Curriculum Planning and Development Books

The Inside-Out Prison Exchange Program brings campus-enrolled and incarcerated students together as classmates in postsecondary courses built around dialogue, collaboration, and experiential learning. Contributors to this book consider the broader...

Digital Online Culture, Identity and Schooling in the Twenty-First Century provides a cultural, ideological critique of identity construction in the context of virtualization. Kimberly Rosenfeld explores the growing number of people who no longer reside...

Imagining Time and Space in Universities offers a critical analysis using theories of time and space to understand the implications of dominant ways to use discourses of internationalization in the construction of normative ideas of the international...

A rich, comparative case study systematically exploring two program approaches for preparing teachers of color, Gist's work explores culturally responsive pedagogy as a strategy for organizing teacher education.

A Levinasian Ethics for Education’s Commonplaces argues that schooling ought to be shaped by the call of social justice. For this, Joldersma argues that the teacher, the student, the curriculum and the institution ought to be oriented by the ethical. He...

This book provides a comprehensive set of study outlines for a variety of subjects, including history, literature, science, and mathematics. It also features a selection of standard questions and answers on each subject, making it an ideal resource for...

Creativity is globally recognised as the most critically in demand skill for the future of work and education... so what is it and why don't we have it? Is creativity defined by innovation, or is there something more?Can the arts offer any insight, or do...

  Lawrence Stenhouse was one of the most distinguished, original and influential educationalists of his generation. His theories about curriculum, curriculum development, pedagogy, teacher research, and research as a basis for teaching remain...

Information technology is here to stay. Its impact has already been far-reaching: in business, in communications, and in leisure activities it has been responsible for replacing human action by that of machines. As such it raised questions about freedom...

Teaching Critical Performance Theory offers teaching strategies for professors and artist-scholars across performance, design and technology, and theatre studies disciplines. The book's seventeen chapters collectively ask: What use is theory to an...

This book offers a variety of effective, concrete ways to better assimilate arts therapies in the educational system.Featuring leading art therapists and the models they have honed as a result of their arts experience in education, Integrating Arts...

By applying cultural-historical activity theory and expansive learning theory to educational research, this volume illuminates new forms of educational activities as collaborative interventions in schools and communities where learners and practitioners...

APROVECHE EL PODER DE LA CURIOSIDAD PARA FOMENTAR EL AMOR DE LOS ALUMNOS POR EL APRENDIZAJEDesde pequeños, nuestros niños son curiosos de manera innata. Exploran el mundo que les rodea a través del juego, la imaginación y el descubrimiento. Construyen...

This book revolves around curriculum making, reciprocal learning, and the best-loved self. It draws on extensive school-based studies conducted with teachers in the United States, China, and Canada, and weaves in experiences from other cross-national...

This book calls for a reconceptualisation and decolonisation of the Key Stage 2 national history curriculum. The author applies a range of theories in his research with White-British primary school teachers to show how decolonising the history curriculum...

This book addresses the issue of de-spiritualization in education through an interdisciplinary lens. It draws on curriculum scholarship of Dwayne Huebner, Martin Heidegger's interpretation of Plato's allegory of the cave, Buddhism, theories and...

This book explores the impact of the Lesson Books of the National Board of Education in Ireland in the nineteenth century. The author contextualizes the books used in national schools as well as across the wider British Empire: in doing so, he highlights...

This book theorizes shadow education as a new component of curriculum, expanding the concept of curriculum to include this type of learning. Curriculum scholars and theorists have largely disregarded shadow education as a valid topic of scholarly...

This book contains eight chapters that analyze and discuss different themes and topics about new educational trends in Turkey.Chapter 1 discusses the new methodological trends in higher education of Turkey. Several factors including the dynamism of...

The chapters in this collection explore the implementation of social justice pedagogies with preservice teachers by members of the Commission on Social Justice in Teacher Education. Ultimately, this collection seeks to discover how ideas of social...

This book aims to develop a situative educational model to guide the design and implementation of powerful student-centered learning environments in higher education classrooms. Rooted in educational science, Hoidn contributes knowledge in the fields of...

