Curriculum+Research

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 * __CURRENT RESEARCH FOR CURRICULUM PLANNING__**
 * 1) [|Edutopia] is the public portal for the **George Lucas Educational Foundation.** Consult the research and see if the force is with you....
 * 2) [|The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation] offers some very interesting "Big Picture" views for reshaping the school community and curriculum. See //Tools for School Districts// on the home page, and be sure to consult studies in education through the //United States Program,// located under the PROGRAMS AND PARTNERSHIPS tab near the top of the home page.
 * 3) Marzano, Robert, Debra Pickering and Jane Pollock. // Classroom Instruction that Works: Research-based Strategies for Increasing Student Achievement. // Prentice-Hall, 2004.
 * 4) The Center for Information & Research on Civic Learning and Engagement has published research that supports the "Six Promising Approaches" for Civics education forwarded in 2003.

RESEARCH ON SOCIAL STUDIES __**

Beck, Terence A. "Tools of Deliberation: Exploring the Complexity of Learning to Lead Elementary Civics Discussions." __Theory and Research in Social Education__, v33 n1, 103-119 Winter 2005.

Boyle-Baise, Marilynne; Hsu, Ming-Chu; Johnson, Shaun; Serriere, Stephanie Cayot; Stewart, Dorshell. "Putting Reading First: Teaching Social Studies in Elementary Classrooms." __Theory and Research in Social Education__, v36 n3 233-255.

Holloway, Jennifer Evers; Chiodo, John J., "Social Studies IS Being Taught in the Elementary School: A Contrarian View" __Journal of Social Studies Research__, v33 n2 235-261 Fall 2009.

O'Mahony, Carolyn. "Relating Research on Children's Thinking to Teachers' Professional Practice: A Study of Research-Informed Teacher Planning in Early Grades Social Studies." __Theory and Research in Social Education__, v34 n2, 213-240 Spring 2006.

Pennsylvania Coalition for Representative Democracy. "Civic Learning in Pennsylvania's Schools: A Survey of Teachers and Administrators." __Center for the Improvement of Teaching and Learning,__ the Pennsylvania State University-Harrisburg, July 2006.

Sunal, Cynthia Szymanski; Kelley, Lynn A.; Sunal, Dennis W. "Citizenship Education in the Elementary Classroom: Teacher Candidates Photograph and Describe Their Perceptions." __Journal of Social Studies Research__, v33 n1 33-70 Spr 2009.

VanFossen, Phillip J. " 'Reading and Math Take So Much of the Time...': An Overview of Social Studies Instruction in Elementary Classrooms in Indiana. " __Theory and Research in Social Education__, v33 n3, 376-403 Summer 2005.

**__PERSPECTIVES ON THE SOCIAL STUDIES__**

Loewen, James. //Teaching What Really Happened: How to Avoid the Tyranny of Textbooks and Get Students Excited About Doing History.// Teachers College Press, 2009.
 * __PERSPECTIVES ON EDUCATION (WEB)__**

The Fischbowl Karl Fisch's always fascinating odyssey as a teacher in the 21st Century. Includes links to such popular items as Karl's //Did You Know: Shift Happens// presentations.

Raising Their Voices Engaging Students, Teachers and Parents to Help End the High School Dropout Epidemic. //A March 2010 report by Civics Enterprises for the AT&T Foundation and the America's Promise Alliance// (in PDF).

Reading, Writing and Hungry //Pew Charitable Trusts, Nov. 2008.//

Study on the Literacy of College Students

[|Taking Stock: Assessing and Improving Early Childhood Learning and Program Quality] //Pew Charitable Trusts, Oct. 2007//

Au, Wayne, Bill Bigelow and Stan Karp. //Rethinking Our Classrooms// (Vol. 1, Rev). Rethinking Schools, 2007.
 * __PERSPECTIVES ON EDUCATION (PRINT)__**

Jacoby, Susan. //The Age of American Unreason.// Vintage, 2009.

Marzano, Robert J. //Formative Assessment and Standards-Based Grading: Classroom Strategies That Work.// Solution Tree, 2009.

Marzano, Robert J. //The Art and Science of Teaching: A Comprehensive Framework for Effective Instruction.// ASCD, 2007.

McTighe, Jay and Grant Wiggins. //Schooling by Design.// ASCD, 2007.

McTighe, Jay and Grant Wiggins. //Understanding by Design// (expanded 2nd edition). Prentice-Hall, 2005.

Pitler, Howard. //Using Technology with Classroom Instruction That Works.// ASCD/MCREL, 2007.

Schmoker, Mike. //The Results Fieldbook: Practical Strategies from Dramatically Improved Schools.// ASCD, 2001.

Sizer, Ted. //Horace's School: Redesigning the American High School.// Houghton-Mifflin, 1992.

Tomlinson, Carol and Jay McTighe. //Integrating Differentiated Instruction and Understanding by Design.// ASCD, 2006.

__** EXPERT PERSPECTIVES ON EDUCATION (VIDEO): **__


 * 1) **__[|Sir Ken Robinson: Schools Kill Creativity]__**
 * 2) **__[|Bill Gates: Mosquitoes, Malaria and Educaton]__**
 * 3) **__Liz Coleman: Reinventing Liberal Arts Education__**
 * 4) **[|Mae Jemison: Teaching Arts and Sciences Together]**
 * 5) **__[|Tim Brown: Creativity and Play]__**
 * 6) **__[|Nicholas Negroponte: One Laptop Per Child]__**
 * 7) **[|Daniel Pink: The Surprising Science of Motivation]**
 * 8) **__[|Temple Grandin: The World Needs All Kinds of Minds]__**
 * 9) [|Thomas Friedman: The World Is Flat 3.0]
 * 10) Sir Ken Robinson: Bring on the Learning Revolution!