Curriculum 21: Chapter 3-Upgrading Content: Provocation, Invigoration, and Replacement

What content should be kept?What content should be cut?

What content should be created?

CONTENT- central element in curriculum design and can be organized within disciplines or interdisciplinary designs

Tenets Leading to Content Upgrades

•Global perspective is developed

•Personal and local perspective is cultivated

•Whole child is looked at

•Future careers and work options are developed

•Real-world practice

•Technology and media are expanded

•Complexity of content matches age and stage of the learner

Examining the Disciplines

Social Studies as Perspectives on Humanity

What to do in social studies?

•Expose students to multiple maps for information and insight

•Discuss changing economic realities

•Prepare “school leavers” to function independently in the real world

•Take time to teach global studies

•Deemphasize state history for case studies of the states

Sciences in Action: Layers and Breakthroughs

What if we organized the

curriculum around problems

rather than separating the

sciences?

Four Science Subset Strands:

1.The Living World

2.The Planet Earth & Beyond

3.The Physical World

4.The Material World

Neglected area of science- astronomy

Elementary often emphasizes life science at the expense of physical science topics

Fears of controversy in science courses- religion, genetic engineering, and space exploration

Let students become “detectives and solution makers”

Encourage curiosity, being creative, and using senses for making observations

Educating the Person: Health & Physical Education

Five Spiral Components

English and Literature

Implement…

•Vocabulary development

•Creative note taking and note making

•Editing and revising strategies

ROOT OF ALL PERFORMANCE: READING

WRITINGSPEAKING

LISTENING

Other ideas in English and Lit

Make use of:PodcastsVideo conferencesDebatesComedy forumsInterviewsOral defense…………………

Provide at least one experience/year in which the genre of film is studied

Use rap to convey messages

View poetry slams from students in the Bronx to see/hear moving and powerful words

Language Instruction

Did you know…

China will soon have the largest English-speaking population?

The most frequently spoken languages are:Mandarin Chinese @ 13.22%Spanish @ 4.88%English @ 4.68%Arabic @ 3.12 %

The Arts: Aesthetic Senses, Ideas, and Emotions

Curriculum 21: Chapter 4-New School Versions: Reinventing and Reuniting School Program Structures

Will graduates of 2110…

•Be part of virtual learning magnet programs?

•Have global network buddies?

•Be in holographic yearbooks?

Fueling 21st Century Schools…

Needs innovation and new knowledge

but also remember…

1.Form should always follow function

and

2. The whole is the sum of the parts

Curricular Destiny:

SchedulesWhy or Why Nots?Do we need 13 years to graduate? Do school’s time frames match the nature of the task?

Do we only go to school with the people who live in our community with all of the technology that is available?

Wonder if we…Learned in a Virtual Space Environment

with students from France in a videoconferencing room!

Learned based on Performance vs Seat Time in VLM’s

(Virtual Learning Magnets)!

Offered students a Virtual Curriculum Menu!

Curricular Destiny:

Grouping of StudentsKeep in mind: Form should follow function. Does it in schools today?

Institutional grouping- gender, age, proficiency based…

Instructional grouping- skill levels, cooperative, competitive…

Independent grouping- clubs, internships, travel abroad…

Curricular Destiny:

Grouping of Professionals

Old Method:Departments, Grade Levels, and Building Levels

New Method:MEET AROUND PROBLEMS TO SOLVECross-disciplinary teamsInternship supervisorsData analysis teamsGlobal network teams

Curricular Destiny:

Physical and Virtual Space

Connecting with Peers Around the World

Service Learning

Independent Research

Challenging Old Assumptions with Critical Thinking

Think Like Architects!!!

Flexible schedules led by multiple professionals with a wide range of student groupings in a virtual setting!!!