Curriculum for the Primary Years: An Integrative Approach

Curriculum for the Primary Years: An Integrative Approach, 1/e

Philip M. Wishon, the University of Northern Colorado
Karen Crabtree, the University of Northern Colorado
Malinda E. Jones

Published November, 1997 by Prentice Hall Career & Technology

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Curriculum Development/Elementary-Curriculum and Instruction

Summary

Promoting the idea of teachers as reflective practitioners, rather than managers of time and activities, this reader-friendly book takes an integrated, research-based approach to the early childhood (ages 4-8) curriculum. With its conversational style, the text is immediately engaging as it promotes developmentally appropriate practices that encompass the diverse interests, abilities, and backgrounds of all learners. This book captures the spirit and the fundamental, practical application of a child-sensitive approach to curriculum development, delivery, and assessment.

Features

The text includes a strong emphasis on diversity that illustrates the importance of respecting and promoting the abilities and interests of all learners, no matter what their background.
Describes, in practical terms, the diverse roles and expectations of the teacher in an integrative, child-sensitive learning environment.
The features and characteristics of the classroom which make it an exciting and developmentally appropriate learning environment are discussed in clear, practical terms.
Developing a curriculum that identifies the developmental capabilities, diversity, and prototypical interests of the child is presented.
Critical information on early literacy and how to support literacy development throughout the curriculum is provided with the insight that few books contain.

Table of Contents

1. Philosophy of the Primary Curriculum.
2. Developing, Delivering, and Assessing Curriculum: Issues to Be Explored.
3. Planning for Children's Learning: Instructional Interactions, Management, and the Classroom Environment.
4. A Cohesive, Integrated Curriculum.
5. Assessment and Evaluation.
6. Partnerships with Parents: Informative, Collaborative, and Empowering.
7. The Development of Literacy in the Primary Years: The Interdependence of Reading, Writing, Thinking, Listening, and Speaking.
8. Supporting Literacy Development Across the Curriculum.
9. Mathematics in the Primary Years.
10. Science in the Primary Years.
11. Social Studies in the Primary Years.
12. Self-Expression in the Primary Years.