

Is Bruner's Units of Study Still Relevant to Today's Classroom?
In 1965, Jerome Bruner in The Form of the Course presented six units that he felt were vital to the classroom. 1. Talks to Teachers 2....


Why Priorities Matter in Curriculum Development
This post will discuss my definition of the word “curriculum” and the personal, professional, and educational experiences that led up to...


The Pros and Cons of Curriculum Mapping for the Language Classroom (Infographic)
Pros of Curriculum Mapping Ideally curriculum mapping can benefit schools in the following four ways: Sets clear overarching priorities....


Curricular Narrative: My Interview with Debora
This post is one of my assignments for my Curriculum Design course. We were to interview a person about their understanding of curriculum...


Is There a Quality Curriculum for American Sign Language Instruction?
This is a reflection of my relationship with language curriculum within my milieu of teaching American Sign Language (ASL) and other...


Educative or Miseducative Experiential Learning in the Minority Language Classroom
John Dewey (1938) promoted experiential learning. However, he made clear that not all experience is the same in the classroom; that some...


Has curriculum studies progressed, stopped or regressed in the United States?
It is fascinating to consider the history of education in the United States and how it has shaped curriculum studies. I am new to...


The 3 Purposes Guiding My ASL Curriculum
My milieu is minority language teaching. For today’s discussion, I will focus specifically on the three purposes leading my curriculum in...


Who Determines What is Worth Learning in the Minority Language Classroom?
My reflections for this post have focused around my milieu of teaching minority languages such as American Sign Language, Hungarian,...


What are Effective Methods to Make Learning Relatable for Language Students?
In Elliot W. Eisner’s article, What Does It Mean to Say a School is Doing Well? the author puts forth many questions about standardized...