Contemporary Issues in Curriculum

by Ornstein, Allan C.; Behar-Horenstein, Linda S.

• ISBN13: 9780205283231
• ISBN10: 0205283233
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-01-01
• Publisher: Allyn & Bacon

Summary

The second edition of this issues-oriented collection offers forty articles by the major thinkers in curriculum study. Balanced, yet eclectic in its approach, Contemporary Issues in Curriculum reflects the emergent trends in the field of curriculum. 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.

Table of Contents

Curriculum and Philosophy

Philosophy as a Basis for Curriculum Decisions

Goals and Objectives

Alternative Curriculum Conceptions and Designs

A Pedagogy of Possibility

Art and Imagination

There's Too Much to Teach

Curriculum and Teaching

Teaching Themes of Care

The Heart of a Teacher

Critical Issues in Teaching

Productive Teachers

Knowledge and Teaching

Beyond Anxiety and Nostalgia

Curriculum and Learning

Grappling

Critical Thinking: What Can It Be?

Creating Creative Minds

The Cognitive-Developmental Approach to Moral Education

A Critical Examination of Character Education

Assessment, Student Confidence, and School Success

Curriculum and Instruction

The Search for Methods of Instruction

A New Look at School Failure and School Success

What Does It Mean to Say a School is Doing Well?

Teaching and Teacher Accountability

Realizing the Promise of Standards-Based Reform

Educating the Net Generation

Curriculum and Supervision

Teacher Learning that Supports Student Learning

The Politics of Virtue: A New Framework for School Leadership

Five Models of Staff Development for Teachers

The Evolution of Peer Coaching

Results-Oriented Professional Development

Clinical Supervision and Psychological Functions

Curriculum and Policy

Educational Demographics: What Teachers Should Know

Creating School, Family, and Community Partnerships

Challenges for Educators

Limiting Students' School Success and Life Chances

The Costs of Sustaining Educational Change Through Comprehensive School Reform

Dichotomizing Educational Reform

Name Index

Subject Index

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