Understanding and Shaping Curriculum

Thomas W. Hewitt - University of South Alabama (Retired)

Other Titles in:
Curriculum | Curriculum Development | Education

April 2006 | 480 pages | SAGE Publications, Inc

Understanding and Shaping Curriculum: What We Teach and Why introduces audiences to curriculum as knowledge, curriculum as work, and curriculum as professional practice. The text discusses curriculum from a theoretical and practical perspectives, covering topics such as the forces shaping curriculum, curriculum work (from policymaking to evaluation), and professional practice. This text not only acquaints readers with the study of curriculum, but also helps them to become effective curriculum practitioners.

INTRODUCTION

Society And Schooling

The Importance of the Critical Perspective

PERSPECTIVE INTO PRACTICE: Domains of Knowledge in a Social Studies Lesson

Key Ideas to Guide Study

THE WORLD OF CURRICULUM

IN SEARCH OF CURRICULUM

Historical Constructions of Curriculum

Curriculum Inquiry and the Tyler Rationale

Curriculum Reconceptualized and Redefined

PERSPECTIVES INTO PRACTICE: Curriculum Reconceptualized and Redefined

Perceptions About Curriculum

Envisioning Curriculum Study

CURRICULUM WORK AND PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE

Curriculum Workers

Curriculum Work

Settings for Curriculum Work

Becoming a Professional Curriculum Practitioner

PERSPECTIVE INTO PRACTICE: Application of Personal and Professional Perspectives in an Elementary and Secondary Classroom

Doing Curriculum Work

CREATING CURRICULUM

Origins of Curriculum Development as Curriculum Work

Key Factors in Curriculum Development

Expanding the Conception of Curriculum Development

Essential Knowledge for Doing Curriculum Development Work

PERSPECTIVE INTO PRACTICE: How Selected Knowledge Essentials Apply to Elementary and Secondary Curriculum

KNOWLEDGE BASES THAT SERVE CURRICULUM

KNOWLEDGE AND THEORIES ABOUT CURRICULUM

The Curriculum Knowledge Base

PERSPECTIVE INTO PRACTICE: Applying discipline knowledge in development of a lesson in geography

Discipline Perspectives

Curriculum Orientations and Interests

Learning Theory and Curriculum

Inquiry Traditions and Curriculum

METHODS AND TOOLS FOR CURRICULUM WORK

Knowledge Tools and Curriculum Tools

Curriculum Theory

Curriculum Models

PERSPECTIVE INTO PRACTICE: Curriculum Models in a Language Arts Lesson

Curriculum Critique

HISTORICAL FOUNDATIONS OF CURRICULUM

Roots of American Curriculum

18th Century Curriculum in America

19th Century Curriculum in the United States

20th Century Curriculum: The Progressive Movement and After

Into the 21st Century: New Policy Initiatives and the Curriculum

PERSPECTIVE INTO PRACTICE: Examples from the History of Curriculum Change

SOCIAL, CULTURAL, AND INTELLECTUAL FOUNDATIONS OF CURRICULUM

Curriculum and Episodes of Social and Cultural Change

Impact of Social Sciences on Curriculum

Curriculum Content and the Humanities

Philosophy and Curriculum Knowledge

Educational Philosophies and Curriculum

PERSPECTIVE INTO PRACTICE: Ideas from the Social Sciences, the Humanities, and their Application in Elementary and Secondary Curriculum

WHAT CURRICULUM PRACTITIONERS DO

POLICYMAKING AND PLANNING IN CURRICULUM

Policymaking in Curriculum Work

PERSPECTIVE INTO PRACTICE: Policy Examples at the Elementary and Secondary Level

Planning in Curriculum Work

State and Local Policy and Planning

National and Regional Policy and Planning

DEVELOPING AND ADAPTING CURRICULUM

Creating Curriculum Development

A Sample Curriculum Development Process

Curriculum Adaptation

PERSPECTIVE INTO PRACTICE: Classroom Adaptations of Elementary and Secondary Curriculum

Curriculum Alignment

Assessing Curriculum Development and Adaptation

IMPLEMENTING AND MANAGING THE CURRICULUM

Management in Curriculum Work

Managing the Curriculum Mission

Forming a Curriculum Management Strategy

Curriculum Management Tools

Managing for Quality

PERSPECTIVE INTO PRACTICE: Quality Control in K-12 Curriculum Management

Key Issues in Management: The Reality and the Ideal

EVALUATION IN CURRICULUM WORK

Curriculum and Accountability

The Processes of Assessment and Evaluation

Doing Evaluation in Curriculum Work

PERSPECTIVE INTO PRACTICE: Examples of Curriculum Assessment-Evaluation Tasks at the Elementary and Secondary Level

CHALLENGES OF CURRICULUM CHANGE

INTERPRETING CONTEMPORARY CURRICULUM ISSUES

Theme: Control of Schooling and Curriculum

Theme: Schooling, Curriculum, and Reform

Theme: Accountability in Schooling and Curriculum

Theme: Effects of Social Change on Schooling and Curriculum

PERSPECTIVE INTO PRACTICE: How Selected Issues Might Affect Elementary and Secondary Schooling

INTERPRETING TRENDS IN CURRICULUM

What is a Trend?

Trend: Technology and Reticulation

Trend: Shifting Ideologies and Change

Trend: The Impulse of Globalization

Trend: Re-thinking Schools and Schooling

Trend: The Rising Importance of Curriculum

PERSPECTIVE INTO PRACTICE: Selected Trends and Their Possible Impact at the Elementary and Secondary Level

“Understanding and Shaping Curriculum provides an up-to-date, comprehensive, and accessible introduction, overview, explanation, and exploration of the historical and evolving roles and processes of curriculum.”

Christopher R. Gareis

The College of William and Mary

“This text offers cogent practical discussion about the American school curriculum while providing a sound theoretical framework for advanced study. It is a text that is fresh in perspective and accessible to a larger group of practitioners and researchers.”

Cynthia J. Chapel

Lincoln University

"Liberal use of examples and summary charts provide excellent touchstones. This textbook is ideal for graduate-level courses in curriculum."

S. Buczynski

Univeristy of San Diego

“Excellent book. Hewitt explains the social cultural implication of curriculum theory and its application to teaching and learning in a very magestral fashion”.

Alberto Lopez-Carrasquillo

Northeastern Illinois University