Curriculum syllabus design and equity : a primer and model / edited by Allan Luke, Annette Woods and Katie Weir.
Contributor(s): Luke, Allan | Woods, Annette | Weir, Katie.
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TextPublisher: New York : Routledge, 2013Description: viii, 170 p. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 9780415803199 (hbk); 9780415803205 (pbk); 9780203833452 (ebk).Subject(s): Curriculum planning -- School of Business and Education | Educational equalization. -- School of Business and Education | Social justice -- School of Business and Education | EDUCATION / General -- School of Business and Education | EDUCATION / Curricula -- School of Business and Education | EDUCATION / Teaching Methods & Materials / General -- School of Business and EducationDDC classification: LB2806.L85 2013 Other classification: EDU000000 | EDU007000 | EDU029000 Summary: "Curriculum scholars and teachers working for social justice and equity have been caught up in acrimonious and polarizing political debates over content, ideology, and disciplinary knowledge. At the forefront in cutting through these debates and addressing the practical questions involved, this book is distinctive in looking to the technical form of the curriculum rather than its content for solutions. The editors and contributors, all leading international scholars, advance a unified, principled approach to the design of curriculum and syllabus documents that aims for high quality/high equity educational outcomes and enhances teacher professionalism with appropriate system prescription. Stressing local curriculum development capacity and teacher professional responses to specific community and student contexts, this useful, practical primer introduces and unpacks definitions of curriculum, syllabus, the school subject, and informed professionalism; presents key principles of design; discusses a range of approaches; and offers clear, realistic guidelines for the tasks of writing curriculum documents and designing official syllabi and professional development programs at system and school levels. Providing a foundational structure for syllabus design work, Curriculum, Syllabus Design, and Equity is relevant for teachers, teacher educators, and curriculum policy workers everywhere who are engaged in the real work of curriculum writing and implementation"-- Provided by publisher.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
"Curriculum scholars and teachers working for social justice and equity have been caught up in acrimonious and polarizing political debates over content, ideology, and disciplinary knowledge. At the forefront in cutting through these debates and addressing the practical questions involved, this book is distinctive in looking to the technical form of the curriculum rather than its content for solutions. The editors and contributors, all leading international scholars, advance a unified, principled approach to the design of curriculum and syllabus documents that aims for high quality/high equity educational outcomes and enhances teacher professionalism with appropriate system prescription. Stressing local curriculum development capacity and teacher professional responses to specific community and student contexts, this useful, practical primer introduces and unpacks definitions of curriculum, syllabus, the school subject, and informed professionalism; presents key principles of design; discusses a range of approaches; and offers clear, realistic guidelines for the tasks of writing curriculum documents and designing official syllabi and professional development programs at system and school levels. Providing a foundational structure for syllabus design work, Curriculum, Syllabus Design, and Equity is relevant for teachers, teacher educators, and curriculum policy workers everywhere who are engaged in the real work of curriculum writing and implementation"-- Provided by publisher.