Curriculum and aims /
Decker F. Walker, Jonas F. Soltis ; assisted by Frances Schoonmaker.
- 5th edition
- New York : Teachers College Press, 2009.
- vii, 136 pages ; 23 cm.
- Thinking about education series .
- Thinking about education series .
Includes bibliographical references.
1. Teacher and the Curriculum -- 2. Aims of Education -- 3. General Education -- 4. Conceptualizing Curriculum Phenomena -- 5. Procedures for Curriculum Making -- 6. Explaining and Critiquing Curriculum Practices -- 7. Cross-Currents of Reform -- 8. Cases and Disputes.
Offers a perspective on the basic curriculum questions educators face regarding the purposes, content, design, and structure of educational programs. This book examines aims that have been proposed by classical educational thinkers and reviews the dominant educational debate of the 20th century between traditionalists and progressives.
Education--Aims and objectives--United States. Educación --Fines y objetivos--Estados Unidos Education--Curricula--United States. Educación --Currículo --Estados Unidos Curriculum planning--United States. Planificación curricular--Estados Unidos Planificación educativa --Estados Unidos