Presenting a historic and contemporary look at curriculum's journey-from its conceptualization in 1947 to present-this innovative work combines intellectual commentary, impressionistic portraiture, parallel tales, interviews, and excerpted scholarly materials to create a living history of the curriculum field. Unique in approach, it uses rich narrative, primary sources and thoughtful discussion to reveal the complex issues and dynamic conversations that have shaped major Turning Points in American curriculum. It is a book that chronicles contemporary curriculum and invites readers to identify with and ultimately participate in this important field of intellectual study.
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Avg. Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0
Curriculum theory:
This book does a great job of intertwining historical occurrences with curriculum theory and current educational trends. Good reading. Also the guest lecturers add a nice touch.
An Indispensable Text:
It has been said that we cannot fully understand a text unless we know about the whole culture from which it emerged. This book provides that background understanding for those who would study the many and varied texts in the field of curriculum. As an instructor of graduate level curriculum students, I have used this book to provide the type of context that is not available in any other source. It is extremely accessible without oversimplifying a very complicated field. My students appreciate the... more info
A great book. Worth reading!:
Turning Points walks us through a historic journey in curriculum field in a unique way. I like the way it combines interviews, documents, social history, and curriculum ideas. It's a great book that encompasses historic issues and current issues (e.g., high-stakes testing and international issues). It's not just a static text. Rather, it is a dynamic conversation between the authors, the great scholars, and the readers. An excellent choice for curriculum researchers, educators and students.
Good Becomes Better:
This was a groundbreaking book when it was first released several years ago as it astutely combined interviews, documents, social history, and curriculum ideas. This NEW edition brings better formatting and, more importantly, additional content related to high-stakes testing and international issues. It is incredibly reader-friendly and captures the history of curriculum thought and work from 1950s onward.
