Developing the Curriculum

Front Cover
Allyn and Bacon, 2005 - Education - 606 pages

This highly readable, practical text guides students step-by-step through the process of curriculum development, providing a solid foundation of key models and concepts.

"Developing the Curriculum, Sixth Edition, " is full of references to classic and current curriculum writings, providing students with a synthesis of historic and contemporary principles and practices associated with creating an effective curriculum. In addition, the author introduces a model that combines curriculum and instruction and carefully explores issues and challenges at each stage.

Features:

  • Up-to-date coverage reflects today's best practices and current trends in current development.
  • Actual examples are interspersed throughout each chapter to reinforce major chapter content.
  • Each chapter contains objectives, Website and media references, end-of-chapter questions as well as supplementary exercises, providing students the opportunity to critically analyze and review key concepts and strategies.
  • Extensive bibliographies enable students to conduct research on chapter topics.
  • Chapter 15, Issues in Curriculum Development, provides clear and concise analyses accompanied by an easy-to-use bibliography.
  • An Appendix provides teachers with references to ERIC Clearinghouses, Regional Educational Laboratories, National Research and Development Centers, Institute of Education Sciences, and curriculum journals.

Peter F. Oliva, formerly professor and chairperson at Southern Illinois University, Florida International University, and Georgia Southern University, is author of several textbooks. He has taught in high school and at the Universities of Florida, Hawaii, Mississippi, and Indiana State University.

From inside the book

 

88 pages matching problems in this book

Where's the rest of this book?

Results 1-3 of 88

Contents

Principles of Curriculum Development
21
Roles of School Personnel
43
The Human Dimension
84
Copyright

14 other sections not shown

Common terms and phrases

activities administrators aims of education Alexandria Allyn and Bacon American Association for Supervision behavior Chapter charter schools classroom cognitive concept cooperative learning core cultural curricu curricular curriculum development curriculum evaluation curriculum goals curriculum objectives curriculum planners curriculum planning curriculum workers decisions Department of Education disciplines discussion domain Educa Educational Leadership Educational Testing Service effective elementary school essentialist example goals and objectives grade Ibid individual instructional goals instructional objectives language leader learners magnet schools mathematics ment Middle School National Education Association nongraded organization outcomes-based education parents percent Phi Delta Kappan philosophy principles problems programs progressivism public schools pupils Report riculum role school district school system secondary school skills social society specific standards strategies student achievement subject matter Supervision and Curriculum Taba teachers teaching tests tion tional U.S. Congress U.S. Department U.S. Supreme Court United whole language William Glasser York

Bibliographic information

TitleDeveloping the Curriculum
AuthorPeter F. Oliva
Edition6, illustrated
PublisherAllyn and Bacon, 2005
Original fromthe University of Virginia
DigitizedNov 25, 2009
ISBN0205412599, 9780205412594
Length606 pages
Subjects ›  › 

Education / Classroom Management
Education / Curricula
Education / General
Education / Teaching / General
  
Export CitationBiBTeX EndNote RefMan