Curriculum: The Teacher's Initiative (3e)

Exceptional in relating curriculum to teaching strategies and methods, this text includes the latest in curriculum development, practice, theory, and instructional strategies based on research in how people learn. This book is designed to engage readers in understanding curriculum, reflecting upon it and carrying out their own role in curriculum making. Constructivist pedagogy is a central element throughout the text.

I. THE CONTEXTS OF CURRICULUM MAKING.

II. GIVING VOICE TO STUDENTS.

III. LABYRINTH OF CURRICULUM RELEVANCE.

IV. STORIES OF SCHOOL SUBJECTS.

V. CREATING CURRICULUM IN THE CLASSROOM.

VI. CURRICULUM MATERIALS AS OPPORTUNITIES FOR CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT.

• Attention to the political and social forces impacting the teacher's role. Provides information on the accountability movement, the profitization of education, changed views of learning and the influence of technology.

  • Prepares the student to find windows of opportunity for curriculum development in increasingly bureaucratic contexts.

• Chapter One, Who Makes Curriculum? Roles and Levels of Decision Making.

  • Describes federal, state and local efforts to control curriculum, and provides specific cases and suggestions that show how teachers can fulfill their moral, critical and professional responsibilities within these official constraints.

• Chapter Two Curriculum in the Context of School Reform.

  • Provides an in-depth, up-to-date examination of the impact of various reform policies on classroom practices.

• Expanded coverage of multiculturalism, globalization, reform, assessment, and standards.

  • Encourages students to consider the most recent trends and issues influencing curriculum development.

• Companion Website, integrated into the text via margin icons.—Includes discussion questions.

  • Provides students with the opportunity to enrich their understanding of chapter content by accessing links to web-based information on key concepts and practices.

• NEW - Attention to the political and social forces impacting the teacher's role. Provides information on the accountability movement, the profitization of education, changed views of learning and the influence of technology.

  • Prepares the student to find windows of opportunity for curriculum development in increasingly bureaucratic contexts.

• NEW - Chapter One, Who Makes Curriculum? Roles and Levels of Decision Making.

  • Describes federal, state and local efforts to control curriculum, and provides specific cases and suggestions that show how teachers can fulfill their moral, critical and professional responsibilities within these official constraints.

• NEW - Chapter Two Curriculum in the Context of School Reform.

  • Provides an in-depth, up-to-date examination of the impact of various reform policies on classroom practices.

• NEW - Expanded coverage of multiculturalism, globalization, reform, assessment, and standards.

  • Encourages students to consider the most recent trends and issues influencing curriculum development.

• NEW - Companion Website, integrated into the text via margin icons.—Includes discussion questions.

  • Provides students with the opportunity to enrich their understanding of chapter content by accessing links to web-based information on key concepts and practices.