The purpose of this research was to investigate strategies employed by primary teachers to support the non-isiXhosa speaking learners of Mthatha Education District. This was the researcher’s observation and concern emanating from the difficulties displayed by her non-isiXhosa speaking learners, as the medium of instruction in these schools is not their mother tongue. The language of learning and teaching (LOLT) is isiXhosa in the school where the research was conducted. The school is composed of non-isiXhosa speaking and isiXhosa speaking learners. The research sought to address the following questions: 1 What strategies are employed by Mthatha district teachers to support non- isiXhosa speaking learners? 2 What challenges do Mthatha teachers face in supporting the non-isiXhosa speaking learners? 3 How do Mthatha teachers overcome the challenges they face in supporting the non-isiXhosa speaking learners? The qualitative design approach was used in this study. The study was a case study of one Mthatha primary school. Face-to-face interviews were used to collect the data from the six female teachers who teach from Grade 1 to Grade 6 and one male teacher who is the principal of the selected school, and who teaches English and Life Orientation from Grade 7 to Grade 9. The interviews were tape-recorded. The data collection process began after all the ethical consideration requirements were fulfilled and approved by the relevant stakeholders of the research. The thematic approach was adopted as data analysis of the study was guided by the responses given to the questions asked of interviewed teachers. The research showed the following results which surfaced from the data provided by the respondents: (i) Teachers employed few teaching strategies to support the non-isiXhosa speaking learners in their multilingual classroom. The interviewed teachers expressed their challenges as stemming from the large numbers of learners in their classrooms; (ii) IsiXhosa as a language of learning and teaching was a challenge for the non-isiXhosa speaking learners. (iii) Absenteeism and indiscipline by non-isiXhosa speaking learners (iv) Limited or non-involvement of parents in the education of children The data also showed that there was limited support to empower teachers to deal with multilingual classrooms. The study made the following and other recommendations based on the results: teachers should use many teaching strategies in linguistically diverse classrooms. The school management teams (SMTs) should admit learners in relation to the number of teachers available in a school. It is also recommended that schools implement the language policy as it relates to the learners in each classroom. The DoE should increase parental involvement in the education of their children and also provide professional support to teachers.

This study was conducted to assess the implementation of the expanded core curriculum for learners with visual impairments in special schools in Zambia sub – Saharan Africa. A qualitative case study was used. The main instruments in data collection were face-to-face interviews, a focus group discussion, questionnaire and documents. Data was collected from 28 learners with visual impairments from Grade 5 to 12, 22 teachers from 3 selected special schools; 10 university students, 1 lecturer at university level; 2 college lecturers and 2 curriculum specialists. All the participants were sampled using the purposive sampling procedure. The study found that ECC was taught in segmented patterns without a curriculum guide and learners did not learn all the skills. Methodologies used in teacher training and at school level were inadequate. The main challenges were lack of clear curriculum on ECC, lack of time allocated for teaching ECC, non-availability of teaching and learning resources. The strategies to improve delivery of ECC included formulation of clear ECC and improvement in personnel preparation. The findings offer insight into the kind of ECC skills offered in schools and the challenges that hinder the full teaching of skills. In order to improve skills delivery, all stakeholders: teachers, trainers, curriculum specialists and parents, should collaborate. / Inclusive Education / D. Ed. (Inclusive Education)

A curriculum is a mirror reflecting the identity, goals, aims and objectives of any nation. The kind of graduates a country has are a reflection of the type of curriculum and the success of any curriculum depends on the involvement of those who implement it. Teachers in particular are the ‘engine’ of curriculum success but can also be the architects of its downfall. Zambia launched the 2013 curriculum framework in January 2014. However, with a worldwide historical trend of discrimination against disability and to some extent against teachers of learners with disabilities, it was imperative to undertake this study to establish how the 2013 revised curriculum was being implemented in teaching Learners with Special Educational Needs in Zambia. Without knowledge of whether special education teachers were involved in the curriculum process or not, it was further imperative to study their involvement in the curriculum development process and its implementation. This study sampled one hundered and twenty (120) special education teachers, twelve (12) Education Standards Officers and two (2) Curriculum Specialists for special education. Questionnaires, interviews, checklists and teacher observations were used to collect data. Questionnaires were administered to special education teachers to collect data of their knowledge about and involvement in curriculum development process, the methods and strategies