Overview
- Conceptually links three academic domains, Math, Science, and Literacy through the notion of ‘balance’
- Language and theoretical nature of central claims make this project accessible and relevant to academic audiences
- Helps to unify the contents of the Common Core Curriculum
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This book examines the idea of ‘good education’ which is thought to include a scientific and technical component, a mathematical component, a writing component, and an ethical and aesthetic component. Bunn proposes a new three-way intersection in these teachings: the basic sciences and mechanics of levering on a seesaw, the basic formulations of patterning an algebraic equation, and the basic rules for writing a sentence in English. In all three forms of inquiry, balance is the mainstay through which problems in US middle school education are brought together and analyzed.
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Table of contents (5 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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Authors and Affiliations
About the author
James H. Bunn is Professor Emeritus of English at the University at Buffalo, USA.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Balancing the Common Core Curriculum in Middle School Education
Book Subtitle: Composing Archimedes' Lever, the Equation, and the Sentence as an Interdisciplinary Unity
Authors: James H. Bunn
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-46106-9
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Education, Education (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-83442-9Published: 13 July 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-46106-9Published: 09 January 2017
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIII, 227
Number of Illustrations: 10 b/w illustrations
Topics: Early Childhood Education, Curriculum Studies, Assessment, Testing and Evaluation