TY - BOOK AU - Walker,Decker F. AU - Soltis,Jonas F. AU - Schoonmaker,Frances TI - Curriculum and aims T2 - Thinking about education series SN - 9780807749845 (pbk. : alk. paper) AV - LA 217.2 W178c 2009 U1 - 375 PY - 2009/// CY - New York PB - Teachers College Press KW - Education KW - Aims and objectives KW - United States KW - Educación KW - Fines y objetivos KW - Estados Unidos KW - Curricula KW - Currículo KW - Curriculum planning KW - Planificación curricular KW - Planificación educativa N1 - Includes bibliographical references; 1. Teacher and the Curriculum -- 2. Aims of Education -- 3. General Education -- 4. Conceptualizing Curriculum Phenomena -- 5. Procedures for Curriculum Making -- 6. Explaining and Critiquing Curriculum Practices -- 7. Cross-Currents of Reform -- 8. Cases and Disputes N2 - Offers a perspective on the basic curriculum questions educators face regarding the purposes, content, design, and structure of educational programs. This book examines aims that have been proposed by classical educational thinkers and reviews the dominant educational debate of the 20th century between traditionalists and progressives ER -