and the challenges they faced implementing the curriculum. Interviews were administered on Education Standards Officers and Curriculum Specialists for special education to establish their role the curriculum development process, their appreciation of the curriculum change, the challenges they and the teachers faced implementing the curriculum and how they helped to overcome the challenges. By using the observation checklist during lesson observation and post lesson discussions, the researcher managed to collect data about the actual experiences in natural settings – the classroom. The study employed the Convergent Parallel Mixed Methods Design. Quantitative data was analysed by use of the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) to derive statistical interpretations such as frequencies, percentages, standard deviation, mean, significant differences and relationships. Qualitative data was analysed with the help of NVIVO qualitative data software to create themes by coding density and basic cross tabulations by node attribute values. Results were triangulated to come up with a consolidated conclusion. It was established that special education teachers were not involved in the CDP except at implementation and they were implementing the revised curriculum amidst numerous challenges. Lack of involvement in the curriculum development process was linked to special education teachers’ lack of understanding of key concepts necessary for curriculum implementation for LSENs. The study recommends a deliberative cycle of training of special education teachers in the revised curriculum as it relates to special education. The study further calls for the provision of necessary specialised and adapted materials for effective implementation of the revised curriculum. / Curriculum and Instructional Studies / D. Phil. (Education)

The integration of faith and learning has been the object of study of men and women in the Canadian Calvinistic school movement ever since Dr. Abraham Kuyper pointed out that there could be no dichotomy between the sacred and the secular in the life of a Christian. Acting on the traditions, influences and beliefs these `Reformed' Christians had imbibed in their homeland, the Dutch Calvinistic immigrants who came to British Columbia after WW II built Christian schools as soon as they arrived. As they became more established, they formed curriculum committees of teachers who wrote curriculum for each subject area from a Christian perspective, intentionally planning to integrate their faith and learning in all subject areas. By looking at the history and Bible textbooks of not only the Calvinistic (Reformed) Christian day schools in British Columbia and then branching out to the history and Bible textbooks of three other denominational schools, the Mennonite, the Pentecostal and the Lutheran, I have tried to discover how the faith beliefs of each of these groups are brought to bear on the teaching of Bible. In soliciting the strengths of each of these groups from their history, current practise and teacher comments, I have pitched my own proposal as to how the integration of faith and learning can be enhanced in the teaching of Bible. By blending goals, curricula and best practice, as well combining certain faith belief frameworks in interpreting God's Word, by learning in community, and by listening to the Holy Spirit in the text, I believe the teaching of Bible can become `Spirited teaching'. / Religious Studies and Arabic / D.Th.

Learning disabilities are a life-long problem for many individuals. Besides the adjustments all adolescents experience in life, learning disabled adolescents must contend with academic problems at school which have a drastic effect on their selfesteem. This becomes particularly evident when these pupils face the demands of the secondary school syllabus where they have to be able to concentrate, read for information, memorise facts, answer questions and solve problems, and write assignments. By the time learning disabled adolescents reach secondary school they have already experienced so much failure that they become passive towards their studies. Teaching these pupils metacognitive learning strategies covering these skills helps them to become more independent learners. Through executive training procedures they are assisted to become more involved in their studies, the promotion of better self-regulation and self-monitoring is fostered, and as their scores improve, so does their motivation and selfconcept / Educational Studies / M.Ed. (Orthopedagogics)

A growing body of research has emphasised the social processes by which teachers – who are curriculum policy implementing agents – are trained and supported on how to practically implement policies in the classroom. Yet, little attention has been paid to the factors that influence teachers’ interpretation of curriculum policy and how their understanding of policy implementation influences the ways in which they respond to policies. Some research has already been done on the implementation of curriculum policies in schools, with findings centred largely on the disjuncture between policy and practice. Research has also established that much of what teachers are doing in the classroom does not reflect policy. Although teachers have opportunities to enhance the implementation of policy, there are also factors that negatively influence their implementation of educational policy. This is basically because of the gap between the policy makers and the implementing agents. The lack of a shared understanding between these two stakeholders’ results in a perception of policy as a set of strict rules and procedures