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

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. Bunn proposes a new three-way intersection in these teachings: the basic sciences and mechanics of levering on a seesaw, the basic formulations of patterning an algebraic equation, and the basic rules for writing a sentence in English. In all three forms of inquiry, balance is the mainstay through which problems in US middle school education are brought together and analyzed. 

List 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. 

Product details

• Authors: James H. Bunn
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 13.07.2018
• EAN: 9783319834429
• ISBN: 978-3-31-983442-9
• No. of pages: 227
• Dimensions: 148 mm x 13 mm x 210 mm
• Weight: 349 g
• Illustrations: XIII, 227 p. 10 illus.
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Kindergarten and pre-school education; B, Education, assessment, Child development, Assessment, Testing and Evaluation, Education: examinations & assessment, Early Childhood Education, Education—Curricula, Curriculum planning & development, Curriculums (Courses of study), Curriculum Studies