Curriculum Leadership: Readings for Developing Quality Educational Programs

by Forrest W. Parkay

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. For any current or future teacher.

Paperback

First published March 23, 2009

Reviews

[Kristin · Rating 3 out of 5]

Curriculum isn't the most interesting thing to read about, but I did like how this book was filled with articles by so many different authors, researchers, and "gurus" to get a variety of experiences and perspectives.

[Leanna Aker · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book is designed in an interesting way, each chapter with a short editor blurb about various curriculum topics, followed by a handful of short articles from different authors about the topic. In this way, this book allowed me to read many diverse viewpoints about a certain topic. I would argue that the book isn't so much a book about curriculum, or leadership, and that is why I'm not giving it 5 stars. There are chapters about human development and middle level education, for example. While these are certainly related to curricula, I found that the articles included in each chapter didn't strictly relate to curriculum.

Nevertheless, a good read with diverse viewpoints about important education topics.

[Busky3 · Rating 4 out of 5]

It's a far better book than Curriculum 21. It compiles a very expansive collection of essays and papers written/published about the constructing of curriculum that span a wide array of viewpoints. This makes one appreciate more the complexity and subjectivity inherent in the process unlike Curriculum 21's more rigidly didactic approach.

[Stephanie · Rating 4 out of 5]

Although the chapter introductions can be a bit dense, there is a solid compilation of journal articles about education and leadership in this textbook. It is a collection that I'm actually looking forward to continuing to explore even though my course is officially over.

[Abby · Rating 4 out of 5]

Read for a grad class.

[Vanna]

Graduate school book #1