Democratic Curriculum Leadership - Critical Awareness to Pragmatic Artistry

This book provides educators with guidance on studying and practicing a curriculum problem solving artistry that is focused on deepening students' subject matter understandings through democratic self and social understandings.

List of contents

PREFACE
INTRODUCTION: TEN FUNDAMENTALS
Chapter 1: THEORETICAL PLATFORM
Chapter 2: PROFESSIONAL AWAKENING
Chapter 3: CREATIVE TEACHING
Chapter 4: GENERATIVE LEAD-LEARNING
Chapter 5: PARTICIPATORY EVALUATING
Conclusion

About the author

James G. Henderson is Professor of Curriculum Studies at Kent State University, where he holds the Rebecca Tolle and Burton W. Gorman Chair in Educational Leadership. His publications address the topics of reflective teaching, transformative curriculum leadership, democratic collegial study, curriculum wisdom, curriculum-based pedagogy, and reconceptualized curriculum development.

Daniel J. Castner is an Assistant Professor of Early Childhood Education & Teacher Leadership at Bellarmine University in Louisville, Kentucky. His scholarship addresses teachers' endeavors to enact and lead democratic curriculum and pedagogy amidst the era of standardization and accountability.

Jennifer L. Schneider is a doctoral candidate in Curriculum and Instruction at Kent State University with an academic and teaching background in Art Education, Art History, and English Education. Her scholarly interests dwell in aesthetics, everyday life, and holistic education.

Summary

This book provides educators with guidance on studying and practicing a curriculum problem solving artistry that is focused on deepening students' subject matter understandings through democratic self and social understandings.

Product details

• Authors: Daniel J Castner, Daniel J. Castner, James G Henderson, James G. Henderson, James G. Castner Henderson, James G./ Castner Henderson, James George Henderson, Henderson James G., Jennifer L Schneider, Jennifer L. Schneider
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.03.2018
• EAN: 9781475837865
• ISBN: 978-1-4758-3786-5
• No. of pages: 142
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Adult education; EDUCATION / Administration / General, EDUCATION / Leadership, EDUCATION / Curricula, EDUCATION / Reference, Curriculum planning & development, Curriculum planning and development