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ERIC Number: EJ616887
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2000
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ISSN: ISSN-0009-4056
Middle Schools Should Be Both Learner-Centered and Subject-Centered. Issues in Education.
Manning, M. Lee; Bucher, Katherine T.
Childhood Education, v77 n1 p41-42 Fall 2000
Maintains that the most effective middle school educators focus on both learners and subject matter. Examines the subject-centered middle school patterned after junior high school models, the learner-centered middle school emerging in the 1960s, and the either-or dilemma. Asserts that adopting both perspectives holds the best potential for nurturing young adolescents. (KB)
Descriptors: Curriculum, Middle School Students, Middle Schools, Models, Student Centered Curriculum, Student Needs
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Subject Centered Curriculum