Key Concepts for Understanding Curriculum (Teachers' Library)

Key Concepts for Understanding Curriculum is an invaluable guide for all involved in curriculum matters. Now fully updated, this revised and enlarged fifth edition provides not only a solid grounding in the subject but also covers the latest trends and issues affecting the field. Written in Marsh's clear and accessible style, the book details the strengths, weaknesses and controversies around major concepts in curriculum, including curriculum planning,development and management, collaborative involvement in curriculum and curriculum ideology Now fully up to date it includes vital new informaytion on Organisation and management of schools Student engagement and personalised learning. Ongoing international pressures about literacy and numeracy. Evaluating curricula materials and new forms of assessment. Using student and teacher data to improve teaching and learning Differentiated instruction The new edition also includes two new chapters on parent / student voice and the alignment between central curriculum policies and school-based initiatives in addition to many new examples of recent initiatives that have been introduced in a number of countries, including the UK, USA and Australia. This up-to-date edition of a definitive text will be essential reading for anyone involved in curriculum planning or development. It will be especially useful to students training to be teachers, and practising teachers following professional development programmes.