Authors: Daniel Tanner, Laurel Tanner
ISBN-13: 9780130864734, ISBN-10: 0130864730
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Prentice Hall
Date Published: February 2006
Edition: 4th Edition
With its focus on the application of theory to actual classroom practice, this book's treatment of the full spectrum of curriculum design and practice has set the standard for completeness for nearly two decades. Part I explores the historical roots of current curriculum issues and practices, emphasizing the assessment of leading efforts at reform. Part II offers a critique of changing concepts of curriculum, conflicting curriculum and educational rationales, and influences for and against change. In Part III, major crosscurrents in reform and reconstruction are discussed, including social crises, the “knowledge explosion”, curriculum articulation, and emerging designs. Part IV focuses on curriculum research and improvement, paying particular attention to the roles of teachers, supervisors, administrators, and curriculum specialists in the process.
Ch. 1 | Beginnings : from ideals to realities | 2 |
Ch. 2 | New directions and turning points in the curriculum | 23 |
Ch. 3 | Century of the curriculum | 43 |
Ch. 4 | Evolution of the modern curriculum | 72 |
Ch. 5 | Changing conceptions of curriculum | 98 |
Ch. 6 | A paradigm for the curriculum field : compass for curriculum renewal | 124 |
Ch. 7 | Sources and forces for curriculum renewal : society and the world of knowledge | 148 |
Ch. 8 | The nature of the learner as curricular source and influence | 168 |
Ch. 9 | Curricular sources and influences : conflicting educational theories | 189 |
Ch. 10 | The search for a core curriculum : general education in a free society | 224 |
Ch. 11 | Determining the structure of the curriculum : design for synthesis | 251 |
Ch. 12 | Proposals for reform : curricular priorities and polarities | 279 |
Ch. 13 | The curriculum and the world of work | 318 |
Ch. 14 | Interpreting research for curriculum improvement | 346 |
Ch. 15 | Who makes the curriculum? | 385 |
Ch. 16 | Curriculum improvement : role of the teacher | 405 |
Ch. 17 | Curriculum improvement : administrative leadership | 426 |
Ch. 18 | School renewal : ways and means | 450 |