Contemporary Readings in Curriculum
Author | : Barbara Slater Stern |
Publisher | : SAGE |
Total Pages | : 417 |
Release | : 2008-03-20 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781412944724 |
ISBN-13 | : 1412944724 |
Rating | : 4/5 (724 Downloads) |
Download or read book Contemporary Readings in Curriculum written by Barbara Slater Stern and published by SAGE. This book was released on 2008-03-20 with total page 417 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contemporary Readings in Curriculum provides beginning teachers and educational leaders with a series of articles that can help them build their curriculum knowledge base. [This book] provides a historical context of the curriculum field, giving educators a solid foundation for curriculum knowledge; describes the political nature of curriculum and how we must be attentive to the increasingly diverse populations found in our schools; connects the readings to traditional course goals, providing practical applications of curriculum topics; covers cocurricular issues, which have become a major contemporary topic within school systems; enhances the articles with a strong pedagogical framework, including detailed Internet references, questions for each article, topic guides tying each article to course topics, and article abstracts for the instructor. --Publisher description.