Publisher's Synopsis
Curriculum document is a comprehensive plan of any educational program. It is also one of the means for bringing about qualitative improvement in any program. A crucial part of a curriculum reform initiative involves the practice of Improving Learning, Teaching, and Assessment for All Students. . Curriculum work is an essential function of leadership in schools because it is through the curriculum development process that we identify purpose, define an activity, and rationalize decision making in schools. Our goal in writing Developmentally Appropriate Curriculum in Action is to provide you with the professional knowledge and skills you will need to be an effective secondary school teacher. The material in this text has been thoroughly principles, making use of the latest theories and findings about how students and about how great teachers teach. This text presents models, ideas, examples, and theories to prod critical reflections leading to proxies that acknowledge local/global contexts, cultures, and conceptual frameworks. Teachers of Education can use this book to develop the curriculum in their stream. University faculty can use this book to facilitate powwow regarding theoretical and operational curriculum issues, specifically when contemplating the role of curriculum development in teacher education. This book contains six chapters in order. Chapters 1 address theoretical foundations and a set of concepts for analyzing the field for the development of curricula. Chapter 2, a sense of aims, objectives and principles is very important for anyone working in the curriculum. Without an understanding of this, many contemporary curriculum practices would seem odd or even illogical. Chapter three related with the best approach to curriculum design is to combine the best of both approaches according to student need, teacher experience and organizational structure and resources. Resources include people, instructional materials, supplies and equipment. Chapter four provides curriculum development. Chapter five, this book provides teaching-learning models that can be used in the development and implementation of a curriculum. Teacher education and school education have a symbiotic relationship.
