ABSTRACT

Each chapter of this book is devoted to a separate concept, which is analyzed in terms of its major features. Follow-up questions at the end of each chapter are designed to challenge the reader to reflect further on the specific issues raised.

part I|23 pages

Introduction

chapter 1|8 pages

What Is Curriculum?

chapter 2|13 pages

Introducing Key Concepts

part II|158 pages

Curriculum Planning and Development

chapter 3|12 pages

Curriculum Frameworks

chapter 5|10 pages

Aims, Goals and Objectives

chapter 6|13 pages

Selection of Method

chapter 8|11 pages

Using Textbooks

chapter 9|12 pages

Curriculum Integration

chapter 10|12 pages

Technology as a School Subject

chapter 11|10 pages

Tyler’s Planning Model

chapter 13|8 pages

Centrally Based Curriculum Development

chapter 15|13 pages

Curriculum Implementation

chapter 16|14 pages

Assessment, Grading and Testing

part III|67 pages

Curriculum Management

chapter 17|15 pages

Innovation and Planned Change

chapter 18|9 pages

Leadership and the School Principal

chapter 19|16 pages

Self-managing Schools

chapter 21|16 pages

School Evaluations/Reviews

part IV|61 pages

Curriculum Ideology

chapter 22|9 pages

Curriculum History

chapter 23|8 pages

School Subjects

chapter 25|8 pages

Sociology of Knowledge and the Curriculum

chapter 26|12 pages

Feminist Pedagogy

chapter 27|10 pages

Postmodernism and the Curriculum

chapter |1 pages

Concluding Issues