Like the three critically acclaimed prior editions, the latest edition offers a comprehensive treatment of the curriculum development process and the nature of twenty-first-century education reform. In a style notable for its lack of jargon and digressive pedagogy, the author simplifies the sound foundations and principles of curriculum development as they apply to the implementation of major education reform. This revised and expanded edition features cutting-edge … More >>
I’m reading this textbook for my graduate course and had high expectations of receiving practical ideas to use in the classroom. The author is obviously anti-NCLB which appeals to me. However, while he states philosophical ideas and concepts that can make a school stronger, he does not include actual applications. In other words, this all sounds great on paper, but for “real-life” instruction, I find the ideas impractical. We may not like NCLB, but we also cannot ignore it. This book promotes putting aside instruction geared to NCLB testing and pushes for time-consuming planning and implementation of instruction I am not convinced will actually help students learn what they need to learn for a testing practice that will not be going away anytime soon.
Rating: 3 / 5