Authors: George J. Posner
ISBN-13: 9780205457663, ISBN-10: 0205457665
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Allyn & Bacon, Inc.
Date Published: July 2005
Edition: 7th Edition
Bridging theory and practice in curriculum development, Course Design provides teachers with invaluable concepts and skills for planning effective courses. The goal of the book is to help the reader become a flexible yet systematic curriculum planner by developing a greater awareness of the important decisions to be made and the alterative options available at each stage of decision making. The authors begin with a set of guidelines for developing a course and then lead readers through a step-by-step process of developing an actual course or unit of their own. The seventh edition features significant new coverage of state and national standards, and of multiple intelligences.
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Preface | ||
Ch. 1 | Getting Oriented | 1 |
Ch. 2 | Setting a Direction | 21 |
Ch. 3 | Developing a Course Rationale | 63 |
Ch. 4 | Refining Intended Learning Outcomes | 79 |
Ch. 5 | Forming Units of the Course | 105 |
Ch. 6 | Organizing the Course's Units | 133 |
Ch. 7 | Developing General Teaching Strategies | 157 |
Ch. 8 | Planning a Course Evaluation | 185 |
Epilogue | 209 | |
Appendix A | Colonial America: Social Studies Curriculum for Grade 5 | 211 |
Appendix B | A Survey of Western Art | 229 |
Appendix C | Immigration: A Social Studies Unit for Sixth Graders | 249 |
Appendix D | A Metric Measurement Unit for Grades One and Two | 267 |
Evaluation of High-Priority Intended Learning Outcomes | 282 | |
Glossary | 285 | |
Selected Bibliography | 289 | |
Index | 293 |