Like the three critically acclaimed prior editions, the latest edition offers a comprehensive treatment of the curriculum development process and the nature of twenty-first-century education reform. In a style notable for its lack of jargon and digressive pedagogy, the author simplifies the sound foundations and principles of curriculum development as they apply to the implementation of major education reform. This revised and expanded edition features cutting-edge research and the latest predictions of future trends. The book s three integrated themes multicultural education, constructivism, and education reform are more relevant than ever in the twenty-first century. The empowerment and involvement of teachers, students, and parents from all cultural and ethnic backgrounds have increased, with collaboration as the motivating force. Throughout, readers will find documentation of the continued impact of the No Child Left Behind legislation on all facets of education and school reform and the latest implications for educators at all levels, including the importance of concept development and action research as a key to curriculum planning and education reform. Not-for-sale instructor resource material available to college and university faculty only; contact publisher directly.

Product Description: Only when several strategies are carefully and systematically integrated will substantial learning become possible. Methods for Teaching in Diverse Middle and Secondary Classrooms is designed to prepare teachers to become proactive and teach their students how to learn by connecting new information with their prior knowledge...read more

Product Description: This book breaks grant-writing down into 10 easy steps so school leaders learn how to sharpen their own skills and help others write highly-competitive grants.   Stripping away the mystery of grant-writing, Successful Grant Writing for School Leaders: 10 Easy Steps provides a straightforward template for securing more grants for your school and district...read more

Product Description: Ken Henson has written this book with a different viewpoint than most other supervision texts. He espouses two key elements: collaboration and constructivism. Effective supervisors should promote collaboration to assist teachers in complying with the national mandate to develop learning communities and encouraging the practice of action research...read more

Product Description: Constructivist Strategies for Proactive Middle Level Teachers is designed to prepare prospective middle level teachers for their first classroom experience and to help in-service teachers improve their teaching skills. Each of the themes in this book addresses a major goal set by the Carnegie Council on Academic Development or by the National Middle School Association particularly selected for middle-level programs...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: This book helps grant writers in higher education to secure funding. It identifies positive and negative attitudes that affect producing highly desirable and fundable proposals. A Steps and Guidelines section helps make sure the reader finishes the book with a clear idea of how to prepare successful proposals...read more

Product Description: This book for graduate and upper-division undergraduate curriculum planning and development courses presents the most current research and theory on curriculum and uses scenarios and case studies to make the content practical. It was written to help educators create and maintain learning climates where teachers and students create knowledge and all class members including special, challenged peers and members of all cultures learn to work together with all classmates...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: This motivational text not only offers an unparalleled combination of theory and application, but it also shows your students that exceptional teachers are proactive teachers. In every chapter, students learn how to plan ahead and prepare for classroom decisions they will have to make...read more

Product Description: The insider's guide to getting published -- by an educator who practices what he preaches! Features up-to-date advice on using the computer for research and/or writing. Chapter on grant proposal writing reveals 10 guidelines and Òinside tipsÓ that helped authorÕs proposals bring in over $2 million in funded grants...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

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Product Description: Adopting a reader-oriented approach, this text prepares teachers for their varied roles in education reform. (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: Why do some writers see their work published regularly, while others - whose contributions could be just as valuable - toil away with limited success? Often the difference is that published writers understand what editors are looking for and know how to increase the chances that their work will be accepted for publication...read more

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