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Wednesday, September 25, 2019

Was Daedalus really stricken with grief when Icarus fell into the sea? Or just disappointed by the design failure? – Fred Klonsky

Was Daedalus really stricken with grief when Icarus fell into the sea? Or just disappointed by the design failure? – Fred Klonsky

WAS DAEDALUS REALLY STRICKEN WITH GRIEF WHEN ICARUS FELL INTO THE SEA? OR JUST DISAPPOINTED BY THE DESIGN FAILURE?

Was Daedalus really stricken with grief when Icarus fell into the sea? Or just disappointed by the design failure? -Alison Bechdel
As a K-5 art teacher the curriculum was a yearly construction and reconstruction, and always based fundamentally on what was interesting to me and what interested my students.
As a student in Professor Schubert’s education classes I was introduced to Ralph Tyler’s Basic Principles of Curriculum and Instruction which contained Tyler’s four basic curriculum questions:
1.  What educational purposes should the school seek to attain?
2.  What educational learning experiences can be provided that are likely to attain these purposes?
3.  How can these educational experiences be effectively organized?
4.  How can we determine whether these purposes are being attained?