Curriculum essentials : a resource for educators
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Curriculum essentials : a resource for educators
Pearson/Allyn & Bacon, c2005
2nd ed
- : alk. paper
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
A brief and invitingly priced text, Curriculum Essentials, Second Edition, serves as an excellent resource and guide to help pre-service teachers learn everything they need to know about (K-12) curriculum development.
Table of Contents
Each chapter begins with "Overview" and concludes with "Summary," "Suggested Readings," and "Endnotes." Table of Figures
Preface.
Using This Book.
1. Ideas About Curriculum.
Dates of Significance.
Definitions of Curriculum.
Names to Know.
Essential Books for Study.
Annotated Bibliography.
Ideas and Theories About Curriculum.
2. Models, Documents, Laws and Research.
School Models.
Important Documents.
Critical Legal Rulings.
Paradigms and Conceptual Models.
Research Bases.
3. The Development Process.
The Development Process.
Criteria for Decisions.
Role of Philosophy.
Goals and Objectives.
Standards.
Curriculum Designs.
Alignment, Maps, frameworks.
Needs Assessments.
Content Designs.
Instructional Linkage.
4. Links for Curriculum Improvement.
Leadership.
Systems.
Change.
Management.
Committees and Groups.
Climates.
Staff development.
Evaluation.
Technology.
5. Applications.
Young Learners.
Disadvantaged Learners.
Preadolescent Learners.
Exceptional Learners.
Gifted or Talented Learners.
Bilingual Learners.
Adolescent Learners.
Virtual and Home Schooled Learners.
The Special Case of Inclusion.
Postscript.
Appendices.
A. The Self-Taught Reader Bibliography
B. Glossary of Common Terms
C. Curriculum Development Resources
D. Teaching Outlines
Index.
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