S
    ?
    S
    EDUCATION
    471-4
    Curriculum Development: Theory and Application
    Intersession
    1977
    Instructor: Malcolm Levin,
    ?
    Assoc. Prof. O.I.S.E.
    The course will be geared to experienced teachers, adminis-
    trators and consultants with an interest in developing new programs
    or changing existing ones in classroom and/or school settings. The
    emphasis will be on developing programs in operation in schools
    the
    rather
    following:
    than designing
    ?
    political
    them
    and
    on paper.ideological
    ?
    Themes
    aspects
    to be
    of
    discussed
    program
    include
    design;
    ?
    gaining and maintaining organization of learning activities; handling
    conflict in the setting; decision-making; assessment of learning
    activities;
    ?
    in-service staff development;
    ?
    and program evaluation.
    As much as possible, we will make use of specific situations
    and
    text.
    problems
    ?
    The basic
    of concern
    reading
    to
    for
    members
    the course
    of the
    consists
    class.
    ?
    of
    There
    a collection
    is no formal
    of
    ?
    articles, excerpts from reports, etc., which will be distributed at
    the first class meeting, along with a list of supplemental references.
    Class activities may include a mix of lecture, discussion, audio-
    visual presentation and group problem-solving activities.
    My professional experience in Education covers a span of 18
    years during which time I have worked as a classroom teacher,
    university professor, researcher, supervisor of student teachers,
    writer of curriculum materials, curriculum and program evaluator
    and general consultant on problems in program development and
    work
    evaluation.
    at O.I.S.E.
    ?
    I have
    in Toronto
    been teaching
    since
    and
    1968,
    doing
    in the
    research
    departments
    and development
    of
    ?
    Educational Administration, Curriculum and (most recently) History
    and Philosophy of Education.
    ?
    Before that I was involved in teacher
    ?
    training, research, and curriculum development at Harvard University.
    Before that I taught in public secondary schools for 5 years (grades
    7-12).
    Time: ?
    Monday and Wednesday
    4
    :30 - 8:30 ?
    AQ 501
    ML: ca
    . ?
    .
    Reference Books For Educ. 471-1+
    Barth, Roland, ?
    Open Education and the American School, New York,
    Agathon Press, 1972.
    Cockburn, I lze, The Open School:
    ?
    An Annotated Bibliography,
    Toronto, OISE, 1973.
    Doll, Ronald, Curriculum Improvement (3rd Ed.), Allynand
    Bacon, 1974.
    Glatthorn, Allan.
    ?
    Alternatives in Education: Schools and Programs,
    Dodd, Mead
    ?
    and Co., 1975
    Gross, N.,Giacquinta, J. & Bernstein, M. Implementing
    Organizational Innovations: A Sociological Analysis of Planned
    Educational Change, Basic Books, 1971.
    Havelock, Ronald G. The Change Agents Guide to Innovation in
    Education, Prentice Hall, 1973.
    Hunt, David. Matching Models in Education, OISE Monograph Series
    #10, 1971.
    Innovations in Learning and Processes of Educational Change'
    Special Issue of Interchange, Vol. 3/2, 1972 (Whole Issue).
    Joyce Bruce. Alternative Models of Elementary Education,
    Ginn, 1969.
    Joyce and Weil.
    ?
    Models of Teaching,.Pçentice-Hall, 1972.
    King, A.J.C., et al.
    ?
    Semestering the Secondary School, Toronto
    OISE, 1975
    Kirsh, S. and Simon, R.LifeOptions Catalogue, Alternative Learning
    Environments Project, OISE, 1975.
    Laxer, Traub and:Wayne.
    ?
    Student Social and Achievement Patterns,
    Leithwood, Clipsham, Davies. Courses and Patterns of Student
    Choice,
    Nyquist, E.B. and Hawes, G.R. (eds). Open Education: A Sourcebook
    for Parents and Teachers, Bantam Books, 1972.
    Ryan, D. and Greenfield, T.B. The Class Size Quesion,
    Ministry of Education, OISE, 1975.
    Sarason, S.B. The Culture of the School and the Problem of Change,
    Allyn and Bacon, 1971.
    Smith, L., and Keith, P. Anatomy of Educational Innovation:
    An Organizational Analysis of an Elementary School. Toronto:
    Wiley, 1971.
    0
    CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT: THEORY AND APPLICATION
    SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
    (Continued)
    Van Til, W. (Ed.) Curriculum: Quest for Relevance. Boston: Houghton-
    Mifflin, 1974.
    Weinstein, G. and Fantini, M. (Eds.) Toward Humanizing Education: A
    Curriculum of Affect. New York: Praeger, 1970.
    Wilson, L. C. The Open Access Curriculum. Boston, Mass.: Allyn and Bacon,
    1971.
    ELEMENTARY CURRICULUM
    Bentzen, M. M. and Tye, K. A. "Effecting Change in Elementary Schools"
    in NSSE, The Elementary School in the United States. 72nd Yearbook,
    Part II. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1973.
    Joyce, B. R. Alternative Models of Elementary Education. Lexington,
    Mass.: Blaisdell, 1969.
    Michaelis, J.; Grossman, R. and Scott, L. Designs for the Elementary
    School Curriculum. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1967.
    Ragan, W. B. and Shepherd, G. Modern Elementary Curriculum. Fourth
    Edition. New Yor
    k
    : Holt, Rinehart, and Winston, 1971.
    SECONDARY CURRICULUM
    PTanner, D. Secondary Curriculum: Theory and Development. New York:
    Macmillan, 1971.
    Saylor, J. G. and Alexander, W. M. Curriculum Planning for Modern Schools.
    New York: Holt, Rinehart, and Winston, 1974.
    (This is also a useful general curriculum text.)

    Back to top