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Informationen zum Autor Wesley Null is vice provost for undergraduate education at Baylor University. He also serves as professor of curriculum and foundations of education in the School of Education and the Honors College. At Baylor, Null collaborates with all deans and vice provosts to maintain a common vision for undergraduate education, oversees undergraduate curriculum for the university, supervises staff who provide academic and advising support for all undergraduates, works closely to the Office of Student Life to supervise living-learning programs, and oversees institutional accreditation for the University. Null is the author of Peerless Educator: The Life and Work of Isaac Leon Kandel (2007) and A Disciplined Progressive Educator: The Life and Career of William Chandler Bagley (2004). He is co-editor, with Diane Ravitch, of Forgotten Heroes of American Education: The Great Tradition of Teaching Teachers (2006). He has co-edited several other books as well, including Readings in American Educational Thought: From Puritanism to Progressivism (2009) and The Pursuit of Curriculum: Schooling and the Public Interest (2006). Null also has served as president of the American Association for Teaching and Curriculum and Editor of the American Educational History Journal. He lives in Woodway, Texas with his wife, Dana, and their two children, Raegan and Corbin. Klappentext This updated third edition of Curriculum: From Theory to Practice provides an introduction to curriculum theory and how it relates to classroom practice. Wesley Null builds upon recent developments while continuing to provide a unique organization of the curriculum field composed of five traditions: systematic, existential, radical, pragmatic, and deliberative. Inhaltsverzeichnis Figures and Textboxes Foreword to the Third Edition (Chara Haeussler Bohan) Foreword to the Second Edition (Jared Stallones) Foreword to the First Edition (David M. Callejo-Perez) Preface to the Third Edition Preface to the Second Edition Preface to the First Edition Supplementary Materials Acknowledgments Introduction: What Is Curriculum and Why Does It Matter? Curriculum versus Education Curriculum Questions Why Curriculum Matters What Is a Liberating Curriculum? Thesis and Structure of the Book Brief Book Overview Discussion Questions Notes PART I: CURRICULUM TRADITIONS 1 Liberal Education (and Curriculum) for All Origins of a Liberal Curriculum The Christian Era and the Liberal Arts Ideal The Rise of Democracy Universal Liberal Curriculum and Deliberation John Dewey and Democratic Education Joseph Schwab's Challenge to Curriculum The Five Commonplaces of Curriculum Why the Language of Commonplaces? Commonplace #1: Teachers Commonplace #2: Learners Commonplace #3: Subject Matter Commonplace #4: Context Commonplace #5: Curriculum Making A Map for Curriculum Makers The Horizontal Axis The Vertical Axis The Curriculum Map and the Five Curricular Traditions Discussion Questions Notes 2 Systematic Curriculum No Child Left Behind and Systematic Curriculum Curriculum Standards as a System The Rise of Common Core State Standards Background on the Systematic Curriculum Tradition John Franklin Bobbitt Werrett Wallace Charters The Free-Market System and Curriculum What about Curriculum? Systematic Curriculum and the Commonplaces Teachers Learners Subject Matter Context Curriculum Making Conclusion: Strengths and Weaknesses of Systematic Curriculum Discussion Questions Notes 3 Existentialist Curriculum Alfie Kohn...
