Curriculum: Foundations, Principles, and Issues, 7th edition

Invigorate learning with the Enhanced Pearson eText
The Enhanced Pearson eText provides a rich, interactive learning environment designed to improve student mastery of content with the following multimedia features:

• Embedded videos. Enrich the experience with the text by allowing readers to learn about curriculum issues and see teachers and administrators in action. Videos in each chapter reflect the latest topics affecting curriculum, such as career and technical education and digital literacy. Students are able to delve deeper into critical curriculum issues, and instructors are able to better illustrate contemporary topics and prompt class discussions. (See pages 11, 15, and 23 for examples.)

Instructors, visit pearsonhighered.com/etextbooks/ted to register for your digital examination copy. Students, register for or purchase your eText at pearsonhighered.com/etextbooks/ted.

Additional text benefits include:

• Learning Outcomes at the beginning of each chapter and Discussion Questions at the end of each chapter help instructors to plan their lessons and help students assess their understanding of the material.
• An emphasis on highly topical issues in education that impact curriculum (i.e., the impact of technology and social media on the developing brain, the rise of career and technical education, the global achievement gap, high-stakes accountability, the rowing importance of “non-cognitive” attributes like grit and social and emotional intelligence) give students a cutting edge understanding of these relevant, current, ongoing issues that affect the curriculum.
• Curriculum Tips offer concrete suggestions for future administrators and teachers and help students apply theory and concepts to everyday practice.
• NEW! The latest information on current reform initiatives, such as the Common Core, accountability and high-stakes testing, and universal Pre-K, gives students a well-rounded perspective on ongoing education reforms that affect school classrooms today. (See Common Core, Ch. 2; and Universal Pre-K, Chs. 2 and 5.)
• NEW! A new emphasis on 21^st century topics, such as technology and online education (i.e., MOOCs), digital literacy, and global skills grabs and keeps students’ interest with their relevance to students’ lives today. (See MOOCs and technology, Ch. 1; digital literacy and global skills, Ch. 2; and global skills, Ch. 3.)
• NEW! Expanded sections on brain research, including plasticity of the brain, the relationship between IQ and marijuana, the impact of social media on brain development, and the growing importance of executive function bring a relevance to the topics that will help students think at the forefront of education. (Chs. 2 and 4)
• NEW! Expanded discussion and reports on international achievement tests, including those on creativity and problem solving gives students in the United States a broader perspective on their position on the global stage. (See International Achievement Tests toward the end of Ch. 5.)
• NEW! Coverage of the impact of income inequality, considered by many to be the defining issue of this generation, on schools and the curriculum sparks student interest in the widening income and wealth gap. (Ch. 5)

Invigorate learning with the Enhanced Pearson eTextThe Enhanced Pearson eText provides a rich, interactive learning environment designed to improve student mastery of content with the following multimedia features:

• Embedded videos. Enrich the experience with the text by allowing readers to learn about curriculum issues and see teachers and administrators in action. Videos in each chapter reflect the latest topics affecting curriculum, such as career and technical education and digital literacy. Students are able to delve deeper into critical curriculum issues, and instructors are able to better illustrate contemporary topics and prompt class discussions. (See pages 11, 15, and 23 for examples.)

Instructors, visit pearsonhighered.com/etextbooks/ted to register for your digital examination copy. Students, register for or purchase your eText at pearsonhighered.com/etextbooks/ted.

Key content changes include:

• Learning Outcomes at the beginning of each chapter and Discussion Questions at the end of each chapter help instructors to plan their lessons and help students assess their understanding of the material.
• The latest information on current reform initiatives, such as the Common Core, accountability and high-stakes testing, and universal Pre-K, gives students a well-rounded perspective on ongoing education reforms that affect school classrooms today. (See Common Core, Ch. 2; and Universal Pre-K, Chs. 2 and 5.)
• A new emphasis on 21^st century topics, such as technology and online education (i.e., MOOCs), digital literacy, and global skills grabs and keeps students’ interest with their relevance to students’ lives today. (See MOOCs and technology, Ch. 1; digital literacy and global skills, Ch. 2; and global skills, Ch. 3.)
• Expanded sections on brain research, including plasticity of the brain, the relationship between IQ and marijuana, the impact of social media on brain development, and the growing importance of executive function bring a relevance to the topics that will help students think at the forefront of education. (Chs. 2 and 4)
• Expanded discussion and reports on international achievement tests, including those on creativity and problem solving, gives students in the United States a broader perspective on their position on the global stage. (See International Achievement Tests toward the end of Ch. 5.)
• Coverage of the impact of income inequality, considered by many to be the defining issue of this generation, on schools and the curriculum sparks student interest in the widening income and wealth gap. (Ch. 5)