Curriculum: Foundations, Principles, and Issues

by Francis P. Hunkins and Allan C. Ornstein

Book Overview

Gives current and future administrators a balanced, comprehensive view of the entire field of curriculum, which encourages readers to consider choices and formulate their own views on curriculum... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0205592570
• ISBN13: 9780205592579
• Release Date: August 2008
• Publisher: Allyn & Bacon
• Length: 344 Pages
• Weight: 1.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 8.2" x 10.0"

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This is a very comprehensive book, and for the most part, very evenly written. Information about the history of curriculum is excellent, well organized and in great detail. Information about the processes of curriculum writing is outstanding - extremely thorough, complete and exhaustive in scope - and quite valuable as a reference. The last section of the book covers what directions new curricula might move, with information about what has changed, and predictions about what will change. Here the high quality of the writing and information evaporates, revealing quite inappropriate bias, slipshod research, vague or incorrect information, and gaps in continuity. I got more reliable, unbiased and accurate information on the last topics from a much older (different) source book. I used the bulk of this book as a valuable source and reference in classwork and curriculum writing, but the latter part is inappropriate and unreliable for that.

Curriculum: Foundations, Principles, and Issues

Book Review: Curriculum: Foundations, Principles, and Issues by Ornstein and HunkinsThis book discusses various curriculum approaches and is an excellent source of information about philosophical, historical, psychological, and social foundations of curriculum. It discusses curriculum theory, curriculum development and curriculum designs. This book explains the taxonomic levels and approaches to educational objectives. It identifies curriculum implementation models and numerous curriculum evaluation models. It ends with a discussion of curriculum issues, trends and future directions. This book is an excellent source of theory related to curriculum and should be helpful to faculty and students studying curriculum and to anyone involved in developing curriculum.