The ninth edition of Curriculum Planning is a selection of readings that
presents the knowledge, skills, and alternative strategies needed by curriculum planners
and teachers at all levels of education, from early childhood through adulthood. The book
offers a variety of learning experiences for students with wide-ranging interests,
learning styles, and backgrounds.
Table of Contents
Preface
PART I: Bases for Curriculum Planning
CHAPTER 1: Goals and Values
Character and Academics: What Good Schools Do
Jacques S. Benninga, Marvin W. Berkowitz, Phyllis Kuehn, & Karen Smith
Uncovering Teacher Leadership
Richard Ackerman & Sarah V. Mackenzie
Perspectives on Four Curriculum Traditions
William H. Schubert
Democracy at Risk
William E. White, Richard van Scotter, Michael H. Haroonian, & James E. Davis
The Organization and Subject-Matter of General Education
Robert M. Hutchins
The Case for Essentialism in Education
William C. Bagley
The Case for Progressivism in Education
William Heard Kilpatrick
Traditional vs. Progressive Education
John Dewey
Leaders’ Voices–Putting Theory Into Practice:
Values: The Implicit Curriculum
Linda Inlay
CHAPTER 2: Social Forces: Present and Future
Dialogue Across Cultures: Communicating with Diverse Families
Arti Joshi, Jody Eberly, & Jean Konzal
High-Stakes Testing and Accountability as Social Constructs Across Cultures
Raymond V. Padilla
The “Three A’s” for Creating an Inclusive Curriculum and Classroom
Tina M. Anctil
The Dimensions of Multicultural Education
James A. Banks
A Deeper Sense of (Media) Literacy
Cynthia L. Scheibe
Remembering Capital: On the Connection between French Fries and Education
Michael W. Apple
Leaders’ Voices–Putting Theory Into Practice:
Teaching Media-Savvy Students about the Popular Media
Kevin Maness
CHAPTER 3: Human Development
Schools that Develop Children
James P. Comer
Toward a Strategy for Healthy Adolescent Development
David A. Hamburg
The Cognitive-Developmental Approach to Moral Education
LawrenceKohlberg
Woman’s Place in Man’s Life Cycle
Carol Gilligan
The Biology of Risk Taking
Lisa F. Price
Family and School Spillover in Adolescents’ Daily Lives
Lisa Flook & Andrew J. Fuligni
Leaders’ Voices–Putting Theory Into Practice:
What Ever Happened to Kick the Can? Wellness in School and Community
Tom Burton
CHAPTER 4: Learning and Learning Styles
We Feel, Therefore We Learn: The Relevance of Affective and Social Neuroscience to
Education
Mary Helen Immordino-Yang & Antonio Damasio
How Boys Learn
Michael Gurian & Kathy Stevens
Where the Girls Are: The Facts About Gender Equity in Education
Christine Corbett, Catherine Hill, & Andresse St. Rose
Probing More Deeply into the Theory of Multiple Intelligences
Howard Gardner
Culturally Relevant Pedagogy: Ingredients for Critical Reflection
Tyrone C. Howard
Authentic Assessment and Student Performance in Inclusive Secondary Schools
M. Bruce King, Jennifer Schroeder, & David Chawszczewski
Leaders’ Voices–Putting Theory Into Practice:
Lifelines: An Ethnographic Study of an IEP Student
Elsa C. Bro
Part II: Developing, Implementing, and Evaluating the Curriculum
CHAPTER 5: Approaches to Curriculum Development
The Sources of a Science of Education
John Dewey
Teachers, Public Life, and Curriculum Reform
Henry A. Giroux
Who Should Plan the Curriculum?
Glen Hass
A Principal Looks Back: Standards Matter
Kim Marshall
The Limits of Ideology: Curriculum and the Culture Wars
David T. Gordon
The Muddle Machine: Confessions of a Textbook Editor
Tamin Ansary
Leaders’ Voices–Putting Theory Into Practice:
The Case for Teacher-Led School Improvement
LaQuanda Brown
CHAPTER 6: Curriculum Implementation, Instruction, and Technology
Progressive Organization of Subject Matter
John Dewey
Structures in Learning
Jerome S. Bruner
Nurturing the life of the mind
Kathleen Vail
The Many Faces of Leadership
Charlotte Danielson
Adopt and Adapt: Twenty-first-century schools need twenty-first-century technology
Marc Prensky
A Movable Feast
John K. Waters
Leaders’ Voices–Putting Theory Into Practice
Ideals vs. Reality in the Classroom
Carol Lupton
CHAPTER 7: Curriculum Evaluation
“TestThink”?
Nelson Maylone
You Can Teach for Meaning
Jay McTighe, Elliott Seif, & Grant Wiggins.
Learning to Love Assessment
Carol Ann Tomlinson
A Balanced School Accountability Model: An Alternative to High-Stakes Testing
Ken Jones
Using Student Assessment Data To Improve Instruction
Kathryn Parker Boudett, Richard J. Murnane, Elizabeth City, and Liane Moody
What is the Purpose of Grades?
James D. Allen
Leaders’ Voices–Putting Theory Into Practice
Time for a Tune-Up: Comprehensive Curriculum Evaluation
Lisa H. Meyers
Part III: The Curriculum in Action
CHAPTER 8: Early Childhood and Elementary Curricula
Promoting Altruism in the Classroom
E.H. Mike Robinson III & Jennifer R. Curry
Making Instructional Decisions Based on Data: What, How, and Why
Kouider Mokhtari, Catherine A. Rosemary, & Patricia A. Edwards
Implementing a Schoolwide Literacy Framework to Improve Student Achievement
Douglas Fisher & Nancy Frey
Why is Kindergarten an Endangered Species?
Linda H. Plevyak & Kathy Morris
Case Study in Curriculum Implementation:
Learning to Read in Kindergarten: Has Curriculum Development Bypassed the
Controversies?
Bruce Joyce, Marilyn Hrycauk, & Emily Calhoun, with the Northern Lights
Kindergarten Teachers
Leaders’ Voices–Putting Theory Into Practice:
Building a Community in Our Classroom: The Story of Bat Town, U.S.A.
Andrea McGann Keech
CHAPTER 9: Middle-level Curricula
This We Believe: Successful Schools for Young Adolescents
National Middle School Association
Mayhem in the Middle: Why We Should Shift to K—8
Cheri Pierson Yecke
Guess Again: Will Changing the Grades Save Middle-Level Education?
James Beane & Richard Lipka
The Homework Wars
David Skinner
Building Developmental Assets to Promote Success in School and in Life
Peter C. Scales & Judy Taccogna
Case Study in Curriculum Implementation:
Intentional Curriculum Planning in an Age of Accountability: Explorer Middle School’s
Approach
Donald E. Larsen & Tariq T. Akmal
Leaders’ Voices–Putting Theory Into Practice:
Teaming for Better School Climate and Improved Achievement
Luanne L. Kokolis
CHAPTER 10: High School Curricula
Becoming Citizens of the World
Vivien Stewart
Engaging the Disengaged Student: Research Shows Why some are Immersed in Learning while
Others are Indifferent
Susan Black
Possible Selves: Identity-Based Motivation and School Success
Daphna Oyserman
Learning the Real-World Skills of the 21st Century
Patricia Joyce
Can Depth Replace Coverage in the High School Curriculum?
Fred M. Newmann
Case Study in Curriculum Implementation:
Going the Extra Mile to Smooth the Transition to High School
Hugh Campbell
Leaders’ Voices–Putting Theory Into Practice:
A Tale of Two Curriculums
Mira Reisberg
600 pages, Paperback