Curriculum And Aims,9780807744956

Curriculum And Aims

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Edition: 4th
ISBN13: 9780807744956
ISBN10: 0807744956
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2004-08-04
Publisher(s): Teachers College Pr
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Author Biography

Decker F. Walker Stanford University Jonas F. Soltis Teachers College, Columbia University

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments ix
Chapter 1 THE TEACHER AND THE CURRICULUM 1(11)
Ambivalent Feelings About Curriculum Work
2(1)
Finding Time and Resources for Curriculum Work
3(1)
Who Has the Authority to Make Curriculum Decisions?
4(2)
When Is a Curriculum Change a Change for the Better?
6(3)
Preparing for Curriculum Work
9(3)
Chapter 2 THE AIMS OF EDUCATION 12(13)
Aims as Ideals
13(5)
Progressive and Traditional Perspectives on Curriculum
18(5)
Curriculum Theory
23(2)
Chapter 3 GENERAL EDUCATION 25(14)
Teaching the Basics
26(1)
Historical Precedents
27(4)
Relating School to Life
31(2)
In Search of the Best Curriculum for General Education
33(3)
The Value of Different Perspectives
36(3)
Chapter 4 CONCEPTUALIZING CURRICULUM PHENOMENA 39(14)
Knowledge in Use
41(2)
Conceptualizing the Instructional Process
43(3)
The Structure of Subjects
46(1)
Meaningful Learning Experiences
46(2)
Program Conceptualization
48(5)
Chapter 5 PROCEDURES FOR CURRICULUM MAKING 53(13)
Sources of Curriculum Making
53(2)
The Tyler Rationale
55(4)
Schwab's Practical and Eclectic Approach
59(2)
Freire's Emancipation Approach
61(2)
The Politics of Curriculum Making
63(3)
Chapter 6 EXPLAINING AND CRITIQUING CURRICULUM PRACTICES 66(11)
A Critique of the Tyler Rationale
67(2)
Curriculum and Criticism of Modern Life
69(1)
Understanding How Curriculum Works in the Classroom
70(2)
Curriculum in Relation to Culture
72(5)
Chapter 7 CROSS-CURRENTS OF REFORM 77(22)
The Anatomy of Reforms
80(1)
Reform and Incremental Change
81(5)
Teachers and Reform
86(1)
Who's in Charge of the Curriculum?
87(2)
The American Curriculum Influence System
89(2)
Is Reform a Good Thing?
91(2)
Reform: Pros and Cons
93(1)
Working with Reform
94(1)
Curriculum Today and Tomorrow
95(4)
Chapter 8 CASES AND DISPUTES 99(26)
Curriculum Change
101(1)
Freedom and Learning
102(1)
Education for Life
103(2)
Workforce School
105(1)
Individual Differences and Equality of Opportunity
106(1)
Mass or Class Culture?
107(1)
National Reports on Education
108(1)
Go Fly a Kite
109(2)
Individualized Learning
111(1)
Grading Policies
112(1)
A Social Studies Curriculum
113(1)
To Each His Own
114(2)
The Geometry Curriculum
116(1)
Do Procedures Make a Difference?
117(1)
Teaching "Relevant" Literature
118(1)
The Teacher as Critic
119(1)
Theory and Practice
120(1)
One School's Philosophy of Education
121(1)
Whose Aims Matter?
122(3)
Notes 125(4)
Annotated Bibliography 129

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