{"id":8008,"date":"2019-12-02T05:11:32","date_gmt":"2019-12-02T05:11:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/aletheiabaptistministries.org\/Blog\/?page_id=8008"},"modified":"2020-04-23T22:03:28","modified_gmt":"2020-04-23T22:03:28","slug":"from-the-catbird-seat-articles-list","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/aletheiabaptistministries.org\/Blog\/from-the-catbird-seat-articles-list\/","title":{"rendered":"From the Catbird Seat Articles List"},"content":{"rendered":"

Debra Conley is a retired literature teacher and now edits, writes and consults in various capacities.\u00a0Her 25+ years of classroom experience both in public and private institutions provides us with a professional and much needed perspective.\u00a0 How are we training up the next generation both in the traditional school setting and in Sunday School?\u00a0 What can we do better?\u00a0 Where do I find education resources?<\/p>\r\n

\u201cFrom the Catbird Seat\u201d<\/a>\u00a0is a collection of articles specifically geared toward elementary school and high school learning.<\/p>\r\n

The omniscient view, as this column’s title phrase suggests, is not within the human realm.\u00a0 My hope, however, is to draw upon 25+ years of classroom instruction in both public and private institutions, as well as my experience as curriculum director and home-school implementation coordinator.\u00a0 This experience has provided valuable insights into core curriculums that work, ones that do not, and supplemental programs which you as a parent may find needful and helpful.\u00a0 I will also continue to review books for you, especially with the idea of using such books in supplement to your current public, private, or home-school study program.\u00a0 Those book reviews are included in “The Book Shelf”<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

What is “core” curriculum?\u00a0 This refers to the primary resource for learning a subject that an instructor or school system has chosen to use.\u00a0 It should have a name — Harcourt Brace or A Beka, for example.\u00a0 It should be designed to supply certain minimum learning steps and or premises of each primary subject.\u00a0 These primary subjects are math, science, language, and social studies\/history.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

In the February 2001<\/strong><\/a> issue of Aletheia<\/em>, I will begin a series advising you about what to look for in a core curriculum and how to evaluate if it is a good program. \u00a0<\/p>\r\n

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