Politics of Curriculum Decision-Making

M. Frances Klein is Eminent Scholar Visiting Professor at Jacksonville State University, Alabama.

• IntroductionM. Frances Klein Part I. Current Trends and History of Curriculum Decision Making 1. Curriculum Making as a Sociopolitical ProcessJohn I. Goodlad 2. A Conceptual Framework for Curriculum Decision MakingM. Frances Klein 3. Two Visions of Federalism and the Control of the CurriculumTyll van Geel 4. Centralizing Curriculum at the State LevelChris Pipho 5. Historical Perspective on Centralizing CurriculumWilliam H. Schubert Part II. Perspectives on the Centralization of Curriculum Decision Making 6. Teacher Education and Curriculum Decision Making: The Issue of Teacher ProfessionalismGary A. Griffin 7. Centralized Curriculum: Effects on the Local School LevelMartin G. Brooks 8. Organizational Metaphors, Curriculum Reform, and Local School and District ChangeAudrey James Schwartz 9. Centralized Curriculum Decision Making: The View from the Organized Teaching ProfessionRobert M. McClure 10. Issues from Curriculum Theory in the Centralization of CurriculumM. Frances Klein Index

"This book addresses a major issue in the curriculum field that has not been addressed adequately in other sources. Well-documented chapters go beyond presentation of new materials and also offer provocative insights to and frameworks for analyzing the material." — Dorothy Huenecke, Georgia State University