Curriculum Development in Mathematics

✍ Scribed by Geoffrey Howson, Christine Keitel, Jeremy Kilpatrick

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Year: 1981
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 297
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

In the mid- 1970s the curriculum development boom in mathematics was to end almost as rapidly as it had begun. In this book the authors, who come from countries with differing educational traditions and patterns, consider these developments in their historical, social and educational context. They give not only a descriptive account of developmental work in a variety of countries, its aims and the patterns of management utilised, but also attempt to identify trends and characteristics and thus provide a theoretical base for criticism and analysis. The reader will find numerous case studies, including extracts from such renowned authors as Bruner, Dieudonne and Piaget.

✦ Table of Contents

Cover......Page 1
Frontmatter......Page 2
Contents......Page 6
Preface......Page 8
1 - Curriculum development: an introduction......Page 10
1. Pressures that can serve to initiate curriculum development......Page 11
2. Barriers to curriculum development......Page 15
3. Types of curriculum development......Page 17
4. Strategies to be employed......Page 19
5. Who is involved in curriculum development?......Page 21
6. The stages of curriculum development......Page 23
2 - The historical background......Page 25
1. The development of educational systems and of the idea of progression......Page 26
2. Education and the state......Page 29
3. The growth of professionalism......Page 32
4. The origins of curriculum theory and reform......Page 38
1. Three projects......Page 44
2. Contrasts between the three projects......Page 53
1. Forces shaping curriculum development efforts......Page 58
2. The teacher's role in curriculum change......Page 72
3. Managing curriculum development......Page 76
4. Determinants of curriculum development practice and management......Page 91
1. The legacy of early curriculum theories......Page 93
2. Style and theory......Page 97
3. Approaches to curriculum development......Page 102
4. Innovatory strategies......Page 135
1. The reform period in the USA......Page 140
2. The reform period in Great Britain......Page 180
1. The process of evaluation......Page 191
2. Metaphors for evaluation......Page 194
3. The evaluation of projects based on the new-math approach......Page 196
4. The evaluation of projects based on the behaviourist approach......Page 206
5. The evaluation of projects based on the structuralist approach......Page 215
6. The evaluation of projects based on the formative approach......Page 222
7. The evaluation of projects based on the integratedteaching approach......Page 236
8. Concluding observations......Page 245
8 - Lessons for today and tomorrow......Page 247
1. On the evaluation of curriculum development......Page 248
2. Curriculum research desiderata......Page 257
3. The teacher and curriculum development......Page 268
Appendix 1......Page 276
Appendix 2......Page 277
Bibliography......Page 280
Index......Page 292