Providing an Equitable Education Through Curriculum Transformation
| dc.contributor.advisor | Harris, Alene | |
| dc.contributor.author | Cook, Shereen | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2010-04-19T17:38:01Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2010-04-19T17:38:01Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2008 | |
| dc.description | Teaching and Learning Department capstone project | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | The purpose of this essay is to identify criteria within curricula that contribute to providing equitable education and to analyze and evaluate one curriculum based on these criteria. I first describe school-based factors that contribute to the achievement gap, in order to demonstrate the need for curricular change. Then I describe the criteria used to create the curriculum evaluation tool, which addresses four categories: learners and learning, the learning environment, curriculum materials and instructional strategies, and assessment. Finally, I use the evaluation tool to analyze and evaluate a sixth grade language arts curriculum to determine the degree to which the curriculum provides an equitable education. | en_US |
| dc.description.college | Peabody College of Education and Human Development | en_US |
| dc.description.department | Department of Teaching and Learning | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1803/4006 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Vanderbilt University. Peabody College | en_US |
| dc.subject | multicultural education | en_US |
| dc.subject | equitable education | en_US |
| dc.subject | curriculum transformation | en_US |
| dc.subject | achievement gap | en_US |
| dc.subject | curriculum evaluation tool | en_US |
| dc.subject | culturally responsive teaching | en_US |
| dc.subject | critical multiculturalism | en_US |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Multicultural education -- United States | en_US |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Curriculum planning -- United States | en_US |
| dc.title | Providing an Equitable Education Through Curriculum Transformation | en_US |
| dc.type | Capstone | en_US |