Curriculum Studies

In a time of standardised performance and accountability, this book raises critical questions about the space for teachers’ agency and teachers as curriculum agents. This book was originally published as a special issue of the Journal of Curriculum Studies...

A guide to understanding American history. It examines problems and strategies for teaching American history to foreign audiences and immigrants...

Teaching and Learning: Pedagogy, Curriculum and Culture is designed to share important theory with readers in an accessible but sophisticated way. It offers an overview of the key issues and dominant theories of teaching and learning as they impact upon the practice of education professionals in the..

Teaching and Learning: Pedagogy, Curriculum and Culture is designed to share important theory with readers in an accessible but sophisticated way. It offers an overview of the key issues and dominant theories of teaching and learning as they impact upon the practice of education professionals in the..

An intro. to Didaktic (the heart of thinking about teaching/teacher educ in Germany) for English-speaking readers, drawing on a range of writings assoc. w/ this tradition. Throws light on assumptions, characteristics, & weaknesses of curriculum thought...

This guide for history teachers contains decision-making scenarios and reflective questions that aim to help bring the material to life, it covers the development of teaching technologies, developing lesson plans, and actual instructional models in history and social studies...

Based on tried-and-tested units of work, this book shows teachers and student teachers how they can engage children's learning through drama...

Based on tried-and-tested units of work, this book shows teachers and student teachers how they can engage children's learning through drama...

This reader examines the recent changes in music education and then goes on to examine a range of issues linked to the teaching and learning music in the classroom...

There is growing recognition that statistics should be part of the core curriculum for the compulsory schooling of all children, leading to a now urgent need for teachers to be trained in both statistical content and appropriate teaching methods. This book lays the foundation for teacher's responses..

Part of the "The Effective Teacher" series, this text is aimed primarily at trainee teachers who wish to improve their teaching skills and for in-service teachers engaged in the supervision of trainees. Questions and exercises are included to assist application and evaluation...

Showing how to teach the literature of today’s Middle East,  this book offers teachers a powerful  resource for helping students to think deeply and critically about the politics and culture of the Middle East through literary engagements...