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Curriculum Practice in the Elementary and Middle School, 1/e

J. Allen Queen, University of North Carolina at Charlotte

Published September, 1998 by Prentice Hall Career & Technology

Copyright 1999, 320 pp.
Cloth
ISBN 0-02-397051-0


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Summary

The practical approach of this comprehensive core text for elementary and middle curriculum courses (specifically designed for students without a background in curriculum development) offers very current treatment of curriculum issues, instructional planning, and new curriculum standards. The text is unique in that it teaches the skills of curriculum development and instructional design. While a balanced coverage of viewpoints has been attempted, this book is intended to open new avenues to students by including educational futurism in a curricular model. The practical design of the book guides students into the expanded role practicing teachers will use in curriculum and instruction in the decades to come.

Features


Integrates elements of the major historical, philosophical, and social influences upon past curriculum development.
Directs teachers in designing traditional and integrated units in a step-by-step approach.
Places national and state reform analyses together.
Compares traditional and futurist philosophies.
Includes grade level standards.
Describes the developmental aspects of children and their changing needs and interests within a framework of instructional expectations at specific grade levels.
Contains key chapter concepts, focus questions, futurist curriculum model, actual units of instruction, exercises, activities, and discussion questions.


Table of Contents
I. PATHWAYS FOR CHANGE.

    1. Challenges for School Reform.
    2. The Changing Society.

II. PATHWAYS FROM THE PAST TO THE FUTURE.
    3. Educational Models, Philosophies, and Traditions.
    4. Historical and Social Influences.
    5. The Process of Curriculum Development.
III. PATHWAYS TO PROGRAMS.
    6. The Elementary School: Early Grades.
    7. The Upper Elementary Program: Grades 3 through 5.
    8. The Middle School: Grades 6 through 8.
IV. PATHWAYS TO INSTRUCTION.
    9. The Instructional Unit.
    10. Curriculum and Instructional Evaluation.

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