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| The atrophied curriculum: From innovative thinking to the teaching practice |
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| Written by J. Carlos González Faraco | |
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This paper introduces a longitudinal investigation about the aspects of
the Innovative Educational Projects in Andalusia, in the Environmental
Education field. The analyzed period goes from the mid-eighties till
the present time. The aim is to study the process of school
construction of cross-curricular topics, with a special interest to the
teacher decisions. The facts show that, on the way from the written
project till its practical development, there are a number of
restrictions and adaptations which end up isolating the innovative
experiments in exceptional and specific curricular times and places,
and making inactive their own capacity to produce a complete
educational change in the school and even in the community. J. Carlos González Faraco Key words: Curricular Innovation, Environmental Education, Teacher’s Thinking |