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EJ520397 PS524580
Title: Trading the Three R's for the Four E's: Transforming the Curriculum.
Author(s): Van Scoy, Irma J.
Source: Childhood Education, v72 n1 p19-23 Fall 1995
Publication Date: 1995
ISSN: 0009-4056
Language: English
Document Type: Guides--Classroom--Teacher (052); Journal articles (080)
Journal Announcement: CIJJUL1996
Presents the Four E's curriculum model--Experience, Extension, Expression, Evaluation--which offers a framework for selecting and organizing appropriate curriculum for preschool and primary students. The model focuses on integrating curriculum but is also useful for planning a single unit, or whenever teachers want to evaluate the appropriateness of materials and activities. (ET)
Descriptors: Curriculum Design; *Curriculum Evaluation; *Integrated Curriculum; Models; Preschool Education; Primary Education
Identifiers: *Curriculum Models; Developmentally Appropriate Programs
