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Contemporary Readings in Curriculum

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ISBN-10: 1412944724

ISBN-13: 9781412944724

Edition: 2008

Authors: Barbara Slater Stern, Marcella L. Kysilka

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This book combines a number of excellent authors thinking about curriculum. Its a nice blend of known authors and newer writers in the field. Robert C. Morris, University of West Georgia The range of topicsreading, science, artmakes this a complete and comprehensive reader for both novices and experienced educational teachers and leaders. Jeffrey S. Kaplan, University of Central Florida Contemporary Readings in Curriculum p rovides beginning teachers and educational leaders with a series of articles that can help them build their curriculum knowledge base Key Features and Benefits · Provides a historical context of the curriculum field, giving…    
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Book details

List price: $151.00
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: SAGE Publications, Incorporated
Publication date: 3/20/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 416
Size: 7.50" wide x 9.25" long x 0.79" tall
Weight: 1.540
Language: English

Dr. Marcella L. Kysilka, professor emerita in the College of Education at the University of Central Florida received her bachelors degree from Ohio State University ; her masters from Kent State University and her Ph.D. in Curriculum and Instruction from the University of Texas at Austin .nbsp; Dr. Kysilka has held many leadership roles in professional organizations including the presidency of Kappa Delta Pi and editor of The Educational Forum, Board of Directors and Leadership Council of the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development and associate editor of the Journal for Curriculum and Supervision, President of Florida Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development,…    

Article Abstracts
Topic Guide
Preface
Acknowledgments
Advisory Board
Where Do We Begin?
Why Education Is So Difficult and Contentious
Questionable Assumptions About Schooling
What Is Curriculum?
Research Note: What is Really Important in the Curriculum World?
Curriculum Alignment Revisited
Knowledge Alive
How Do We Think About Curriculum
The Curriculum-Curriculum
Human Agency and the Curriculum
Adolescent Needs, Curriculum and the Eight-Year Study
Toward a Renaissance in Curriculum Theory and Development in the USA
The Information Age: A Blessing or a Curse?
How Can Curriculum Be Organized?
The Memories of an All-Black Northern Urban School: Good Memories of Leadership, Teachers, and the Curriculum
Integrating High School and the Community College: Previous Efforts and Current Possibilities
Building a Plane While Flying It: Early Lessons From Developing Charter Schools
What Is The Status Of The Academic Curriculum?
Learning to Read in Kindergarten: Has Curriculum Development Bypassed the Controversies?
Literacy Education and Reading Programs in the Secondary School: Status, Problems, and Solutions
A Deeper Sense of Literacy: Curriculum-Driven Approaches to Media Literacy in the K-12 Classroom
War, Critical Thinking, and Self-Understanding
The Math Wars
Chemistry, The Central Science? The History of the High School Science Sequence
School days (Hail, Hail Rock 'n' Roll!)
What Is The Extra- Or Co- Curriculum?
Extracurricular Activities and Adolescent Development
After-School Programs Are Making a Difference
The Effect of Interscholastic Sports Participation on Academic Achievement of Middle Level School Students
Hearts and Minds: Military Recruitment and the High School Battlefield
Are There Political Aspects To Curriculum?
Curriculum Matters
Cashing In On the Classroom
Politics of Character Education
No Pot of Gold at the End of the Rainbow
A Contemporary Controversy in American Education: Including Intelligen Design in the Science Curriculum
How Does The Curriculum Meet The Needs of Diverse Populations?
The Plains City Story
How Global is the Curriculum?
Designing Appropriate Curriculum for Special Education Students in Urban Schools
Urban Public High School Teachers' Beliefs About Science Learner Characteristics: Implications for Curriculum
Tried and True: The Rural School Curriculum in the Age of Accountability
What Are Current Hot-Button Issues in Curriculum?
Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment: Amiable Allies or Phony Friends?
It's the Curriculum, Stupid: There's Something Wrong with It
Teaching for Social Justice, Diversity, and Citizenship in a Global World
Beyond Zero Tolerance: Restoring Justice in Secondary Schools
Where Are We Now?
It's Time to Start the Slow School Movement
The Lure of Learning in Teaching
Internet Resources
About the Editors
Index