This list includes several guides, manuals, and a textbook that look at the broad issues in curriculum design. See the subpage for research handbooks for specific subject areas.
The Encyclopedia of Curriculum Studies provides a comprehensive introduction to the academic field of curriculum studies for the scholar, student, teacher, and administrator. This two-volume set serves to inform and to introduce terms, events, documents, biographies, and concepts to assist the reader in understanding this field of study.
This book provides an introduction to, and analysis of, contemporary concepts of curriculum that have emerged from the reconceptualization of curriculum studies that have emerged in recent decades.
A collection of essays examining major issues for curriculum planners in 2010; including content and assessment, technology, media literacy, globalization, and habits of mind among others.
The purpose of this book is to help teachers become flexible but systematic curriculum planners. The authors provide a set of guidelines, then lead readers through a step-by-step process for developing a course or unit.
In addition to providing a foundation of information on curriculum models, concepts, and current issues; this text provides a step-by-step guide through the process of curriculum development.
E-book, also in print at Keffer Library. Curriculum maps, if done well, draw connections between content areas, skills, and assessments. This guide will help teachers get the most out of a curriculum mapping process. Includes a chaper about a curriculum mapping project at Minnehaha Academy.
The first half of this book will help teachers effectively lead a differentiated classroom, and the second half focuses on the mechanics of managing a differentiated classroom.