This book is an excellent reference source for those interested in alternative curriculum designs. It offers teachers and curriculum planners a theoretical framework for organizing learning experiences that are consistent with goal-based, holistic integration and constructivist learning theory.
A VERY LAST FIRST TIME: Reflections, More Questions, Resource List; STORY: AFELICITOUS CONTEXT FOR LEARNING: Responses to the The Green Book, What is Story, Why Story, The Green Book Revisited; CONSTRUCTIVISM: A THEORY OF LEARNING; THE GOALS OF SCHOOLING: Reflections on "The Town that Moved", Goals, Why Goals, Summary; NARRATIVE CURRICULUM: A CONNECTION OF THE THREE FOUNDATIONS; NARRATIVE CURRICULUM: THE PLANNING TEMPLATE; NARRATIVE CURRICULUM: SELECTING THE NARRATIVE; STUDENTS AS CO-CREATORS OF CURRICULUM; MOVING FROM PLANS TO ACTIONS; CURRICULUM EXAMPLARS; REFERENCES; APPENDIX A; APPENDIX B; APPENDIX C; APPENDIX D; APPENDIX E.
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This book is an excellent reference source for those interested in alternative curriculum designs. It offers teachers and curriculum planners a theoretical framework for organizing learning experiences that are consistent with goal-based, holistic integration and constructivist learning theory.