meant to be followed by teachers. This study aims to develop an understanding of what influences teachers in their attempts to implement the curriculum policy on environmental education in the classroom. The study further aims to gain an understanding, from the practitioners’ perspectives, of how policy implementation challenges their habitual patterns of teaching and schooling and whether, to them, this implementation seems to threaten the conventional disciplinary curricular structures of fixed timetables and depending on textbooks, and leaves little room for outdoor or hands-on activities. The focus on teachers is motivated by the fact that they are the primary curriculum implementers in schools and as such, are expected to play a significant role in implementing the curriculum according to policy. This study advocates an interdisciplinary approach to implementing environmental education policy in teaching and learning in the Natural Sciences. This entails environmental education becoming part of the curriculum, and being taught as a cross-curricula component. In this context, environmental education will form part of teaching and learning in every learning area of the curriculum for the General Education and Training band of the South African education system. What this means for teachers is that they have to integrate environmental concepts or topics within their respective learning areas, and that they have to follow a learner-centred approach that allows learners the opportunity to become active participants, responsible for their own learning. This implies that, for learners to develop knowledge, skills, and correct attitudes regarding the environment, teachers have to use available, local teaching materials or resources. As the classroom becomes free from traditional teaching styles, learners become active and take responsibility for their own learning. They discuss and share ideas with one another, and the teacher becomes the facilitator of the teaching and learning process. / Curriculum and Instructional Studies / D. Ed. (Curriculum Studies)

Este estudo trata das temáticas indígenas em espaços de formação docente a partir de uma perspectiva intercultural nos currículos de formação de professores na área da educação física. Tem por objetivo analisar como as temáticas indígenas são posicionadas no currículo de formação docente da Licenciatura em Educação Física da Universidade Pedagógica Nacional – UPN (Bogotá – Colômbia), bem como as condições de produção discursiva que possibilitaram o aparecimento destas temáticas neste programa de formação. A pesquisa foi desenvolvida partindo de um delineamento descritivo com uma abordagem teórico-metodológico qualitativa realizada em seis momentos: o primeiro constituído por uma descrição e contextualização do Sistema Nacional de Educação e da constituição histórica da formação docente na Colômbia. O segundo, uma descrição histórica do processo de consolidação da educação física no ensino superior colombiano, seguido de um mapeamento dos programas de formação docente na área ou afins ofertados atualmente no país, enfatizando específicamente no Projeto Curricular da Licenciatura em Educação Física (PCLEF) da UPN. O terceiro, um diálogo conceitual entre a teoria pós-colonial, a interculturalidade e a descolonialidade em relação com o campo das práticas corporais indígenas O quarto momento, realiza um mapeamento da produção acadêmica relacionada às práticas corporais indígenas tanto na Colômbia quanto no Brasil para, no quinto momento, abordar os fundamentos e percursos metodológicos desde a análise do discurso (AD), partindo de um conjunto diverso de arquivos que constituem as materialidades empíricas desta investigação. Na parte das análises e discussões resultantes do processo interpretativo argumento que as temáticas indígenas no PCLEF da UPN são posicionadas como socialmente relevantes dentro da concepção humanista que sustentou a reformulação do programa, mas no processo de concretização dos planos das disciplinas ainda é posicionado como um tema academicamente exótico. Nas considerações finais, destaco o quão importante é para o processo de formação dos estudantes a abordagem e o desenvolvimento das temáticas indígenas no programa de licenciatura da FEF da UPN, estruturada sobre uma concepção humanista, o que permitiria assimilar outras formas de conhecimentos e práticas culturais até o momento pouco tratadas pelo universo logicamente estabelecido, no qual se fundamenta a disciplina acadêmica e que fazem parte do campo de atuação profissional do licenciado no país. / This research approaches indigenous topics in teacher training environments. The objective of this research is to analyze how indigenous topics are introduced into the curricula of the teacher training environments at the Universidad Pedagógica Nacional in Bogotá. The objective of this research is to analyze the way indigenous topics get positions in the teacher training curricula at the Physical Education Faculty of the Colombian Pedagogical University and in the same way the discursive condition productions appearance. The research was developed setting off from a descriptive outlining with a qualitative methodological - theoretical approach developed in six stages: the first one is constituted by the description and the environment of the National Education System and the contextualization of the Educational System and Teacher Training in Colombia. The second one is a historic description of the process of consolidation of the Physical Education in Colombia's Higher Education, followed by the mapping in the programs by Teacher Training in the field of physed and related