Key Concepts for Understanding Curriculum
Published on 18. October 1991
Book
Hardback
236 pages
978-0-7507-0008-5 (ISBN)
Description
About thirty concepts of the curriculum are provided for the curriculum developer, which aim to highlight the major features, controversies, strengths and weaknesses of each curriculum concept. Emphasis is laid upon the input that students, parents and teachers can offer to the curriculum. Each concept is illuminated by a unique series of references and readings.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Weight
450 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7507-0008-5 (9780750700085)
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03/1997
1st Edition
Routledge Falmer
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Colin J. Marsh Dean of Academic Studies, Curtin University, Perth, Western Australia, Australia.
Key Concepts For Understanding Curriculum
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Content
Part 1 Student perspectives: learning environments; hidden curriculum; curriculum and gender; students' roles in curriculum decision-making; examinations. Part 2 Teacher perspectives: teacher empowerment; textbooks; leadership and the school principal; teacher appraisal. Part 3 Curriculum planning and development: curriculum frameworks; situational analysis/needs assessment; aims, goals and objectives; selection of method; assessment, grading and testing; Tyler's model of planning; Walker's deliberative approach to planning; teachers as researchers/action research; centrally-based curriculum development; school-based curriculum development. Part 4 Curriculum management: innovation and planned change; managing the curriculum - the collaborative school management model; effective schools and school improvement; school councils and governing bodies; school evaluations/reviews; curriculum implementation. Part 5 Curriculum ideology: curriculum history; school subjects; curriculum theorizing and the reconceptualists; sociology of knowledge approach to curriculum; curriculum reform.