Building the high school curriculum.

New York : The Ronald Press Company, 1954.

English

xi, 520 pages ; 23 cm.

Douglass Series in Education

Contents. Part I. Orientation. Chapter 1. Introduction and plan of the book. 2. The secondary curriculum of today. Part II. Curriculum foundations. 4. Sociological bases for curriculum building. 5. The learner as basis for curriculum building. 6. The nature of learning as a basis for curriculum. Part III. Structuring the curriculum. 7. The purposes of the secondary school curriculum. 8. Selecting and organizing curricular materials and experiences. 9. Resource units and courses of study. 10. Instructional units. 11. Building and using units and courses of study. 12. Building the core curriculum. Part IV. Curricular relationships in school and community. 13. Instructional procedures and the curriculum. 14. Student activities, guidance, and work experience. 15. The school community and curriculum building. 16. The administration of curriculum revision. Part V. A look ahead. 17. The secondary school curriculum of the future. Index of names. Index of subjects.