Case Studies in Curriculum Change : Great Britain and the United States

ISBN-13: 9780415670388 / Angielski / Twarda / 2011 / 288 str.

William A. Reid;Decker F. Walker

Opis

Detailed accounts are given of curriculum change in a wide variety of settings: American and English school systems, a college of education, an art curriculum project, Scottish classrooms. Analytic perspectives are employed that help to clarify the underlying forces at work.

Spis treści

Foreword. Preface. 1 Stability and Change: The Public Schools of Gary, Indiana, 1940-70 W Lynn McKinney and Ian Westbury. 2 Negotiating Curriculum Change in a College of Education K E Shaw 3 Curriculum Development in an Art Project Decker F Walker 4 The Head Teacher as Innovator: A Study of an English School District N B Dickinson 5 Handling Innovation in the Classroom: Two Scottish Examples David Hamilton 6 The Diffusion of Keynesian Macroeconomics through American High School Textbooks, 1936-70 7 The Changing Curriculum: Theory and Practice William A Reid. Bibliography. Index.

O autorze

William A. Reid (Author) ,  Decker F. Walker (Author)