Curriculum Leadership
Virtues for a Changing World
Will be published approx. on 9. July 2026
352 pages
979-8-8818-6791-1 (ISBN)
Description
Modern-day curriculum leaders too often receive shallow trainings that promise to "fix" schools, yet ready-made solutions to the complex social and moral challenges that face schools do not exist. Curriculum Leadership provides those who lead curriculum discussions with a humanistic foundation that embraces the moral aspect of curriculum.
Null focuses on ten virtues essential for good curriculum making: humility, courage, compassion, justice, wisdom, practical wisdom, perseverance, faith, hope, and love. Each chapter begins with a broad discussion of that virtue before turning to two role models who exemplify that virtue. Readers will gain a richer understanding of how these virtues improve our lives individually and collectively. Only through the formation of people who possess these virtues can our institutions weather the storm that is upon us.
Null focuses on ten virtues essential for good curriculum making: humility, courage, compassion, justice, wisdom, practical wisdom, perseverance, faith, hope, and love. Each chapter begins with a broad discussion of that virtue before turning to two role models who exemplify that virtue. Readers will gain a richer understanding of how these virtues improve our lives individually and collectively. Only through the formation of people who possess these virtues can our institutions weather the storm that is upon us.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
College/higher education
Illustrations
3 b/w figures
File size
3,41 MB
ISBN-13
979-8-8818-6791-1 (9798881867911)
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Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Additional editions
Book
approx. 07/2026
Bloomsbury Academic
€31.50
Not yet published
Person
Wesley Null, Ph.D., is Professor of Curriculum and Foundations of Education in the School of Education and the Honors College at Baylor University. He also serves as Baylor's Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education. In that role he has overseen hundreds of curriculum change proposals during the last fifteen years, including Baylor's first revision of its core curriculum since World War II.
Content
Preface
Introduction: Curriculum and Virtue: An Integration Long Past Due
Chapter 1: Humility and Curriculum
Chapter 2: Courage and Curriculum
Chapter 3: Compassion and Curriculum
Chapter 4: Justice and Curriculum
Chapter 5: Wisdom and Curriculum
Chapter 6: Practical Wisdom and Curriculum
Chapter 7: Perseverance and Curriculum
Chapter 8: Faith and Curriculum
Chapter 9: Hope and Curriculum
Chapter 10: Love and Curriculum
Conclusion: Virtue and Curriculum Leadership: Why They Matter to Each Other
References
Index
Introduction: Curriculum and Virtue: An Integration Long Past Due
Chapter 1: Humility and Curriculum
Chapter 2: Courage and Curriculum
Chapter 3: Compassion and Curriculum
Chapter 4: Justice and Curriculum
Chapter 5: Wisdom and Curriculum
Chapter 6: Practical Wisdom and Curriculum
Chapter 7: Perseverance and Curriculum
Chapter 8: Faith and Curriculum
Chapter 9: Hope and Curriculum
Chapter 10: Love and Curriculum
Conclusion: Virtue and Curriculum Leadership: Why They Matter to Each Other
References
Index
