Balancing the Common Core Curriculum in Middle School Education Composing Archimedes' Lever, the Equation, and the Sentence as an Interdisciplinary Unity /

• Main Author: Bunn, James H. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2017.
• Subjects: Education.; Curriculums (Courses of study).; Education > Curricula.; Assessment.; Early Childhood Education.; Curriculum Studies.; Assessment, Testing and Evaluation.

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. Often taught separately in schools and in the Common Core Curriculum, Bunn proposes a new three-way...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction: Balance at the Core
• Chapter 1: The Archimedean Lever
• Chapter 2: The Equation
• Chapter 3: The Sentence
• Chapter 4: Seeking a Middle Measure.