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Contemporary issues in curriculum (5th ed )
Authors: ORNSTEIN Allan C., PAJAK Edward F., ORNSTEIN Stacey B.
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Featuring 25% new content, the fifth edition of Contemporary Issues in Curriculum addresses issues in implementation, planning, and evaluation of curriculum at all levels of learning. Divided into six partsPhilosophy, Teaching, Learning, Instruction, Supervision, and Policy the new edition of this balanced yet eclectic text features ten new chapters written by notable authors including Larry Cuban, Howard Gardner, Andrew Hargreaves, Linda Darling-Hammond, and Stanley Pogrow.
With each new chapter, readers are asked to consider a new author's viewpoint, thought process, and conclusions about significant and current curriculum issues, from traditional and commonly accepted beliefs to more controversial and cotemporary ideas. Through a variety of learning aids and discussion questions, readers are encouraged to analyze and debate these issues, to formulate their own opinions, and begin to shape their own original ideas about the future direction of curriculum.
Preface
PART ONE: CURRICULUM AND PHILOSOPHY
CHAPTER 1 PHILOSOPHY AS A BASIS FOR CURRICULUM DECISIONS, Allan C. Ornstein
CHAPTER 2 GOALS AND OBJECTIVES, Ronald S. Brandt and Ralph W. Tyler
CHAPTER 3 A PEDAGOGY OF POSSIBILITY, Peter McLaren
CHAPTER 4 ART AND IMAGINATION: OVERCOMING A DESPERATE STASIS, Maxine Green
CHAPTER 5 NO COMMUNITY LEFT BEHIND, Phillip C. Schlecty
PRO-CON CHART 1 Should the schools introduce a values-centered curriculum for all students?
CASE STUDY 1 A clash concerning the srts curriculum
PART TWO: CURRICULUM AND TEACHING
CHAPTER 6 TEACHING AND THEMES OF CARE, Nel Noddings
CHAPTER 7 THE HEART OF A TEACHER, Parker J. Palmer
CHAPTER 8 CRITICAL ISSUES IN TEACHING, Allan C. Ornstein
CHAPTER 9 PRODUCTIVE TEACHERS: ASSESSING THE KNOWLEDGE BASE, Herbert J. Walberg
CHAPTER 10 HONORING DIVERSE STYLES OF BEGINNING TEACHERS, Edward F. Pajak, Elaine Stotko, and Frank Masci
CHAPTER 11 KEEPING GOOD TEACHERS: WHAT IT MATTERS, WHAT LEADERS CAN DO, Linda Darling-Hammond
PRO-CON CHART 2 Should teachers be held accountable for their teaching?
CASE STUDY 2 School district proposes evaluations by students
PART THREE: CURRICULUM AND LEARNING
CHAPTER 12 GRAPPLING, Theodore R. Sizer and Nancy Faust Sizer
CHAPTER 13 CREATING CREATIVE MINDS, Robert J. Sternberg and Todd I. Lubart
CHAPTER 14 THE COGNITIVE-DEVELOPMENTAL APPROACH TO MORAL EDUCATION, Lawrence Kohlberg
CHAPTER 15 A CRITICAL EXAMINATION OF CHARACTER EDUCATION, Alfie Kohn
CHAPTER 16 LIMITING STUDENTS' SCHOOL SUCCESS AND LIFE CHANCES: THE IMPACT OF...