Curriculum Development: A Guide to Practice

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The new edition of this highly respected book identifies 25 individual strategies, currently used worldwide, for promoting educational development—strategies that schools, districts, states, and nations will employ in transforming their systems for the new global age. While maintaining its established, well-known focus on historical and philosophical aspects of curriculum development, this edition also includes updated chapters on technology, the Common Core movement, and the curriculum activities of the world’s leading nations, along with practical applications of these historic and novel principles of curriculum work. The Enhanced Pearson eText features assessments and internet resources.

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In this highly respected book, 25 individual strategies, currently used worldwide, provide cutting edge information and time-tested procedures for promoting educational development in today’s global age. While maintaining its established, well-known focus on historical and philosophical aspects of curriculum development, this edition also includes updated chapters on technology, the Common core movement, and the curriculum activities of the world’s leading nations, along with practical applications of these historic and novel principles of curriculum work.

Invigorate learning with the Enhanced Pearson eText
The Enhanced Pearson eText provides a rich, interactive learning environment designed to improve student mastery of content with the following multimedia features:

• Chapter Self-Check . Multiple-choice questions embedded in each content section provide practice items to help readers immediately test their mastery of the content.
• Internet resources. Weblinks to further explore content related to the chapter.