[PDF] The California Curriculum Study eBook

Author : California. Department of Education
Publisher :
Page : 70 pages
File Size : 27,28 MB
Release : 2000
Category : Education
ISBN :

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Represents the content of science education and includes the essential skills and knowledge students will need to be scientically literate citizens. Includes grade-level specific content for kindergarten through eighth grade, with sixth grade focus on earth science, seventh grade focus on life science, eighth grade focus on physical science. Standards for grades nine through twelve are divided into four content strands: physics, chemistry, biology/life sciences, and earth sciences.

Author : Christine Echeverri
Publisher :
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 35,5 MB
Release : 2018-10-08
Category :
ISBN : 9781726672276

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California Out of the Box uses story as a basis for an interdisciplinary exploration of Golden State history, life and earth science, geography, social studies, the arts, and more! The content spans prehistory through the 1930s. This homeschool/progressive education curriculum includes a teacher guide with comprehension questions, reproducible student pages (for within a family), and answer keys; it is geared for students in grades 3-6, but suggestions are included for families with younger siblings. Note: families must purchase the 8 historical fiction and resource books separately, or request them from their local library.

Author : Faye Ong
Publisher :
Page : 52 pages
File Size : 25,79 MB
Release : 2011
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
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Provides vision for strong school library programs, including identification of the skills and knowledge essential for students to be information literate. Includes recommended baseline staffing, access, and resources for school library services at each grade level.

Author : California. State Department of Education
Publisher :
Page : 70 pages
File Size : 42,36 MB
Release : 1987
Category : Education
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This report summarizes the major findings of a study of 26 California high schools. The study, Paths through High School, was conducted to describe the characteristics of high school curricula in California, how they are determined and how they differ for various groups of students. Chapter 1 describes the state, district, and school levels of curricular policy and decision making in California's educational system. This chapter also describes the decisions that are made at each level and compares statewide characteristics of the schools with those of the schools in the study. In chapter 2, the major state-level policies of graduation and proficiency requirements are addressed. These have clear effects on particular cohorts of students, but do not standardize programs of study. Students therefore can pursue very different paths through high school, as demonstrated by the courses of study of three students in one of the studied schools. The academic, nonacademic, and elective course requirements of the schools studied are compared. Chapter 3 describes each schools' curricular structure whereby students are placed in various instructional cohorts. Each cohort receives a different curriculum, determined by the department-level tracking system. Sample curricular maps from the schools are analyzed. Chapter 4 outlines the processes used to place and monitor students. In chapter 5, the effects of the policies and practices found are compared in terms of the academic programs available to cohorts of students. The data collection plan for the study and sample student academic programs are provided in the appendices. (JD)

Author : California. State Board of Education
Publisher : California State Department of Education
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 27,32 MB
Release : 1988
Category : Education
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This framework, centered in the chronological study of history, proposes an integrated and correlated approach to the teaching of history and the social sciences. The framework is structured around three major goals, each comprising several curriculum strands which are to be developed from kindergarten through grade 12. The three goals are: (1) knowledge and cultural understanding; (2) democratic understanding and cultural values; and (3) skills attainment and social participation. The programs for kindergarten through the third grade are: (1) "Learning and Working Now and Long Age"; (2) "A Child's Place in Time and Space"; (3) "People Who Make a Difference"; and (4) "Continuity and Change." State history is taught in the fourth grade. Fifth graders study U.S. history from the pre-Columbian period through 1850. The sixth-grade program is developed around the ancient world to A.D. 500. The medieval and early modern world through 1789 are presented in grade 7, setting the context for the study of U.S. history from 1783 to 1914 in grade 8. The modern world from 1789 to the present is studied in grade 10. Eleventh grade provides an in-depth study of the United States from 1900 to the present. Students choose electives in grade 9 from a variety of courses. The culminating courses are principles of U.S. democracy and economics in grade 12. Criteria for evaluating instructional materials are provided. (SM)

Author : Jana Noel
Publisher : Myers Education Press
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 17,53 MB
Release : 2019-11-14
Category : Education
ISBN : 1975502191

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Using details from California’s unique, diverse social and political history makes the potentially dry foundations course into a very personal and dynamic topic for students to wrap their minds around. The book is a critical analysis of the evolution of educational policies that frame teachers’ and students’ roles and responsibilities in the historical and contemporary context of public education and thoroughly covers topics such as school segregation; the political structure of the state; bilingual education, school funding, NCLB, school choice, how policies arise and how they are legislated. Perfect for courses such as: Educational Foundations | Social Foundations of Education | Introduction to Teaching Multicultural Education | Curriculum and Instruction

Author : Alex Bauer
Publisher :
Page : 112 pages
File Size : 48,14 MB
Release : 2009-12
Category : Education
ISBN : 9783838324081

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"This book explores the issues, forces, and personalities that helped shape the California History-Social Science curriculum from 1850 to 2003 with special emphasis on the twentieth century. The primary sources for this study come from pieces of legislation passed by the state legislature and the minutes of the California Curriculum Commission and other governmental committees. There are a series of conclusions drawn by this author. The first one involves the role of the state legislature in using the history curriculum to shape the national identity and collective memory of the state?s students. Second, the decentralized nature of education policy in American history has allowed several different groups opportunities to influence the curriculum. Third, the history curriculum competed with the social studies movement of the early twentieth century leading to a curricular struggle between learning history and becoming a good citizen. Fourth, the history profession itself has not aggressively sought inclusion in the development of the Frameworks and Standards, allowing other non-academic groups a disproportional influence in the development of the history curriculum." -- cover p.[4].