The revised Fifth Edition provides a broad perspective on the basic curriculum questions educators face regarding the purposes, content, design, and structure of educational programs. After examining aims that have been proposed by classical educational thinkers and reviewing the dominant educational debate of the 20th century between traditionalists and progressives, the authors deal with fundamental contemporary issues of curriculum theory and instructional practice. Providing realistic case studies that inspire pre-service teachers to grapple with the issues of curriculum and aims in the...
The revised Fifth Edition provides a broad perspective on the basic curriculum questions educators face regarding the purposes, content, design, and s...
Using realistic case studies, dialogs, and open-ended questions, the fifth edition tackles such crucial questions as: Do schools socialize students to become productive workers? Does schooling reproduce social class and pass on ethnic and gender biases? Can a teacher avoid passing on dominant social and cultural values? What besides subjects do students really learn in schools?
Using realistic case studies, dialogs, and open-ended questions, the fifth edition tackles such crucial questions as: Do schools socialize students to...
