Curriculum Change and Innovation

Abstract

Case 2.1 Bruner's views on knowledge Case 2.2 Summerhill School: A renowned child-centered school Case 3.1 Why reject them? Schooling opportunities for South Asian students Case 3.2 Learning difficulties of South Asian students in Hong Kong Case 4.1 GAIA School: A typical student-centered school in Hong Kong Case 5.1 Taba's model Case 5.2 Process model Case 5.3 Deliberative model Case 5.4 Action research model Case 5.5 Backward design model Case 7.1 Target-oriented curriculum Case 7.2 Reflection on the implementation of an integrated curriculum for Primary 6 students: "Chinese Heroes and Me" Case 8.1 Whole-school M.I. curriculum Case 8.2 Responsive evaluation model Examples Example 2.1 Hirsch's core knowledge curriculum: A typical example of academic rationalism Example 2.2 Example of curriculum planning: Liberal studies, NSS curriculum Example 2.3 Curriculum and instruction planned for the development of cognitive skills Example 2.4 Curriculum map for social reconstruction Example 2.5 Liberal studies, NSS curriculum 2009 onward Cases and Examples xii Cases and Examples Example 4.1a Examples of problems for PBL: A typical problem Example 4.1b Examples of problems for PBL: A performance task Example 4.1c Examples of problems for PBL: In a local primary classroom Example 4.2a Modifying the content of teaching and learning: Complexity and resources Example 4.2b Modifying the content of teaching and learning: Resources from which students learn Example 4.3a Modifying the process of teaching and learning: For students with less-developed or advanced readiness Example 4.3b Modifying the process of teaching and learning: For students with different learning styles Example 4.4a Modifying the product of teaching and learning: Using the learning portfolio Example 4.4b Modifying the product of teaching and learning: Adjusting individual requirements Example 4.5 Curriculum enrichment: Using tiered instruction to differentiate the instruction content Example 4.6a Designing tiered questions for curriculum enrichment: Tiered questions for science Example 4.6b Designing tiered questions for curriculum enrichment: Tiered questions for reading (Goldilocks and the Three Bears) Example 4.7 Accelerated learning in a language classroom Example 4.8 An accelerated mathematics classroom Example 6.1 Curriculum organization of liberal studies in the new senior secondary curriculum Example 7.1 School-based curriculum change