Curriculum Leadership: Readings for Developing Quality Educational Programs: United States Edition

The ninth edition of Curriculum Planning is a selection of readings that presents the knowledge, skills, and alternative strategies needed by curriculum planners and teachers at all levels of education, from early childhood through adulthood. The book offers a variety of learning experiences for students with wide-ranging interests, learning styles, and backgrounds.

Part I, “Bases for Curriculum Planning,” emphasizes the development of knowledge and skills in the three bases of the curriculum — social forces, human development, and learning and learning styles. 

Part II, “Developing and Implementing the Curriculum,” includes two new chapters: Chapter 5, “Developing the Curriculum,” examines curriculum designs that can be used to develop (i.e., write) curricula.  And, Chapter 6, “Curriculum and Instruction,” focuses on the interrelationships between curriculum and instruction. 

Part III, “The Curriculum in Action,” emphasizes the application of curriculum planning skills for educational programs for children; early, middle, and late adolescents; and adult learners.  At each level, current trends, innovations, and issues are examined from both theoretical and practical viewpoints.

A selection of diverse readings that presents the knowledge, skills, and alternative strategies needed by curriculum planners and teachers at all levels of education, the newest edition of Curriculum Leadership retains its variety of learning experiences for students with wide-ranging interests, learning styles, and backgrounds. The readings are broken into three parts, the first creating a foundation for curriculum planning, the second exploring the development and implementation of the curriculum, and the third examining the application of curriculum planning skills throughout the stages of learning. 

The revised ninth edition of Curriculum Leadership contains new chapters, articles, and features that continue the book’s tradition of presenting readers with the most current trends, up-to-date research, and pressing issues and then asks them to examine the material from theoretical and practical viewpoints.

• Thirty-five new articles, most of which published within the last three years, keep the text current with the newest research and most contemporary issues and trends.
• Two entirely new chapters on Curriculum Implementation, Instruction, and Technology and Curriculum Evaluation and Assessment of Learning give readers even more research-based and practical guidance for improving curriculum leadership.
• New “Curriculum Leadership Strategies” features are designed to give superintendents, principals, and educational leaders concise, practical tips for improving curriculum leadership. 
• New "Leaders’ Voices: Putting Theory Into Practice" sections present an article in every chapter authored by a curriculum leader about solutions to real-world leadership challenges.