Contemporary Issues in Macroeconomics

Abstract

Sixth edition. Curriculum and philosophy -- Philosophy as a basis for curriculum decisions / Allan C. Ornstein -- Goals and objectives / Ronald S. Brandt and Ralph W. Tyler -- What does it mean to say a school is doing well? / Elliot W. Eisner -- Art and imagination: overcoming a desperate stasis / Maxine Green -- A common core of readiness / Robert Rothman -- Curriculum and teaching -- Teaching themes of care / Nel Noddings -- The heart of a teacher / Parker J. Palmer -- Critical issues of teaching / Allan C. Orenstein -- Productive teachers: assessing the knowledge base / Herbert H. Walbert -- Honoring diverse styles of beginning teachers / Edward F. Pajak, Elaine Stotko and Frank Masci -- Keeping good teachers: why it matters, what leaders can do / Linda Darling-Hammond -- Curriclum and learning -- Grappling / Theodore R. Sizer adn Nancy Faust Sizer -- Creating creative minds / Robert J. Sternberg and Todd I. Lubart -- Targeted, not universal pre-K / Chester E. Finn, Jr. -- Demographics and education in the twenty-first century / Norman Eng -- Disciplining the mind / Veronica Boix Mansilla and Howard Gardner -- Curriculum and instruction -- Flunking innovation and creativity / Yong Zhao -- Teach up for excellence / Carol Ann Tomlinson and Edsin Lou Javius -- The thought-filled curriculum / Arthur L. Costa -- The importance of multicultural education / Geneva Gay -- Knowledge alive / David Perkins -- What students need to learn: a diploma worth having / Grant Wiggins. Curriclum and supervision -- The politics of virtue: a new framework for school leadership / Thomas J. Sergiovanni -- What the world can teach us about new teacher induction / Harry K. Wong, Ted Britton and Tom Ganser -- Clinical supervision and psychological functions / Edward F. Pajak -- Beginning teacher induction: what the data tell us / Richard Ingersoll -- Instructional insensitivity of tests: accountability's dire drawback / W. James Popham -- Diagnosing school decline / Daniel L. Duke -- Curriculum and policy -- Manage "human capital" strategically / Allan Odden -- Beyond standardization: powerful new principles for improvement / Andy Hargreaves and Dennis Shirley -- Dichotomizing educational reform / Carl D. Glickman -- Assessment for learning around the world: what would it mean to be internationally competitive? / Linda Darling-Hammond and Laura McCloskey -- Perennial reform: fixing school time / Larry Cuban -- Excellence, equality, and education / Allan C. Ornstein.