Designing the School Curriculum
Published on 2. December 2004
Book
Paperback/Softback
264 pages
978-0-205-39139-4 (ISBN)
Description
Fundamentally a "how-to" text, Designing the School Curriculum provides the preservice teacher with the theoretical foundations of curriculum development before moving into the process of curriculum development itself.
Peter Hlebowitsh offers practical ideas on the formation of school purposes, the design of school-wide experiences, the balance between teacher discretion and sound instructional planning, as well as issues related to the topic of effective implementation. This text examines the curriculum using a wide lens, accounting for both macrocurricular and microcurricular levels, making distinctions between instruction and pedagogy (as well as between evaluation and assessment) and demonstrates to the reader how to coordinate a curriculum design that meets the needs of each school.
Peter Hlebowitsh offers practical ideas on the formation of school purposes, the design of school-wide experiences, the balance between teacher discretion and sound instructional planning, as well as issues related to the topic of effective implementation. This text examines the curriculum using a wide lens, accounting for both macrocurricular and microcurricular levels, making distinctions between instruction and pedagogy (as well as between evaluation and assessment) and demonstrates to the reader how to coordinate a curriculum design that meets the needs of each school.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Pearson Education (US)
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 178 mm
Weight
420 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-205-39139-4 (9780205391394)
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Content
Preface.
1. Introduction to Curriculum Design.
Functions of Curriculum Design.
Levels of Curriculum Design.
Curriculum Design and Discretionary Space.
A Continuum for Curriculum Design.
Discussion Questions and Suggested Activities.
2. Theory and Design.
The Idea of Theory.
The Emergence of Three Factors for Curriculum Design.
The Nature of the Learner.
The Values and Aims of Society.
Knowledge and Subject Matter.
Discussion Questions and Suggested Activities.
3. Philosophy and Design.
The Screen of Philosophy.
Schooling in the Conservative Tradition.
Schooling in the Progressive Tradition.
Schooling in the Radical Tradition.
The Practical and the Eclectic.
Discussion Questions and Suggested Activities.
4. Defining Purposes.
Developing a School Mission.
The Nature of Aims, Goals and Objectives.
Two-Dimensionality in the Formation of Objectives.
Discussion Questions and Suggested Activities.
5. Organizing the Macrocurriculum.
General Education and Specialized Education.
Horizontal and Vertical Articulation.
Organizing Content and Courses.
The Extra Classroom Experience.
Discussion Questions and Suggested Activities.
6. Instruction and Pedagogy.
The Birth of Instruction.
Pedagogical Issues.
Discussion Questions and Suggested Activities.
7. Evaluation.
The Idea of Evaluation.
The Instrumentation of Evaluation.
Revising the Curriculum.
Discussion Questions and Suggested Activities.
8. Implementation.
The Problem of Implementation.
Features of Effective Implementation.
Exercises in Designing Solutions.
Discussion Questions and Suggested Activities.
Glossary: The Vocabulary of Curriculum Design.
1. Introduction to Curriculum Design.
Functions of Curriculum Design.
Levels of Curriculum Design.
Curriculum Design and Discretionary Space.
A Continuum for Curriculum Design.
Discussion Questions and Suggested Activities.
2. Theory and Design.
The Idea of Theory.
The Emergence of Three Factors for Curriculum Design.
The Nature of the Learner.
The Values and Aims of Society.
Knowledge and Subject Matter.
Discussion Questions and Suggested Activities.
3. Philosophy and Design.
The Screen of Philosophy.
Schooling in the Conservative Tradition.
Schooling in the Progressive Tradition.
Schooling in the Radical Tradition.
The Practical and the Eclectic.
Discussion Questions and Suggested Activities.
4. Defining Purposes.
Developing a School Mission.
The Nature of Aims, Goals and Objectives.
Two-Dimensionality in the Formation of Objectives.
Discussion Questions and Suggested Activities.
5. Organizing the Macrocurriculum.
General Education and Specialized Education.
Horizontal and Vertical Articulation.
Organizing Content and Courses.
The Extra Classroom Experience.
Discussion Questions and Suggested Activities.
6. Instruction and Pedagogy.
The Birth of Instruction.
Pedagogical Issues.
Discussion Questions and Suggested Activities.
7. Evaluation.
The Idea of Evaluation.
The Instrumentation of Evaluation.
Revising the Curriculum.
Discussion Questions and Suggested Activities.
8. Implementation.
The Problem of Implementation.
Features of Effective Implementation.
Exercises in Designing Solutions.
Discussion Questions and Suggested Activities.
Glossary: The Vocabulary of Curriculum Design.