programs. The third one is a conceptual dialogue among the postcolonial theory, the intercultural chain, and decolonization and their relationship with the study of indigenous bodily practice In the fourth stage there is an increase in the academic output related to indigenous bodily practice in Colombia and Brazil, and the fifth stage approaches the fundamentals and methodological ways to discourse analysis setting off from a diverse number of archives that constitutes empirical knowledge. In the section of analysis and discussions resulting from the interpretative process of indigenous themes in the PCLEF at the UPN are socially important positioned within the humanistic concept that supported the remake of the programs, but in the process of making it true these theories are seen as something exotic. It is important for the teachers to be to have into account the indigenous topics structured in a humanistic point of view because these topics are important for the graduate professional. / Este estudio aborda las temáticas indígenas en espacios de formación docente a partir de una perspectiva intercultural en los currículos de formación de profesores en el área de la educación física. Tiene por objetivo analizar cómo las temáticas indígenas se posicionan en el currículo de formación docente de la Licenciatura en Educación física de la Universidad Pedagógica Nacional – UPN (Bogota – Colombia), bien como las condiciones de producción discursivas que posibilitaron su aparecimiento en el mismo programa de formación. La investigación fue desarrollada partiendo de un delineamiento descriptivo con un abordaje teórico-metodológico cualitativo realizado en seis momentos: el primero constituído por una descripción y contextualización del Sistema Nacional de Educación y la constitución histórica de la formación docente en Colombia. El segundo, una descripción histórica del proceso de consolidación de la Educación Física en la Educación Superior Colombiana, seguido por un mapeo de los programas de formación docente en el área o afines ofertados actualmente en el país, para luego enfatizar la atención en el Proyecto Curricular de la Licenciatura en Educación Física (PCLEF) de la UPN. El tercero, un diálogo conceptual entre la teoría poscolonial, la interculturalidad y la decolonialidad y su relación con el campo de estudio de las prácticas corporales indígenas. En el cuarto momento, se realiza un levantamiento de la producción académica relacionada con las prácticas corporales indígenas tanto en Colombia como en Brasil, para en el quinto momento, abordar los fundamentos y caminos metodológicos desde el análisis de discurso (AD) partiendo de un conjunto diverso de archivos que constituyen las materialidades empíricas En la parte de los análisis y discusiones resultantes del proceso interpretativo argumento que las temáticas indígenas en el PCLEF de la UPN son posicionadas como socialmente relevantes dentro de la concepción humanista que sustentó la reformulación del programa, pero en el proceso de concretización en la planeación de las disciplinas todavía estas temáticas son posicionadas como un tema académicamente exótico. En las consideraciónes finales destaco cuan importante es para el proceso de formación de los estudiantes el abordaje y desarrollo de las temáticas indígenas en el programa de la licenciatura de la FEF de la UPN estructurada sobre una concepción humanista, lo que permitiria entender otras formas de conocimiento y practicas culturales hasta el momento poco tratadas en el universo logicamente establecido en que se fundamenta la disciplina académica y que hacen parte del campo de acción profesional del licenciado en el país.

Nesta dissertação será abordada a política da educação profissional no Estado do Paraná, a partir de 2003, e sua efetivação no Colégio X, mantido pela Secretaria de Estado da Educação (SEED-PR). O estudo de caso teve como objeto o Curso Técnico em Turismo, integrado ao ensino médio e ofertado pela referida instituição. Com base na pesquisa do tipo qualitativa, buscou-se analisar a oferta do curso Técnico em Turismo, integrado ao ensino médio do Colégio X na perspectiva apontada pelos documentos oficiais. Perpassaram pelos estudos questões relacionadas aos recursos materiais e aos humanos do curso. Destarte, foram estabelecidas relações entre a infraestrutura do Colégio X, disponibilizada ao referido curso técnico em relação às recomendações do Catálogo Nacional de Cursos Técnicos (CNCT). Também foi analisado o PPP do curso em relação às Diretrizes da Educação Profissional do Paraná (DEPs) bem como, caracterizado o corpo docente do mencionado curso, no qual pesquisamos suas representações acerca do trabalho como princípio e ensino médio integrado, categorias fundantes das DEPs. Os resultados revelaram que a infraestrutura (recursos materiais) se mostra insuficiente em relação às recomendações do CTNC, e que o PPP do Colégio X se encontra diametralmente oposto aos fundamentos das DEPs quando comparado os fundamentos de cada um desses documentos. Na caracterização dos professores, entre outros levantamentos, apuramos profissionais sem vínculos empregatícios, notadamente quando se trata dos docentes das disciplinas técnicas. Ainda foi constatado que suas formações continuadas, ofertadas pela mantenedora, não vem atendendo as especificidades para a formação técnica em turismo. Acerca das DEPs e dos fundamentos filosóficos que a sustentam, apuramos que um reduzido número de professores tem conhecimento sobre o assunto. A grande maioria dos docentes demostraram distanciamentos do referido documento e incompreensões acerca das categorias investigadas. Por fim, quando estudamos a