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When students in urban settings confront curriculum or pedagogy
that is not responsive to their diverse learning experiences, the
result is underachievement. Educators, parents, and teachers
recognize that meeting the needs of academic, cultural, economic
and linguistic diversity among learners occurs when their
individual diversity is met with a diverse curriculum.The Parallel
Curriculum Model (PCM) is designed to be responsive to different
populations in different contexts. PCM implementation in
heterogeneous classrooms assists students in demonstrating
abilities that are not visible when the traditional, or regular
rubric, is used. The authors provide lessons that show educators
how to reinforce basic content, connect previously and newly
acquired content to form new understandings, and affirm a student's
identity as a scholar. Using the Parallel Curriculum Model in Urban
Settings, Grades K-8 provides educators in urban settings with
detailed parallel curriculum lessons and strategies to enhance the
learning experience of diverse students.
'The Parallel Curriculum Model helps teachers not only strengthen
their knowledge and pedagogy, but also rediscover a passion for
their discipline based on their deeper, more connected
understanding. Our students think critically and deeply at a level
I have never before witnessed.'uTony Poole, PrincipalSky Vista
Middle School, Aurora, CO'What makes this book unique is its
insistence on the development of conceptual understanding of
content and its focus on the abilities, interests, and learning
preferences of each student.'uH. Lynn Erickson, Educational
ConsultantAuthor of Stirring the Head, Heart, and Soul'The approach
honors the integrity of the disciplines while remaining responsive
to the diversity of learners that teachers encounter.'uJay McTighe,
Educational ConsultantCoauthor of Understanding by DesignEngage
students with a rich curriculum that strengthens their capacity as
learners and thinkers!Based on the premise that every learner is
somewhere on a path toward expertise in a content area, this
resource promotes a curriculum model for developing the abilities
of all students and extending the abilities of students who perform
at advanced levels. The Parallel Curriculum Model (PCM) offers four
curriculum parallels that incorporate the element of Ascending
Intellectual Demand to help teachers determine current student
performance levels and develop intellectual challenges to move
learners along a continuum toward expertise. Updated throughout and
reflecting state and national content standards, this new
edition:Helps teachers design learning experiences that develop
PreKu12 learners' analytical, critical, and creative thinking
skills in each subject areaProvides a framework for planning
differentiated curriculumIncludes examples of curriculum units,
sample rubrics, and tables to help implement the PCM modelThe
Parallel Curriculum effectively promotes educational equity and
excellence by ensuring that all students are adequately challenged
and supported through a multidimensional, high-quality curriculum.
The Parallel Curriculum Model in the Classroom, Book 2 contains a
series of essays designed to further develop key ideas from the
original book, including model guidelines, applications, and
experiences from high quality educators that have utilized the
Parallel Curriculum Model. The book presents curriculum units that
were developed by using the PCM. The units included in the book
represent primary, elementary, middle and high school. Disciplines
include social studies, science, art, and language arts.
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