Curriculum: Foundations, Principles, and Issues (5th Edition) [Hardcover]

Allan C. Ornstein (Author), Francis P. Hunkins (Author)

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ISBN-10: 0205592570 | ISBN-13: 978-0205592579 | Publication Date: August 14, 2008 | Edition: 5

A thorough exploration of the historical, philosophical, psychological, and social context for the field of curriculum, Curriculum: Foundations, Principles, and Issues addresses the curriculum process  and issues that influence it and encourages readers to consider how new thinking impacts curriculum deliberation, development, and implementation.  A more concise Fifth Edition provides both the student and the professor of curriculum with a comprehensive treatment of the field: curriculum foundations as well as the principles and procedures for conceptualizing, developing, implementing, and evaluating curriculum. As in previous editions, it provides solid coverage of the philosophical, historical, psychological, and social foundations of curriculum including recent research and thinking in these areas. 

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Curriculum: Foundations, Principles, and Issues, continues the tradition of this popular book by providing comprehensive treatment of the curriculum field: foundations as well as the principles and procedures for conceptualizing, developing, implementing, and evaluating curriculum. Edited for a more concise presentation of material, it retains its solid coverage of the philosophical, historical, psychological, and social foundations of curriculum. The Fifth Edition has also been updated to include the most current research and thinking in curriculum including discussion of both technical and non-technical models of curriculum development and how these models might be utilized in a changing and emerging curriculum environment.

 

NEW TO THIS EDITION:

• Updated to include the most current research and thinking in curriculum.
• Explore the connections between curriculum theory and practice through integration ofkey curriculum theories.  Previously found in the Curriculum Theory chapter, this material is now included throughout  the chapters in Part II.
• Step through the curriculum process from start to finish in a new chapter organization located in Part II, Principles of Curriculum:  Curriculum Design first, followed by Curriculum Development, then Curriculum Implementation, and finally Curriculum Evaluation. 
• Prepare for today's standards-based curriculum environment in the Curriculum Development chapter (Ch.7), which integrates the Aims, Goals, and Objectiveschapter found in the previous edition.  
• The authors have carefully revised each page for clarity and streamlined content for an optimal learning experience.

FEATURES FOR SUCCESS:

• Curriculum Tips give practical meaning to the research and insights into the curriculum process.
• Focusing Questions set the stage for the main ideas in the chapter.
• Overview Tables provide summaries of major concepts and principles.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 360 pages
• Publisher: Allyn & Bacon; 5 edition (August 14, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0205592570
• ISBN-13: 978-0205592579
• Product Dimensions: 10.1 x 8.1 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #53,202 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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19 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Curriculum: Foundations, Principles, and Issues, December 13, 2000

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Ann Tomey (Terre Haute, IN USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Curriculum: Foundations, Principles, and Issues (3rd Edition) (Hardcover)

Book Review: Curriculum: Foundations, Principles, and Issues by Ornstein and Hunkins

This 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.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Still a textbook, January 1, 2007

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K. Brock (Richmond, VA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Curriculum: Foundations, Principles, and Issues (4th Edition) (Hardcover)

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.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A textbook with an attitude, June 30, 2010

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I read this book along with Oliva's and it is quite thorough. Other readers would wonder why read both. They kind of cover the same ground. However, I like that Ornstein makes distinctions between philosophies and educational philosophies. This chapter is broader in scope. Likewise, his history on education in America seems to cover a greater ground. There is another chapter on social background which Oliva does not have. In his discussion on curericulum designs, he includes backward design curriculums, while Oliva doesn't. This is important to me as a reader because I am strongly influenced by backward design, and there are several authors covering this type of design (Erickson, 2003, 2007; and Wiggins & McTighe, 2005). A big distinction between these two books, however, is that Ornstein's tone is critical. Oliva's is objective, as a newsreporter who is describing what is going on. Ornstein's is editorial, as a person who voices his perspective and describes history with a critical eye. I thought that wwas inmportant to this textbook.