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The Analysis of the Developmental Approaches in Science, Health and Technology (DASH) Program Using Posner's Curriculum Model  

Son, Yeon-A (Korean Educational Development Institute)
Chae, Dong-Hyun (Jeonju National University of Education)
Min, Byeong-Mee (Dankook University)
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Journal of The Korean Association For Science Education / v.23, no.4, 2003 , pp. 386-400 More about this Journal
Abstract
This paper presents an analysis of the Developmental Approaches in Science, Health and Technology (DASH) program, a K-6 curriculum developed by the Curriculum Research & Development Group (CRDG) at the University of Hawaii employing the curriculum analysis framework created by Posner. Using this framework the analyst found that the DASH design is based on the research on learning, teaching, and assessment now driving efforts to reform science education at the elementary level. DASH embraces the constructivist idea that learning is a personal and social process and the recapitulation model that new concepts are built out of theories previously learned. DASH provides an understandable, exciting, and memorable experience in the operations of science, health, and technology, and develops their capacity to use the skills and knowledge of science, health, and technology both in and outside school. A number of studies of DASH have examined its functionality, effectiveness of pedagogy and what students learn. The innovative nature of DASH necessitated a multidimensional assessment that included both quantitative and qualitative research techniques. Ongoing development of the DASH program in the research setting of a university laboratory school permits ever deeper connections with emerging curriculum theory and curriculum practice, and allows new linkages as ideas are tested in research classrooms.
Keywords
DASH (Developmental Approaches in Science, Health and Technology); recapitulation model; curriculum analysis;
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