The Educational Imagination - Hardcover

Eisner, Elliot W.

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9780023321108: The Educational Imagination

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0023321105 ISBN 13: 9780023321108

Publisher: Macmillan USA, 1985

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For graduate level courses in curriculum development.

This is a paperback reprint of the 1994 edition.This highly regarded curriculum development text by one of the most prominent figures in the field is designed to help readers understand the major approaches to curriculum planning and the formation of educational goals. In this edition, Eisner provides a conceptual framework that shows students the different ways in which the aims of education can be regarded...and, describes their implications for curriculum planning and teaching practices. Coverage is grounded in the belief that the appropriateness of any given educational practice is dependent upon the characteristics and context of the school program, and the values of the community that program serves.

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