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Treating curriculum reform as a design problem is a basic proposition of Designs for Science Literacy. Designs deals with the critical issues involved in assembling sound instructional materials into a coherent K-12 whole. Rather than providing step-by-step instructions for creating an actual curriculum, Designs guides readers in applying general design principles to specific aspects of the curriculum. By offering a variety of options for restructuring time, instructional strategies, and content, Designs shows how to approach the curriculum design challenge in different ways to create very different curricula that serve a common set of learning goals.

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PART I
DESIGN AND THE CURRICULUM
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CHAPTER 2: CURRICULUM SPECIFICATIONS
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PART II
DESIGNING TOMORROW'S CURRICULUM
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CHAPTER 3: DESIGN BY ASSEMBLY
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CHAPTER 4: CURRICULUM BLOCKS
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CHAPTER 5: HOW IT COULD BE: THREE STORIES
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PART III
IMPROVING TODAY'S CURRICULUM
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CHAPTER 6: BUILDING PROFESSIONAL CAPABILITY
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CHAPTER 7: UNBURDENING THE CURRICULUM
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CHAPTER 8: INCREASING CURRICULUM COHERENCE
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EPILOGUE: ANOTHER LOOK AT DESIGNS
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
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INDEX
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CREDITS
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