Description
For undergraduate and graduate level introductory courses in Curriculum Development, grades K-12
Also serves as a practical guide and resource readers will want to keep and refer to throughout their careers in education and administration
Future educational administrators are guided step-by-step through the entire curriculum development process.
Practical, readable, and now completely up to date, Developing the Curriculum guides students step-by-step through the entire curriculum development process—from the underlying principles and concepts to the roles of school personnel, the components of the process, technology in curriculum and instruction, and the most up-to-date curriculum issues. The text’s many references to both historic and contemporary works give readers an excellent synthesis of the principles and practices they will have to know in order to create effective curriculum as they enter their own careers as educational administrators. This edition updates readers on technology and the curriculum in a new Chapter 14, The Digital Classroom. The text also serves as a practical guide and resource readers will want to keep and refer to throughout their careers in education and administration.
Table of Contents
PART I CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT: Theoretical Dimensions
Chapter 1 Curriculum and Instruction Defined
Chapter 2 Principles of Curriculum Development
PART II CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT: Roles of School Personnel
Chapter 3 Curriculum Planning: A Multi-Level, Multi-Sector Process
Chapter 4 Curriculum Planning: The Human Dimension
PART III Components of the Process
Chapter 5 Models for Curriculum Development
Chapter 6 Philosophy and Aims of Education
Chapter 7 Data-Driven Decision Making
Chapter 8 Curriculum Goals, Objectives, and Products
Chapter 9 Organizing and Implementing the Curriculum
Chapter 10 Instructional Goals and Objectives
Chapter 11 Selecting and Implementing Strategies of Instruction
Chapter 12 Evaluating Instruction
Chapter 13 Evaluating the Curriculum
PART IV CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT: Technology in Curriculum and Instruction
Chapter 14 Digital Curriculum
PART V CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT: Issues in Curriculum Development
Chapter 15 Current Curriculum Issues
APPENDIX
NAME & SUBJECT INDEXES
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Developing the Curriculum, CourseSmart eTextbook, 8th Edition
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$63.99 | ISBN-13: 978-0-13-257538-6
