Contemporary issues in curriculum (4th ed )

Balanced yet eclectic in its approach, Contemporary Issues in Curriculum reflects the emergent trends in the field of curriculum.

The fourth edition of this issues-oriented collection offers 40 articles by the major thinkers in curriculum study. Designed for students in curriculum, instruction, administration, and teacher education, it explores the issues that affect implementation, planning, and evaluation of curriculum at all levels of learning.

The editors have organized the collection into six Parts: Curriculum and Philosophy, Curriculum and Teaching, Curriculum and Learning, Curriculum and Instruction, Curriculum and Supervision, and Curriculum and Policy. The readings reflect both traditionally held beliefs and those that are more controversial in nature, providing students and practitioners the opportunity to investigate the breadth of issues that affect curriculum and to access such information in a single source. Readers are encouraged to examine and debate these issues, to formulate their own ideas, and to shape what direction the field of curriculum should take.

The fourth edition features 14 new articles, by such leading scholars as John Goodlad, Linda Darling-Hammond, Evans Clinchy, Andrew Gitlin, Stacey Ornstein, Geneva Gay, David Perkins, Harry Wong, Frank Levy, Richard Murnane, Robert Slavin, Allan Odden, Richard Rothstein, Alan Ornstein, and Edward Pajak.

CONTENTS

PREFACE

PART ONE: CURRICULUM AND PHILOSOPHY INTRODUCTION

PROFESSIONAL PROFILE: Henry A. Giroux

CHAPTER 1 Philosophy as a Basis for Curriculum Decisions, Allan C. Ornstein

CHAPTER 2 Goals and Objectives, Ronald Brandt and Ralph W. Tyler

CHAPTER 3 A Pedagogy of Possibility, Peter McLaren

CHAPTER 4 Art and Imagination, Maxine Greene

CHAPTER 5 There's Too Much to Teach, Jane Roland Martin

CHAPTER 6 Kudzu, Rabbits, and School Reform, John I. Goodlad

PRO-CON CHART 1 SHOULD THE SCHOOLS INTRODUCE A VALUES-CENTERED CURRICULUM FOR ALL STUDENTS?

CASE STUDY 1 A CLASH CONCERNING THE ARTS CURRICULUM

PART TWO: CURRICULUM AND TEACHING INTRODUCTION

PROFESSIONAL PROFILE: Jere Brophy

CHAPTER 7 Teaching Themes of Care, Nel Noddings

CHAPTER 8 The Heart of a Teacher, Parker J. Palmer

CHAPTER 9 Critical Issues in Teaching, Allan C. Ornstein

CHAPTER 10 Productive Teachers, Herbert J. Walberg

CHAPTER 11 Knowledge and Teaching, Lee Shulman

CHAPTER 12 Honoring Diverse Style of Beginning Teachers, Edward F. Pajak, Elaine Stotko, and Frank Masci

CHAPTER 13 Keeping Good Teachers: Why it Matters and What Leaders Can Do, Linda Darling-Hammond

PRO-CON CHART 2 SHOULD TEACHERS BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR THEIR TEACHING?

CASE STUDY 2 SCHOOL DISTRICT PROPOSES EVALUATIONS BY STUDENTS

PART THREE: CURRICULUM AND LEARNING INTRODUCTION

PROFESSIONAL PROFILE: Karen Bang-Jensen Kepler Zumwalt

CHAPTER 14 Grappling, Theodore R. Sizer and Nancy Faust Sizer

CHAPTER 15 Critical Thinking - What Can It Be?, Matthew Lippman

CHAPTER 16 Creating Creative Minds, Robert J. Sternberg and Todd I. Lubart

CHAPTER 17 The Cognitive-Developmental Approach to Moral Education, Lawrence Kohlberg

CHAPTER 18 A Critical Examination of Character Education, Alfie Kohn

CHAPTER 19 Limiting Students' School Success and Life Chances, Jeannie S. Oakes

CHAPTER 20 What is a "Public School?" Principles for a New Century, Frederick M. Hess

PRO-CON CHART 3 SHOULD SPECIAL EDUCATION STUDENTS BE MAINSTREAMED INTO ...