This book challenges traditional conceptions of readiness in early childhood education by sharing concrete examples of practice, policy and histories that rethink readiness. This book seeks to reimagine possible new educational worlds for young children.

In this essential guide for educators, Fay Adams offers a comprehensive overview of the elementary school curriculum, covering topics such as reading, writing, mathematics, and social studies. With a focus on best practices and effective teaching...

This textbook provides a comprehensive overview of English grammar, including topics such as syntax, parts of speech, and sentence structure. Written in the late 19th century for use in schools, the book is designed to be accessible and engaging for...

Soulful Colour•Mindset•Money•Matters, is a unique colouring experience. This is the second book of the Soulful Colour brand with pages containing an affirmation, quote or mantra complemented by an original illustration. It focuses on promoting...

Our brand new textbook for TOK's new syllabus is organized around key knowledge concepts. Each lesson covers one concept. If you use 100 lessons from this book, you will have covered 100 concepts. These are all knowledge concepts that form the...

A companion to Inquiry in Education, Volume I: The Conceptual Foundations for Research as a Curricular Imperative. Volume I presents the arguments for the necessary inclusion of inquiry-driven learning and instructional experiences in any modern...

Decolonial Arts Praxis: Transnational Pedagogies and Activism illustrates the productive potential of critical arts pedagogies in the ongoing work of decolonization by engaging art, activism, and transnational feminisms.

Challenging conventional ways of thinking about school reforms and teacher education, this book analyses how the "knowledge systems" which organize how teachers' observe, supervise, and evaluate children produces norms that have the effect of excluding...

This book examines and illustrates the use of design principles, design thinking, and other empathy research techniques in university and public settings, to plan and ethically target socially-concerned transmedia stories and evaluate their success...

The book explores the state of social studies education within selected East Asian societies and provides some insights into distinctive classroom practices.　　　　　　 In an increasingly volatile and unpredictable world, the education of young people who...

Through careful examination of Ted Aoki's life and work within its historical, societal and intellectual context, this text advances a new appreciation of the national distinctiveness of Canadian curriculum studies. The book draws unique comparison...

The book brings together contributions from curriculum history, cultural studies, visual cultures, and science and technology studies to explore the international mobilizations of the sciences related to education during the post-World War Two years...

This book examines how Indigenous Peoples around the world are demanding greater data sovereignty, and challenging the ways in which governments have historically used Indigenous data to develop policies and programs.In the digital age, governments are...

The book examines ancient religious traditions and modernity in a globalized Asia that is as much in need of a moral compass as it is economic development. Religious education has been an aspect of many societies over time and irrespective of culture...

In recent years, there has been increasing attention placed on international and transnational aspects of school and higher education curricula, and the different research approaches and lenses through which these issues are studied. This edited volume...

Interest by American educators in the Holocaust has increased exponentially during the second half of the twentieth century. In 1960 the Holocaust was barely being addressed in American public schools. Yet by the 1990s several states had mandated the...

Curriculum and Teaching Dialogue is a peer-reviewed journal sponsored by the American Association for Teaching and Curriculum (AATC). The purpose of the journal is to promote the scholarly study of teaching and curriculum. The aim is to provide readers...

The Book “Curriculum Studies: Competence-Based Curriculum Development in Higher Education” gives insight with experiences, anecdotes, and social studies that can guide all learners how to break out of the shell and present themselves with...

Build resilience and collaboration skills in your classroom or youth program with Mindfully Inclusive, an engaging evidence-based curriculum. This book contains 24 versatile lesson plans that will help school-aged learners to understand their influences,...

Hope is measurable, and teachable. Tested and approved by teens, the 'Hopeful Minds® Teen Hpeguide is a 12-module workbook that introduces the Five Keys to Shine Hope™: Stress Skills, Happiness Habits, Inspired Actions, Nourishing Networks, and...

Now you can LEARN, PRACTICE and APPLY the transformative Needs Focused™ classroom management techniques. Used in conjunction with the best-selling Take Control of the Noisy Class, this workbook gives teachers the opportunity to further...

The left has long used the education system as the microcosm for society. This is the story of a conservative educator trying to survive in a corrupted liberal education system.