Scott Webster

Understanding Curriculum (eBook, PDF)

The Australian Context

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Understanding Curriculum is a critical introduction to contemporary curriculum theory and practice. Substantially revised, the second edition includes more detailed consideration of the ideological underpinnings of curriculum development, features new chapters on assessment and reporting, and updated vignettes and extracts. These features, combined with all the elements of the previous edition, encourages readers to reflect on how curriculum theory can inform and enhance classroom practice.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. November 2018
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781108697958
• Artikelnr.: 55121291

Autorenporträt

Scott Webster has twelve years teaching experience in high schools and sixteen years experience teaching and researching in universities. While a high school teacher he was nominated for a national award for teaching excellence by ASG National Excellence in Teaching Awards (ASG NEiTA). His research specialises in philosophy of education and curriculum theory.

Inhaltsangabe

1. The landscape of curriculum theory
2. Introducing conservative ideological approaches to curriculum
3. Social efficiency ideology
4. Neoliberal ideology in curriculum
5. Progressive approaches to curriculum
6. Social reconstruction ideology
7. Pedagogy
8. Equity and (critical) diversity
9. Exploring implications of the construction of the girl/boy binary in curriculum Claire Charles
10. Indigenous issues and a curriculum for social justice
11. How educational technology influences curriculum work
12. Assessing what we value
13. Designing assessment
14. Unit planning and design
15. Reflecting on how you can bring education to the curriculum.