Contemporary issues in curriculum

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Curriculum and philosophy. Philosophy as a basis for curriculum decisions / Allan C. Ornstein -- Goals and objectives / Ronald S. Brandt and Ralph W. Tyler -- Alternative curriculum conceptions and designs / M. Frances Klein -- A pedagogy of possibility / Peter McLaren -- Art and imagination / Maxine Greene -- There's too much to teach / Jane Roland Martin -- Curriculum and teaching. Teaching themes of care / Nel Noddings -- The heart of a teacher / Parker J. Palmer -- Critical issues in teaching / Allen C. Ornstein -- Productive teachers / Herbert J. Wahlberg -- Knowledge and teaching / Lee S. Schulman -- Beyond anxiety and nostalgia / Andy Hargreaves -- Curriculum and learning. Grappling / Theodore R. Sizer and Nancy Faust Sizer -- Critical thinking - what can it be? / Matthew Lipman -- Creating creative minds / Robert J. Sternberg and Todd I. Lubart -- The cognitive-developmental approach to moral education / Alfie Kohn --^ Assessment, student confidence, and school success / Richard J. Stiggins -- Curriculum and instruction. The search for methods of instruction / Benjamin S. Bloom -- A new look at school failure and school success / William Glasser -- What does it mean to say that a school is doing well? / Elliot w. Eisner -- Teaching and teacher accountability / Allan C. Ornstein -- Realizing the promise of standards-based education / Michael J. Schmoker and Robert J. Marzano -- Educating the net generation / Don Tapscott -- Curriculum and supervision. Teacher learning that supports student learning / Linda Darling-Hammond -- The politics of virtue : a new framework for school leadership / Thomas J. Sergiovanni -- Five models of staff development for teachers / Dennis Sparks and Susan Loucks-Horsley -- The evolution of peer coaching / Beverly Showers and Bruce Joyce -- Results-oriented professional development / Thomas R. Guskey -- Clinical supervision and psychological functions / Edward F. Pajak --^ Curriculum and policy. Educational demographics : what teachers should know / Harold Hodgkinson -- Creating school, family, and community partnerships / Joyce L. Epstein -- Challenges for educators : lesbian, gay, and bisexual families / James T. Sears -- Limiting students' school success and life chances / Jeannie S. Oakes -- The costs of sustaining educational change through comprehensive school reform / Allan Odden -- Dichotomizing educational reform / Carl D. Glickman.