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Published Books &
Articles
Books
What's
Worth Teaching?
Selecting, Organizing, and Integrating Knowledge
The State
University of New York Press, Albany, NY.
(Republished
by Books for Educators, Kent, WA.)
 This
little book, published by SUNY as part of their Philosophy of Education
Series, (a) lays out briefly and in simple language the theoretical
underpinnings of my approach to curriculum, (b) discusses the implications of
that approach for all major fields of study, and (c) provides examples of
instructional activities. [All rights to the book were recently sold to
Books For Educators in Kent, Washington.]
Some quotes from a pre-publication review of the manuscript for SUNY Press by
Dr. Philip L. Smith of Ohio State University:
"The work
is original, insightful, extremely well presented, and deals with
fundamentally important problems in education."
"This is
the most interesting manuscript on curriculum I have ever read."
"Serious-minded educators who begin to read this work are very likely to
finish it, and to be influenced by it for the better. Those who are not
serious-minded, if there is any hope for them at all, might start to be
serious-minded if somehow you can get this manuscript into their hands."
In 1993,
Susan Kovalik & Associates awarded What's Worth Teaching? their "Gold
Medal" Award.
Click below
to read the Introduction to:
What's Worth Teaching? -
Selecting, Organizing, and Integrating Knowledge > >
The book is
available from:
Books For
Educators
17051 SE
272nd St., Suite 18
Kent, WA
38042
"A single, systemically integrated
whole, every part of which relates logically to every other part"
An Excerpt from the Introduction . . .
"Our schools
are stuck on a performance plateau. Even the best of them fail to hook
solidly into students' natural curiosity, natural need to know, natural
desire to make more sense of the world and their place in it.
"Take away
the report cards, certificates, diplomas, attendance laws, parental
pressures, and community expectations, and the schools would fall apart.
"Obviously, when the drive to learn is intrinsic, but attempts to educate
the young must lean so heavily on extrinsic motivators, something is
seriously wrong."
Read more of "A Seamless Curriculum"
(continued) > > >
(Adapted from
newspaper columns appearing in The Orlando Sentinel and other newspapers
served by Knight-Ridder/Tribune Information Services)
What’s wrong with America’s schools? Just about
everyone, from the president down to yesterday’s dropout, has a theory.
Most of the
theorists are convinced their theories are good ones. After all, they argue,
having spent from ten to twenty years as system insiders, their theories are
based on solid, firsthand experience.
Among the
theorists, experienced educators aren’t very influential. This is, after
all, America. Power and money are respected, so it’s the theories of the
politicians and the leaders of business and industry that drive most
education reform.
A Primer For
Education Reformers presents the views of a long-time educator who thinks
the present thrust of education reform is ill-conceived and superficial, and
will ultimately prove to be destructive.
Download a free copy of
"A Primer For Education Reformers" (Adobe® PDF)
Other
Published Books
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A
Rationale for Social Studies, 1971, Marion Brady and Howard Brady,
published by the Department of Education, State of Florida
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Idea
and Action in World Cultures, 1977, Marion Brady and Howard Brady,
published by Prentice Hall
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Idea
and Action in American History, 1977, Marion Brady and Howard Brady,
published by Prentice Hall
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Max & Me,
The Abuse of Power in Florida Community Colleges, 1994,
written and published by Marion Brady
Published
Articles
Education Week,
Nov. 20, 1991
Transecence,
Vol. XIX, 1
Phi Delta Kappan,
Feb., 1993
Chapter 3, 1995
ASCD Yearbook
NASSP Bulletin,
March 1995
NASSP Bulletin,
November 1995
NASSP Bulletin,
May 1996
The Educational
Forum, Spring, 1996
National School
Network Newsletter, January 97, Volume 3, Number 1
The Educational
Forum, Volume 63, Number 3, Spring 1999.
Phi Delta Kappan, May 2000
At
www.iteachnet.com
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Students' brains: Another road-building project (05/31/01)
- What Do Students Need? A System For
Organizing Knowledge (01/22/01)
- Nothing Is More
Powerful Than Assumptions (12/26/00)
As referenced by other authors
and institutions:
Springhurst School for
gifted students
http://www.springhurst.org/curricul1.htm
Creating Integrated Curriculum:
Proven Ways To Increase Student Learning
AUTHOR: Drake, Susan M.
http://www.tki.org.nz/r/integration/pedagogy/reference/online_material/eric_sample_e.php
Connecticut State Department
of Education
INTEGRATED
CURRICULUM
http://www.ctserc.org/library/actualbibs/IntCurriculum.pdf
Pacific Resources for
Education and Learning (PREL Briefing Paper)
Integrated Curriculum: A
Reflection of Life Itself
AUTHOR: Simanu-Klutz, Luafata
http://www.prel.org/products/Products/Integrat-curri.pdf
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