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JConnell discusses "imaginative range of curriculum 'types' that encompasses the formal, informal and hidden curricula, but adds a few more beside"

Hidden curriculum is difficult to explicitly define because it varies among its students and their experiences and because is it constantly changing as the knowledge and beliefs of a society evolve.

That's why EFF is launching the free, Creative Commons-licensed "Teaching Copyright" curriculum and website to help educators explore copyright issues in their classrooms.

According to the authors, several key elements guide differentiation in the education environment. Tomlinson (2001) identifies three elements of the curriculum that can be differentiated: Content, Process, and Products. Additionally, several guidelines are noted to help educators form an understanding and develop ideas around differentiating instruction.

I've always thought it was miserable that we take the supposed best and brightest in society, charge them up to $60,000 a year in fees, then put them to work for four years on producing busywork that no one - not them, not their profs, not other scholars - actually wants to read.

Course description for JOMC 449 - Virtual Communities, Smart Mobs, Citizen Journalism and Participatory Culture

There's a lot of misinformation out there about legal rights and responsibilities in the digital era.

students in different social-class backgrounds are rewarded for classroom behaviors that correspond to personality traits allegedly rewarded in the different occupational strata--the working classes for docility and obedience, the managerial classes for initiative and personal assertiveness.

Use the set of tools below to help you construct exciting, engaging, meaningful, and memorable lessons for your students.

After having read what the research has to offer on differentiated instruction, specifically, brain-based research on learning, learning styles and multiple intelligences, and authentic assessment, you are now ready to plan.