Encyclopedia Of Curriculum Studies Volumes 1 -2

Description:
'The Encyclopedia of Curriculum Studies' provides a comprehensive introduction to the academic field of curriculum studies for the scholar, student, teacher, and administrator. The study of curriculum, beginning in the early 20th century, served primarily the areas of school administration and teaching and was seen as a method to design and develop programs of study. The field subsequently expanded to draw upon disciplines from the arts, humanities, and social sciences and to examine larger educational forces and their effects upon the individual, society, and conceptions of knowledge. Curriculum studies has now emerged to embrace an expansive and contested conception of academic scholarship while focusing upon a diverse and complex dynamic among educational experiences, practices, settings, actions, and theories in relation to personal and institutional needs and interests. 'The Encyclopedia of Curriculum Studies' serves to inform and to introduce terms, events, documents, biographies, and concepts to assist the reader in understanding aspects of this rapidly changing field of study. Representative topics include: Origins, definitions, dimensions, and variations on Curriculum Studies; Curriculum development and design for schools; Curricular purpose, implementation, and evaluation; Contemporary issues, e.g., standards, tests, and accountability; Curricular dimensions of teaching and teacher education; Interdisciplinary perspectives on institutionalized curriculum; Informal curricula of homes, mass media, workplaces, organizations, and relationships; Impact of race, class, gender, health, belief, appearance, place, ethnicity, language; Relationships of curriculum and poverty, wealth, and related factors Modes of curriculum inquiry and research; and, Curriculum as cultural studies, exploring the formation of identities and possibilities. It also includes topics such as: Corporate, state, church, and military influence as curriculum; Global and international perspectives on curriculum; Curriculum organizations, journals, and resources; Summaries of books and articles on curriculum studies; Biographic vignettes of key persons in curriculum studies; and Relevant photographs.

Review:
'...Each article has its own distinctive writing style, and each provides succinct statements that allow readers to learn unfamiliar terms, concepts, and ideas that contribute to understanding a very specialized field... This title is unique in the inclusion of group biographies that portray universities whose faculties have influenced the development of the field...Universities with large undergraduate populations looking for a basic treatment of curriculum studies will find this a quality resource for their collections. Summing Up: Essential. Lower- and upper-level undergraduates; general readers. ****' -- R. L. Wadham CHOICE 20100801