história e estabelecemos relação com a atualidade, os dados revelam que pouco se alterou ao longo da existência da educação profissional no Brasil, marcada por sua dualidade estrutural. / In this dissertation will be addressed the professional education policy in the State of Paraná, since 2003, and its effectuation at school X, maintained by the State Department of education (SEED-PR). The case study had as object the technical course in tourism, integrated to high school and offered by the referred institution. On the basis of qualitative study, aimed to analyze the supply of technical course in Tourism, integrated into the high school of College X in the perspective indicated by the official documents. Permeated by studies issues related to material and human resources of the course. Thus, relations have been established between the infrastructure of the College X, provided to the referred technical course in relation to the recommendations of the national catalogue of technical courses (CNCT). Was also analyzed the PPP of the course in relation to the guidelines of the Professional Education of Paraná (DEPs) and yet, characterized the teaching staff of the mentioned course, in which we research their representations about work as a principle and integrated high school, foundational DEPs categories. The results revealed that the infrastructure (material resources) is insufficient compared to the recommendations of CTNC, and that the College‟s X PPP is diametrically opposed to the fundamentals of the DEPs when compared the fundamentals of each of these documents. In the characterization of teachers, among other surveys, we found no professional employment relationships, especially when it comes from teachers of technical subjects. Still was verified that their continued education, offered by the maintaining entity, does not answer the specifics for technical training in tourism. About the DEPs and the philosophical foundations that support it, was found that a small number of teachers have knowledge about it. The vast majority of teachers demonstrated distancing from the document and misunderstandings about the categories investigated. Finally, when we study the history and establish relationship with the present, the data shows that little has changed over the existence of professional education in Brazil, notably marked by its structural duality.

Este estudo trata das temáticas indígenas em espaços de formação docente a partir de uma perspectiva intercultural nos currículos de formação de professores na área da educação física. Tem por objetivo analisar como as temáticas indígenas são posicionadas no currículo de formação docente da Licenciatura em Educação Física da Universidade Pedagógica Nacional – UPN (Bogotá – Colômbia), bem como as condições de produção discursiva que possibilitaram o aparecimento destas temáticas neste programa de formação. A pesquisa foi desenvolvida partindo de um delineamento descritivo com uma abordagem teórico-metodológico qualitativa realizada em seis momentos: o primeiro constituído por uma descrição e contextualização do Sistema Nacional de Educação e da constituição histórica da formação docente na Colômbia. O segundo, uma descrição histórica do processo de consolidação da educação física no ensino superior colombiano, seguido de um mapeamento dos programas de formação docente na área ou afins ofertados atualmente no país, enfatizando específicamente no Projeto Curricular da Licenciatura em Educação Física (PCLEF) da UPN. O terceiro, um diálogo conceitual entre a teoria pós-colonial, a interculturalidade e a descolonialidade em relação com o campo das práticas corporais indígenas O quarto momento, realiza um mapeamento da produção acadêmica relacionada às práticas corporais indígenas tanto na Colômbia quanto no Brasil para, no quinto momento, abordar os fundamentos e percursos metodológicos desde a análise do discurso (AD), partindo de um conjunto diverso de arquivos que constituem as materialidades empíricas desta investigação. Na parte das análises e discussões resultantes do processo interpretativo argumento que as temáticas indígenas no PCLEF da UPN são posicionadas como socialmente relevantes dentro da concepção humanista que sustentou a reformulação do programa, mas no processo de concretização dos planos das disciplinas ainda é posicionado como um tema academicamente exótico. Nas considerações finais, destaco o quão importante é para o processo de formação dos estudantes a abordagem e o desenvolvimento das temáticas indígenas no programa de licenciatura da FEF da UPN, estruturada sobre uma concepção humanista, o que permitiria assimilar outras formas de conhecimentos e práticas culturais até o momento pouco tratadas pelo universo logicamente estabelecido, no qual se fundamenta a disciplina acadêmica e que fazem parte do campo de atuação profissional do licenciado no país. / This research approaches indigenous topics in teacher training environments. The objective of this research is to analyze how indigenous topics are introduced into the curricula of the teacher training environments at the Universidad Pedagógica Nacional in Bogotá. The objective of this research is to analyze the way indigenous topics get positions in the teacher training curricula at the Physical Education Faculty of the Colombian Pedagogical University and in the same way the discursive condition productions appearance. The research was developed setting off from a descriptive outlining with a qualitative methodological - theoretical approach developed in six stages: the first one is constituted by the description and the environment of the National Education System and the