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November 1999 | Volume 57 | Number 3 The Constructivist Classroom Pages 49-52
Marsha Grace
In an era of prepackaged curriculums and state-approved standards, teachers can help their students generate their own curriculums.
There we were: 120 students and 35 preservice teachers creating curriculum together. At the beginning of each semester, we were scared. By the end of each semester, we were confident.
For two years, I have participated in a partnership project with a nearby elementary school to design courses of study on students' interests. In this project, my university preservice teachers have the opportunity to work with a group of two to three children for one and one-half hours a day, one day a week. We give up the teacher's manuals, the mandates, the curriculum guides, the list of state-approved learning outcomes, and a nebulous factory mentality in favor of engaging students in the simple process of learning how to learn.
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