1st Edition

Case Studies in Curriculum Change Great Britain and the United States

Edited By William Reid, Decker F. Walker Copyright 1975
280 Pages
by Routledge

284 Pages
by Routledge

280 Pages
by Routledge

One of the educationist’s major concerns today is to find effective ways of translating new goals for the curriculum into classroom practices. American and British contributions analyse curriculum change as it actually occurs, with people, institutions and constraints of time and money acknowledged and accepted as a necessary and rightful part of the whole process. Detailed accounts are given of... Read more

Foreword. Preface. 1 Stability and Change: The Public Schools of Gary, Indiana, 1940-70 W Lynn McKinney and Ian Westbury. 2 Negotiating Curriculum Change in a College of Education K E Shaw 3 Curriculum Development in an Art Project Decker F Walker 4 The Head Teacher as Innovator: A Study of an English School District N B Dickinson 5 Handling Innovation in the Classroom: Two Scottish Examples David Hamilton 6 The Diffusion of Keynesian Macroeconomics through American High School Textbooks, 1936-70 7 The Changing Curriculum: Theory and Practice William A Reid. Bibliography. Index.

Biography

William A. Reid (Author) ,  Decker F. Walker (Author)