Balanced yet eclectic in its approach, Contemporary Issues in Curriculum reflects the emergent trends in the field of curriculum.

The fourth edition of this issues-oriented collection offers 40 articles by the major thinkers in curriculum study. Designed for students in curriculum, instruction, administration, and teacher education, it explores the issues that affect implementation, planning, and evaluation of curriculum at all levels of learning.

The editors have organized the collection into six Parts: Curriculum and Philosophy, Curriculum and Teaching, Curriculum and Learning, Curriculum and Instruction, Curriculum and Supervision, and Curriculum and Policy. The readings reflect both traditionally held beliefs and those that are more controversial in nature, providing students and practitioners the opportunity to investigate the breadth of issues that affect curriculum and to access such information in a single source. Readers are encouraged to examine and debate these issues, to formulate their own ideas, and to shape what direction the field of curriculum should take.

Features

• Focus questions at the beginning of each article help organize reading.
• Discussion questions at the end of every article provide fodder for classroom discussion and reflection on reading.
• Curriculum Scholar Profiles at the beginning of each section highlight the thinking and achievements of six prominent leaders in the curriculum field.
• "Pro-Con Charts" succinctly detail the argument and counterargument for the issue covered in each part.
• "A Case Study" at the end of each Part initiates thoughtful discussion of how curriculum issues are played out in the in-service world.
• To ensure that the breadth and depth of viewpoints in the field are represented, the authors have included articles that portray current trends and illustrate the dynamism within the field of curriculum.

New To This Edition

• Thirty-five percent of the content is new!
• Features 14 new chapters written by notable authors, including John Goodlad, Linda Darling-Hammond, Evans Clinchy, Andrew Gitlin, Stacey Ornstein, Geneva Gay, David Perkins, Harry Wong, Frank Levy, Richard Murnane, Robert Slavin, Allan Odden, Richard Rothstein, Alan Ornstein, and Edward Pajak.
• The sections on "Curriculum and Teaching" and "Curriculum and Instruction" are thoroughly updated.
• Includes six Profiles of Prominent Curriculum Scholars.
• Offers two new "Pro-Con Charts" and one new "Case Study."