Curriculum Leadership: Readings for Developing Quality Educational Programs, 10th edition
Published by Pearson (August 2, 2013) © 2014
- Forrest W. Parkay Washington State University
- Eric J. Anctil
- Glen Hass
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- Offers a collection of 72 articles on curriculum leadership—that tackle the bases for curriculum leadership; developing, implementing, and evaluating curriculum; and curriculum leadership in action.
- Includes seminal articles by historic greats in education and development— such as John Dewey, William Heard Kilpatrick, William Bagley, Robert M. Hutchins, Erik Erikson, Lawrence Kohlberg, and more!
- Introduces contemporary perspectives by current leaders in education and development—such as Charlotte Danielson, Howard Gardner, Carol Ann Tomlinson, and more!
- Opens each chapter with focus questions and background theory—so readers can access the prerequisite knowledge for each chapter quickly.
- Presents practitioner-authored case studies throughout Part III (A Case Study in Curriculum Implementation)—to illustrate the complexities of institutional and system-wide curriculum implementation.
- Ends each chapter with essays authored by curriculum leaders (Leader's Voices— Putting Theory into Practice)—so readers see how theory relates to practice.
- Includes instructional aides to facilitate understanding and application:
- Learning Activities
- Critical Thinking
- Application Activities
- Field Experiences
- Internet Activities
This Tenth Edition includes 38 new articles that capture the latest topics in education and curriculum leadership.
- Coverage of Common Core State Standards Initiative (CCSSI).
- Expanded coverage on integrating technology into the curriculum.
- Expanded coverage of media literacy.
- Covers “key priorities” of A Blueprint for Reform: The Reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act.
- Latest research findings on the principal’s role as curriculum leader.
- Expanded coverage of teacher leadership.
- Expanded coverage of accountability, assessment, and inclusion.
- Up-to-date analysis of how social networking, smartphones, and other digital technologies influence curricula.
- Expanded and revised Learning Activities at end of each chapter.
Principals as Cultural Leaders
High-Stakes Testing and Accountability as Social Constructs across Cultures
Raymond V. Padilla
Maslow’s Model of a Hierarchy of Needs
Multiple Intelligences, the Mozart Effect, and Emotional Intelligence: A Critical Review
Lynn Waterhouse
Common Core State Standards
Vicki Phillips & Carina Wong
Integrating 21st Century Skills into the Curriculum
Dianne M. Gut
Improving School Outcomes by Addressing the Whole Child and by Addressing Skills and Attitudes, Not Just Content
Adele Diamond
Teaching Under the New Taylorism: High-Stakes Testing and the Standardization of the 21st Century Curriculum
Wayne Au
A Deeper Sense of (Media) Literacy
Cynthia L. Scheibe
Implementing Virtual Museums in the Social Studies Classroom: An Apprenticeship Model
Adam I. Attwood
Performance-Based Assessments
Assessing Students with Disabilities in the General Education Classroom
Darcy E. Miller
An “A” in Abstractions
Paul Tullis
Using Student Assessment Data to Improve Instruction
Kathryn Parker Boudett, Richard J. Murnane, Elizabeth City, & Liane Moody
Universal Preschool’s Promise: Success in Early Childhood and Beyond
Jon Lasser & Kathleen Fite
Implementing a Schoolwide Literacy Framework to Improve Student Achievement
Douglas Fisher & Nancy Frey
The Teacher’s Laptop as a Hub for Learning in the Classroom
Judy M. Parr & Lorrae Ward
Student-Centered Instruction: Integrating the Learning Sciences to Support Elementary and Middle School Learners
Steven L. Turner
Judy Jenkins & R. Scott Pfeifer
The Forgotten Middle: Ensuring that All Students Are on Target for College and Career Readiness before High School
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The Middle School Plunge: Achievement Tumbles When Young Students Change Schools
Martin R. West & Guido Schwerdt
Critical Media Literacy in Middle School: Exploring the Politics of Representation
Jesse S. Gainer
Martha Caldwell
Entrepreneurship, Inquiry, and College Choice: Leveraging the School Curriculum to Increase Student Academic Engagement and College Aspirations
Paul E. Pitre & Charisse Cowan Pitre
How Do Teachers Support Students’ Motivation and Learning in Their Classrooms?
Lynley Anderman, Carey E. Andrzejewski, & Jennifer Allen
The Cult of Success
Diana Senechal
Opening up Classroom Space: Student Voice, Autobiography, and the Curriculum
Philip Bernhardt
What Democracy Requires: A Student Takes His Principal to Fairness
T. Elijah Hawkes
Forrest W. Parkay is Professor of Educational Leadership and Higher Education at Washington State University. He was Professor of Educational Leadership at the University of Florida for eight years and at Texas State University for five years. Forrest received his B.A. and M.A. degrees in English education from the University of Illinois-Urbana. He earned his Ph.D. in education at the University of Chicago, and he is a graduate of Harvard University’s Management Development Program (MDP). For eight years, Forrest taught at DuSable High School on Chicago’s South Side, and he served as Chairman of DuSable’s English Department for four years.
Forrest is the author or co-author of more than 60 refereed journal articles and several books, including Becoming a Teacher (Pearson, 2013). His research has appeared in the field’s leading peer-reviewed journals, including Phi Delta Kappan, American Journal of Education, and Educational Administration Quarterly.
A former Fulbright Scholar at Kasetsart University’s Center for Research on Teaching and Teacher Education, in Thailand, Forrest has facilitated educational reform programs and conducted cross-national research in China, Thailand, Korea, and Pakistan. He has been a Visiting Professor at Beijing Normal University and at Assumption University in Thailand.
Forrest and his wife, Phensri, enjoy traveling, yoga, classic cars, kayaking, and photography. Forrest is the proud father of four daughters: Anna, Catherine, Rebecca, and Anchitta.
Eric Anctil is Associate Professor of Education and the Director for Innovation at the University of Portland. He is the author of many books and articles on education including, Selling Higher Education: Marketing and Advertising America’s Colleges and Universities. His research and scholarship broadly centers on K-20 education and the nexus of media, technology, and the curriculum.
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