{"title":"Twenty Reasons Why Cross-Curricular Citizenship Education Might Struggle to Take Flight in Secondary Schools: An Autoethnographic Review","authors":"P. Brett","doi":"10.7459/ct/37.1.02","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.7459/ct/37.1.02","url":null,"abstract":"The paper combines an autoethnographic approach with a literature review of general and discipline-specific research linked to the theme of cross-curricular citizenship education (“CE”) from the 1990s to the present. It identifies 20 reasons why cross-curricular CE struggles\u0000 to take flight in secondary schools. These reasons are organized into four categories: structural, epistemological, attitudinal and pedagogical. While the focus is mainly upon citizenship education in England (and, to a lesser extent, in Australia), the paper suggests that the barriers identified\u0000 exist in most nations.","PeriodicalId":35186,"journal":{"name":"Curriculum and Teaching","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43472614","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Maria Bou Zeid, Jessica R. El-Khoury, Sami K. Samra
{"title":"Development of Course Learning Outcomes and Measurement in Higher Education","authors":"Maria Bou Zeid, Jessica R. El-Khoury, Sami K. Samra","doi":"10.7459/ct/37.1.06","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.7459/ct/37.1.06","url":null,"abstract":"The purpose of this research was to investigate and develop an effective assessment tool to measure and evaluate course learning outcomes. Course learning outcomes from four different departments in the Faculty of Humanities at a private university in Lebanon were examined and revised\u0000 according to Bloom’s Taxonomy. The learning outcomes were mapped with the program learning outcomes which were also linked to the program educational objectives of the appropriate majors. After which, the assessment process took place. This paper used a case study approach with accumulation\u0000 of the data dating back to the 2014/2015 academic year, as well as survey methodology to further understand the Faculty instructors’ attitudes and experience in utilizing an assessment guide that was prepared by the Faculty Outcomes Assessment Committee. This article details the aforementioned\u0000 processes in three phases, establishing criteria, setting an assessment strategy, and testing the implementation of such strategies in courses. Findings are not only significant to this university, but coincide with the New England Commission of Higher Education (NECHE) accreditation requirements.","PeriodicalId":35186,"journal":{"name":"Curriculum and Teaching","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47648628","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Barriers to the Implementation of Inclusive Education: A Review of WoS Literature","authors":"A. García-Barrera","doi":"10.7459/ct/37.1.03","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.7459/ct/37.1.03","url":null,"abstract":"One of the most complex tasks for teachers is overcoming the enormous challenge of teaching in inclusive classrooms. These classrooms include students who differ in multiple and varied dimensions, requiring the teacher to offer each one the resources and educational strategies required\u0000 to fully develop their individual potential. There are still many barriers that hinder this process. This article examines the scientific literature of the Web of Science (WoS) amd analyses the obstacles and impediments that persist when developing an inclusive education in the compulsory\u0000 stages of school. The aim is to understand the situation in which we find ourselves, and to look for new lines of that which can contribute to the advance towards a holistic and personalised educational model.","PeriodicalId":35186,"journal":{"name":"Curriculum and Teaching","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49309075","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Exploring Educative Components to Conceptualize an Effective Implementation of Reading Discipline Curricula in Pre-service Teacher-Education Program","authors":"Nida Mirza, R. Razak, U. K. M. Salleh","doi":"10.7459/ct/36.2.02","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.7459/ct/36.2.02","url":null,"abstract":"The curriculum implementation literature has recently focused more on identifying and measuring the key components of the innovative curriculum needed to achieve desired outcomes. However, most of this work centers on curriculum implementation external to the field of teacher education.\u0000 In this article, we report on our identification of the educative components that form one component of the framework for conceptualizing the implementation of newly developed reading curricula for a Bachelor of Education Elementary program. The results suggest that prerequisite knowledge\u0000 about reading instruction and knowledge of the entire reading program are necessary for an effective implementation of curriculum change in the discipline of reading.","PeriodicalId":35186,"journal":{"name":"Curriculum and Teaching","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49094193","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
M. Ghazali, Z. Ismail, Zakiah Mohd Ashari, Zainun Mustafa
{"title":"The Representation Strategies of Preschool Children When Solving Numeracy Task","authors":"M. Ghazali, Z. Ismail, Zakiah Mohd Ashari, Zainun Mustafa","doi":"10.7459/ct/36.2.07","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.7459/ct/36.2.07","url":null,"abstract":"Identifying and addressing the knowledge gap in early numeracy is crucial, given the strong associations between early numeracy skills and later school success. The purpose of this study is to establish current viewpoints and ideas on children’s numeracy development via three\u0000 forms of representation: manipulative, symbolic, and static. The Children’s Numeracy Task was used to assess eleven preschool children’s numeracy knowledge via a semi-structured interview. The task was also designed to be presented in the three mathematical representations: concrete,\u0000 static, and symbolic. The findings indicate that preschool children are more likely to use symbolic