Can you recommend a good book (or journal, or webpage) on differentiated instruction? [more inside]
posted by Elagabalus on May 31, 2009 - 7 answers

Why aren't life skills taught in schools? [more inside]
posted by sixcolors on Apr 13, 2009 - 39 answers

If you could plan a high school course introducing freshmen to the short story, what stories would you recommend? [more inside]
posted by John of Michigan on Apr 4, 2009 - 72 answers

Ancient Civilizations Crash Course: I have to teach a course beginning in February...and I don't know anything! [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Dec 16, 2008 - 20 answers

What are some good resources on teaching micro business in developing countries? [more inside]
posted by cusr0002 on Jul 26, 2008 - 2 answers

Can anyone recommend a good secular homeschool science curriculum package that includes materials needed for experiments? [more inside]
posted by Zinger on Jun 9, 2008 - 2 answers

Has anyone ever considered listing their distributed computing contributions (i.e. BOINC or Various@Home scores) as "volunteer work" on a C.V.? [more inside]
posted by tybeet on May 11, 2008 - 9 answers

I'm writing a monstrous paper on the "cross-curricular" teaching method for middle school and high school. I have searched ERIC, JSTOR, and psycINFO with all kinds of keyword combos, and I'm still not coming up with decent theoretical or empirical articles. I really need the help of the Collective BrainFilter. I'll explain further inside... [more inside]
posted by tzikeh on Apr 19, 2008 - 10 answers

Creating a citizenship class for ESOL students: any web resources, books, or other forms of support out there? [more inside]
posted by imposster on Jan 17, 2008 - 1 answer

I have been given the task of designing questions for the biology portion of an 8th grade science competition. Unfortunately I don't know what today's 8th graders are learning in biology, and the people running the competition aren't being much help. [more inside]
posted by Paul KC on Nov 14, 2007 - 6 answers

I'm interested in learning about curriculum development. More specifically on understanding what types of information different age students can understand and be challenged by, without "going over their helmet". [more inside]
posted by peripatew on Mar 30, 2007 - 9 answers

Last week AskMe helped me decide to start giving guitar lessons. I've taught many people how to play, but never formally or for pay. I live in an urban area surrounded by schools and rec centers, so getting the word out by flyer will be easy. In order to be properly prepared there is ... [more inside]
posted by snsranch on Oct 3, 2006 - 14 answers

High school (civics) teachers - how do I distribute a civics curriculum? [more inside]
posted by mammary16 on May 30, 2006 - 2 answers

a short story by a continental european writer that directly addresses or suggests conflicts within human nature-- the desire to perform "good" acts vs. our tendency (the temptation) to commit "evil" ones? [more inside]
posted by ronv on Mar 8, 2006 - 10 answers

PhysicsFilter: Some years ago, I heard of an undergraduate curriculum that introduced physics at the quantum level using linear algebra and that did not reach classical mechanics until late in the second semester. From an educational perspective, this method is supposedly more intuitive. What textbooks employ this teaching method?
posted by mischief on Sep 22, 2004 - 9 answers