contextualization of the Educational System and Teacher Training in Colombia. The second one is a historic description of the process of consolidation of the Physical Education in Colombia's Higher Education, followed by the mapping in the programs by Teacher Training in the field of physed and related programs. The third one is a conceptual dialogue among the postcolonial theory, the intercultural chain, and decolonization and their relationship with the study of indigenous bodily practice In the fourth stage there is an increase in the academic output related to indigenous bodily practice in Colombia and Brazil, and the fifth stage approaches the fundamentals and methodological ways to discourse analysis setting off from a diverse number of archives that constitutes empirical knowledge. In the section of analysis and discussions resulting from the interpretative process of indigenous themes in the PCLEF at the UPN are socially important positioned within the humanistic concept that supported the remake of the programs, but in the process of making it true these theories are seen as something exotic. It is important for the teachers to be to have into account the indigenous topics structured in a humanistic point of view because these topics are important for the graduate professional. / Este estudio aborda las temáticas indígenas en espacios de formación docente a partir de una perspectiva intercultural en los currículos de formación de profesores en el área de la educación física. Tiene por objetivo analizar cómo las temáticas indígenas se posicionan en el currículo de formación docente de la Licenciatura en Educación física de la Universidad Pedagógica Nacional – UPN (Bogota – Colombia), bien como las condiciones de producción discursivas que posibilitaron su aparecimiento en el mismo programa de formación. La investigación fue desarrollada partiendo de un delineamiento descriptivo con un abordaje teórico-metodológico cualitativo realizado en seis momentos: el primero constituído por una descripción y contextualización del Sistema Nacional de Educación y la constitución histórica de la formación docente en Colombia. El segundo, una descripción histórica del proceso de consolidación de la Educación Física en la Educación Superior Colombiana, seguido por un mapeo de los programas de formación docente en el área o afines ofertados actualmente en el país, para luego enfatizar la atención en el Proyecto Curricular de la Licenciatura en Educación Física (PCLEF) de la UPN. El tercero, un diálogo conceptual entre la teoría poscolonial, la interculturalidad y la decolonialidad y su relación con el campo de estudio de las prácticas corporales indígenas. En el cuarto momento, se realiza un levantamiento de la producción académica relacionada con las prácticas corporales indígenas tanto en Colombia como en Brasil, para en el quinto momento, abordar los fundamentos y caminos metodológicos desde el análisis de discurso (AD) partiendo de un conjunto diverso de archivos que constituyen las materialidades empíricas En la parte de los análisis y discusiones resultantes del proceso interpretativo argumento que las temáticas indígenas en el PCLEF de la UPN son posicionadas como socialmente relevantes dentro de la concepción humanista que sustentó la reformulación del programa, pero en el proceso de concretización en la planeación de las disciplinas todavía estas temáticas son posicionadas como un tema académicamente exótico. En las consideraciónes finales destaco cuan importante es para el proceso de formación de los estudiantes el abordaje y desarrollo de las temáticas indígenas en el programa de la licenciatura de la FEF de la UPN estructurada sobre una concepción humanista, lo que permitiria entender otras formas de conocimiento y practicas culturales hasta el momento poco tratadas en el universo logicamente establecido en que se fundamenta la disciplina académica y que hacen parte del campo de acción profesional del licenciado en el país.

The purposes of this dissertation were to determine the constitutional rights of parents to shield their children from exposure to parts of the public school curriculum that the parents find objectionable on religious, moral, or other grounds and to determine the statutory rights of parents to remove, or opt-out, their children from objectionable parts or all of the public school curriculum as set forth in the statutes of the 50 states and the District of Columbia. Many pivotal federal court cases dealing with parent rights and curricular issues, including Mozert v. Hawkins County Board of Education (1987), Vandiver v. Hardin County Board of Education (1987), Brown v. Hot, Sexy, & Safer Productions, Inc. (1995), Leebaert v. Harrington (2003), and Parker v. Hurley (2008) were surveyed using legal research methods. Specific types of curriculum opt-outs (e.g., sex education, comprehensive health programs, HIV/AIDS instruction) granted by each state were ascertained. States' statutes and regulations were categorized as non-existent, restrictive, or permissive based on the scope and breadth of each state's curriculum opt-out statute or regulation. A long list of federal court rulings have provided public schools the right to teach what school boards and administrators determine is appropriate. Parents did not have any constitutional right to opt their children out of public school curriculum. Many states' legislatures have granted parents a statutory right to opt their children out of certain parts of school curricula. In this study, 7 states had non-existent statutes or regulations, 18 states had restrictive statutes or regulations, and 26 states had permissive statutes or regulations.