Curriculum Development Essay

Empty stomach, empty mind. Like a brimming bowl of Chipotle, a University of Chicago education is customizable, satisfying, and hearty. The familiar amalgamation of rice and beans, meat and vegetables is the essence of any Chipotle product. This delicious bowl, however, is flexible: whether it be mild, medium, or hot, every single bowl will always contain a type of salsa. These broad categories (meat, beans, salsa) diverge into a variety of options (carnitas, sofritas, pinto, black),…

exposure indicates young people are being exposed to sex on the internet even if they are not actively seeking it out. So schools’ assumptions that sex is not something teens are thinking about (a necessary assumption to validate an abstinence-only curriculum) is unfounded.…

This semester of class in Religion 275 has genuinely challenged me, pushed me to think and learn in a more intellectual manner, and has helped me grow as a debater and as a writer. We’ve wrestled with the wide variety of topics in Gadamer’s Truth and Method, we’ve talked about culture and diversity with Voltaire, we’ve dissected the idea of enlightenment with Hume and Kant, and we’ve touched on religion and the value of a liberal education in our last few texts. However, the topic that I have…

After the introduction of the Productive Pedagogies model in Queensland, the New South Wales (NSW) Department of Education and Training commissioned two of its developers to use this as a basis for creating a coherent model of pedagogy which could be used on a school-wide basis in NSW. Associate Professor James Ladwig and Professor Jennifer Gore devised the Quality Teaching Model (QTM), which can be applied across all key learning areas, from Kindergarten through to Grade 12 (Killen, 2016).…

Liberal arts is a worldwide education that offers a strong base of knowledge in several su-bjects. Liberal arts can observe the capabilities as well as the limitations of each field of study. Liberal arts lets students find connections between different fields of studies that interest them, and fields to discover new theories. Liberal arts also allows students to discover areas of interest and to make new ones by joining different subjects. This education provides students with a broad area of…

Sanford Ungar argues the importance that a liberal arts degree holds today in America to those who are skeptic in his article, “The New Liberal Arts.” There are several points Ungar disproves. Ungar states that the job market was tough to crack into among all majors. Liberal arts have nothing to do with politics and can’t be related to democratic ideology according to Ungar. Several institutions that provide secondary education have liberal arts degrees which gives several opportunities for…

the narrow mind set they have created in today’s schools. It leads to an open mind; almost a different way of looking at things. Imagination and creativity flourish in students involved with the arts. Creativity is an underlying necessity in the development of adolescents in today’s education systems. Without a creative factor, students end up viewing school as a dreadful place and become unmotivated—this results in poor performance levels along with significantly decreasing intellectual…

Papers. Midterms. Finals. The number of stressors present in a modern college setting is endless, with the actual causes being unique to every individual. One of the biggest challenges for students, therefore, is finding a way to manage everyday stress in order to make their time in the school more fulfilling and to care for their own personal mental and physical health. That can manifest itself in sports, music, and even leisure reading. I found my own way of handling stress through yoga,…

One goal I have for my freshman year is to succeed in my introductory courses. I do not want to just pass each course; I want to really understand the content and nature of each subject that I am currently taking because each course after the fall quarter builds upon the previous one. My goal GPA is 3.5 or better to be on par for medical school acceptance. I hope to become involved in research this year. I plan to apply to the STARS Scholars Program. I also applied as an undergraduate lab…

Across America, budget cuts in education have directly affected music education, leaving schools with no other option, but to cut music programs. Although often times seen as insignificant, music education is an enormous aid to a student’s success. Music programs create well rounded individuals with irreplaceable 21st century skills, develop brain areas involved in language and reasoning, all this while being a beneficial art form. We cannot permit students across the country getting the…