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Contemporary Issues in Curriculum

ISBN: 9780205489251 | 0205489257
Edition: 4th
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Allyn & Bacon
Pub. Date: 1/1/2007

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SummaryTable of Contents
Balanced yet eclectic in its approach, Contemporary Issues in Curriculum reflects the emergent trends in the field of curriculum. Best coverage of new scholarship in curriculum studies The fourth edition of this issues-oriented collection offers 40 articles by the major thinkers in curriculum study Current and future teachers and curriculum developers
Prefaceix
PART ONE: CURRICULUM AND PHILOSOPHY
1(60)
Professional Profile: Henry A. Giroux
2(3)
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Philosophy as a Basis for Curriculum Decisions
5(7)
Allan C. Ornstein
Goals and Objectives
12(10)
Ronald S. Brandt
Ralph W. Tyler
A Pedagogy of Possibility
22(10)
Peter McLaren
Art and Imagination: Overcoming a Desperate Stasis
32(7)
Maxine Greene
There's Too Much to Teach
39(12)
Jane Roland Martin
Kudzu, Rabbits, and School Reform
51(10)
John I. Goodlad
Pro-Con Chart 1 Should the schools introduce a values-centered curriculum for all students?
59(1)
Case Study 1 A Clash Concerning the Arts Curriculum
60(1)
PART TWO: CURRICULUM AND TEACHING
61(88)
Professional Profile: Jere Brophy
62(2)
Teaching Themes of Care
64(7)
Nel Noddings
The Heart of a Teacher
71(11)
Parker J. Palmer
Critical Issues in Teaching
82(17)
Allan C. Ornstein
Productive Teachers: Assessing the Knowledge Base
99(14)
Herbert J. Walberg
Knowledge and Teaching: Foundations of the New Reform
113(19)
Lee S. Shulman
Honoring Diverse Styles of Beginning Teachers
132(7)
Edward F. Pajak
Elaine Stotko
Frank Masci
Keeping Good Teachers: Why It Matters, What Leaders Can Do
139(10)
Linda Darling-Hammond
Pro-Con Chart 2 Should teachers be held accountable for their teaching?
147(1)
Case Study 2 School District Proposes Evaluations by Students
148(1)
PART THREE: CURRICULUM AND LEARNING
149(76)
Professional Profile: Karen Bang-Jensen Kepler Zumwalt
150(3)
Grappling
153(8)
Theodore R. Sizer
Nancy Faust Sizer
Critical Thinking---What Can It Be?
161(8)
Matthew Lipman
Creating Creative Minds
169(10)
Robert J. Sternberg
Todd I. Lubart
The Cognitive-Developmental Approach to Moral Education
179(13)
Lawrence Kohlberg
A Critical Examination of Character Education
192(16)
Alfie Kohn
Limiting Students' School Success and Life Chances: The Impact of Tracking
208(7)
Jeannie S. Oakes
What is a ``Public School''? Principles for a New Century
215(10)
Frederick M. Hess
Pro-Con Chart 3 Should special education students be grouped (mainstreamed) into regular education classes?
222(1)
Case Study 3 Language and Standardized Testing
223(2)
PART FOUR: CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTION
225(68)
Professional Profile: Herbert J. Walberg
226(2)
The Search for Methods of Instruction
228(17)
Benjamin S. Bloom
A New Look at School Failure and School Success
245(8)
William Glasser
Needed: A New Educational Civil Rights Movement
253(9)
Evans Clinchy
A Political Humanist Curriculum for the 21st Century
262(11)
Andrew Gitlin
Stacey Ornstein
The Importance of Multicultural Education
273(6)
Geneva Gay
Knowledge Alive
279(6)
David Perkins
Educating the Net Generation
285(8)
Don Tapscott
Pro-Con Chart 4 Should academic content standards be used in place of curriculum guides?
290(1)
Case Study 4 An Advocate for Longer School Days
291(2)
PART FIVE: CURRICULUM AND SUPERVISION
293(76)
Professional Profile: Larry Cuban
294(2)
The Politics of Virtue: A New Framework for School Leadership
296(7)
Thomas J. Sergiovanni
Five Models of Staff Development for Teachers
303(24)
Dennis Sparks
Susan Loucks-Horsley
What the World Can Teach Us About New Teacher Induction
327(7)
Harry K. Wong
Ted Britton
Tom Ganser
Results-Oriented Professional Development
334(13)
Thomas R. Guskey
Clinical Supervision and Psychological Functions
347(11)
Edward F. Pajak
A Role for Technology in Professional Development? Lessons from IBM
358(11)
Frank Levy
Richard J. Murnane
Pro-Con Chart 5 Should the person who helps teachers to improve instruction also evaluate their performance?
366(1)
Case Study 5 A Principal Works for Inclusion
367(2)
PART SIX: CURRICULUM AND POLICY
369(77)
Professional Profile: Gerald W. Bracey
370(2)
Educational Demographics: What Teachers Should Know
372(5)
Harold Hodgkinson
Evidence-Based Education Policies: Transforming Educational Practice and Research
377(10)
Robert E. Slavin
Challenges for Educators: Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Families
387(20)
James T. Sears
Equity and Adequacy in School Finance Today
407(7)
Allan Odden
Dichotomizing Educational Reform
414(7)
Carl D. Glickman
A Wider Lens on the Black-White Achievement Gap
421(7)
Richard Rothstein
Education, Equality, and Equity
428(18)
Allan C. Ornstein
Pro-Con Chart 6 Should parent voice be a major consideration in determining where students attend school?
444(1)
Case Study 6 School Board Debates Bilingual Education Program
445(1)
Credits446(2)
Name Index448(14)
Subject Index462

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