representation in solving a given task. This study highlights perspectives on how to apply various representations as pedagogical and assessment strategies to address the children’s readiness\u0000 for a mathematics lesson at the primary school level.","PeriodicalId":35186,"journal":{"name":"Curriculum and Teaching","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47417872","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Design of Curriculum in Human Education Through Daisaku Ikeda Children’s Stories","authors":"Nai-Cheng Kuo, Jennifer L Ramsey","doi":"10.7459/ct/36.2.05","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.7459/ct/36.2.05","url":null,"abstract":"Human education teaches students that everyone has value, and each person should embrace their uniqueness, knowing diversity creates richness, not conflict, in the world. It is essential to show teachers concrete examples about how to create an environment where students can practice\u0000 dialogue skills, develop global citizens’ character, and embrace their individuality. In this regard, our instructional design on human education may help teachers and researchers see the practicability of connecting humanity with K-12 curricula as well as develop a newfound respect\u0000 for the need for human education.","PeriodicalId":35186,"journal":{"name":"Curriculum and Teaching","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46176921","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Students’ Metacognitive Competencies: Effect on Mastery of Learning Strategies and Outcomes","authors":"S. Lan, Eric C. K. Cheng","doi":"10.7459/ct/36.2.03","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.7459/ct/36.2.03","url":null,"abstract":"This paper discusses the constructs of students’ metacognitive competencies and its effect on mastery of learning strategies and enhancing learning outcomes in the context of high school in Shanghai, China, where Learning to Learn curriculum has been implemented for years. 780\u0000 students from three types of typical high schools in Shanghai participated in a questionnaire survey. Result of a structural equation model shows that metacognitive knowledge, planning, monitoring, and evaluation constitute students’ metacognitive competencies which effectively predict\u0000 mastery of learning strategies and their student learning outcomes. Pedagogies for metacognitive teaching for effectively implementing the Learning to learn curriculum are proposed.","PeriodicalId":35186,"journal":{"name":"Curriculum and Teaching","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41783909","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Does School Participatory Budgeting Increase Students’ Political Efficacy? Bandura’s ‘Sources’, Civic Pedagogy, and Education for Democracy","authors":"Norman P. Gibbs, T. Bartlett, D. Schugurensky","doi":"10.7459/ct/36.1.02","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.7459/ct/36.1.02","url":null,"abstract":"Does school participatory budgeting (SPB) increase students’ political efficacy? SPB, which is implemented in thousands of schools around the world, is a democratic process of deliberation and decision-making in which students determine how to spend a portion of the school’s\u0000 budget. We examined the impact of SPB on political efficacy in one middle school in Arizona. Our participants’ (n = 28) responses on survey items designed to measure self-perceived growth in political efficacy indicated a large effect (Cohen’s d = 1.46), suggesting\u0000 that SPB is an effective approach to civic pedagogy, with promising prospects for developing students’ political efficacy.","PeriodicalId":35186,"journal":{"name":"Curriculum and Teaching","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46398329","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Exploring EFL Teachers’ Perceptions of Enacted Curriculum in Jordan: Towards Integration Curriculum Development with Teacher Education","authors":"Naima Al-husban, Abdeljalil Akkari","doi":"10.7459/ct/36.1.06","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.7459/ct/36.1.06","url":null,"abstract":"This study investigated EFL teachers’ perception of the enacted curriculum, the status of the intended curriculum, and the challenges faced by teachers, while implementing the curriculum. A qualitative design was used and 15 teachers were interviewed to discover their perceptions\u0000 of the enacted curriculum. Our results revealed that there is a misalignment between the intended curriculum and the enacted curriculum Participants continued to teach in a manner, which was inconsistent with the curriculum reforms, and teachers faced several challenges, that compelled them\u0000 to teach in a traditional manner.","PeriodicalId":35186,"journal":{"name":"Curriculum and Teaching","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46501720","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
R. Abbas, Eman Nahhas, Khawla Zoabi, Ibtisam Marey-Sarwan, Hanadi Abu Ahmad
{"title":"Real Time Experience of Participants in Higher Education During The Coronavirus: A Case Study","authors":"R. Abbas, Eman Nahhas, Khawla Zoabi, Ibtisam Marey-Sarwan, Hanadi Abu Ahmad","doi":"10.7459/ct/36.1.05","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.7459/ct/36.1.05","url":null,"abstract":"This case study explored the real-time experience of participants in the Arab Academic College for Education in Haifa, Israel, during the coronavirus pandemic. Twenty in-depth interviews were conducted with management, administrative staff, faculty and students. Participants' stories\u0000 reveal that feelings of stress and isolation gave way to new learning and self-discovery, a new relationship with time, and the creation of new knowledge on the personal and institutional levels. Strong, coordinated leadership, combined with legal and financial security, facilitated the transition\u0000 to online learning and allowed the college to emerge from the crisis successfully. Implications are drawn for dealing with future crises.","PeriodicalId":35186,"journal":{"name":"Curriculum and Teaching","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46912871","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}