacher at Downtown Open. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! - Official partner of 2002 FIFA World Cup http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com _______________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A Civil City Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest option, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
