Exemplars of Curriculum Theory

ISBN-13: 9781930556706 / Angielski / Miękka / 2003 / 184 str.

Arthur K. Ellis

Opis

This book crosses the divide between theoreticians and practitioners by demonstrating how curriculum theories and models are applied in classrooms today. It ties together broad educational theories such as progressivism, essentialism, perennialism, etc.; curriculum models, characterized as learner-centered, society-centered or knowledge-centered; and exemplars of curriculum theories and models, such as Reggio Emilia, Core Knowledge, the International Baccalaureate, etc.

Spis treści

Introduction 1. Toward Definition(s) Curriculum as Prescription Curriculum as Experience 2 Reading Between the Lines Planned vs. Experienced Curriculum Narrow vs. Expansive Definitions Training Up and Leading Forth 3. A Few Questions What are the goals of the curriculum? What knowledge is of most worth? Guessing the Future What values should be taught and learned? What essential skills are at stake? What is an appropriate view of society? What do we believe about students? What are the implications for a pluralistic society? 4. The Progressive Paradigm A Brief History The Eight-Year Study Progressive Curriculum Teacher Role Student Role Environment Assessment 5. The Learner-Centered Curriculum Goal Structure Open Education A. S. Neill and Summerhill School Affective Education Developmentally Appropriate Practice The Doctrine of Interest Creativity and Self-Direction Syntactic Complexity Exemplar 1—Sudbury Schools: A Learner-Centered and Learner-Controlled Approach Exemplar 2—The Exploratory: Experiences Curriculum for Elementary Schools: An Interest Center Approach Exemplar 3—Reggio Emilia Education: A Project-Based Child-Centered Community Approach 6. The Society-Centered Curriculum Emphasis on the Group and the Self in Group Context Teacher Role Integrated Studies The Principal Speaks: A Society-Centered Curricular Perspective Exemplar 4—The Foxfire Curriculum: Cultural Journalism Exemplar 5—Unified Science and Mathematics for Elementary Schools (USMES) Approach: Real World Problem Solving 7 The Knowledge-Centered Curriculum A Liberal Education Textbooks as Curriculum Curriculum as Process Ways of Knowing E. D. Hirsch’s Core Knowledge Curriculum: Cultural Literacy Mortimer Adler’s Paideia Proposal: An Educational Manifesto Of Differences and Similarities Keys to the Knowledge-Centered Curriculum Traditional Curriculum Philosophies: Essentialism and Perennialism Back to Bruner for a Minute The Structure of Knowledge Within a Discipline The Essentialist Paradigm The Essentialist Curriculum Teacher Role Student Role Organization of the Curriculum Assessment Thinking About Essentialism Is an Essentialist Curriculum a Match for Your School? Exemplar 6—E. D. Hirsch Jr’s. Core Knowledge Curriculum: Essentialism Exemplar 7—Mortimer Adler’s Paideia Curriculum: Perennialism Exemplar 8—The International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme: A Worldwide Curriculum 8. Parting Thoughts Bibliography

O autorze

Arthur K. Ellis, a former public school teacher, is Director of the International Center for Curriculum Studies and Professor of Education at Seattle Pacific University. He is the author of the highly acclaimed Teaching and Learning Elementary Social Studies, Seventh Edition (Allyn and Bacon), Research on Educational Innovations, Third Edition and Teaching, Learning, and Assessment Together (both Eye On Education). Dr. Ellis is the author or coauthor of 18 published books and numerous journal articles. He consults to school systems in the United States and is involved in a wide range of professional activities in Russia, China, Spain, and other countries. He is also the coauthor of “Journeys of Discovery,” an integrated studies curriculum for schools.