Is the notion of solid, sequenced, specific, and shared knowledge acquisition really unique to this approach?
The short answer is “yes”. The State’s Core Curriculum is skill-based rather than content-based. Core Knowledge explicitly lays out what content a child should know at each grade and that content is connected and repeated across grades. The State Core lays out concepts and skills a child should learn at each grade level. No content is connected across grades or repeated. Solid refers to a lasting body of knowledge that we believe should be passed down from one generation to the next. Most public schools cater to changing relevance. Sequenced refers to building on what one already knows. This is common sense. However, as an example, the State’s Core doesn’t have students learning United States history until 5th grade. They enter having no preparation or background knowledge on which to build an understanding. In Core Knowledge, students have a foundation from earlier studies of the Colonies, American Revolution, and the Civil War from grades 1 through 4. Specific refers to content that
The short answer is “yes.” The State’s Core Curriculum is skill-based rather than content-based. Core Knowledge explicitly lays out what content a child should know at each grade and that content is connected and repeated across grades. The State Core lays out concepts and skills a child should learn at each grade level. No content is connected across grades or repeated. Solid refers to a lasting body of knowledge that we believe should be passed down from one generation to the next. Most public schools cater to changing relevance. Sequenced refers to building on what one already knows. This is common sense. However, as an example, the State’s Core doesn’t have students learning United States history until 5th grade. They enter having no preparation or background knowledge on which to build an understanding. In Core Knowledge, students have a foundation from earlier studies of the Colonies, American Revolution, and the Civil War from grades 1 through 4. Specific refers to content that
