We will endeavor to stick to this schedule! Reading assignments should be completed prior to class on the date indicated. Readings marked with an asterisk (*) are not contained in the course packet. They will be made available as PDFs. Readings marked with a pound (#) are to be read online at the URL provided on the reading list.

1/19: What is curriculum? What is its role in schools? How does it impact teaching and learning?

1/26: History: 19th century math and science curricula
Reading: # Committee of Ten 1893 document; Kliebard, chapter 1; Deboer, chapters 2 and 3

2/2: The 20th Century: Dewey and theprogressive era
Reading: Kliebard, chapters 2 and 3; Deboer, chapter 7; Atkin & Black, chapter 2

2/9: The 60s: Sputnik, New math
Reading: Deboer, chapter 8; Kline, chapters 3, 8, and 10

2/16: The 80s: A Nation at Risk, from back-to basics to the standards movement, TIMSS
Due: paper proposal
Reading: Kline, chapter 11; # A Nation at Risk; # Mathematics and Science in the Eighth Grade: Findings from the Third International Mathematics and Science Study; New Atlantis (2006)

2/23: The present: standards, integration of math and science, No Child Left Behind
Reading: NCTM Standards; Hiebert (2003); Apple (1993)

3/2: Impact of standardized testing on curricula: teaching to the test, politics, TAKS
Reading: *Peterson (2003); *Orfield & Kornhaber (2001).

3/9: Issues and trends: equity and curriculum
Reading: Werthheim, chapter 10; Secada (1992)

3/16: Spring Break

3/23: Issues and trends: teachers’ content knowledge and PCK
Due: Draft 1 of paper. Bring 3 copies to distribute.
Reading: Ball & Cohen (1996); Ma, chapters 3 and 5; Monk (1994)

3/30: Analyzing mathematics curricula: problem-based approaches (CGI, Moore method)
Due: Feedback on papers. Goos, M. (2004). Learning mathematics in a community of inquiry.
Reading: *Smith (in press); Hiebert et al, chapters 2 and 5

4/6: Analyzing mathematics curricula: integrated approaches (IMP, Connected math)
Reading: Czernaik, Weber, Sandmann, & Ahren (1999); Pang & Good (2000)

4/13: Analyzing science curricula: science as inquiry
Reading: Duschl (1994); Roehrig & Luft (2004)

4/20: Analyzing science as inquiry: integrated approaches
Reading: Atkin & Black, chapter 3; TBA

4/27: Evaluating and implementing curricula
Reading: DeBoer, chapter 9; Doll, chapter 2

5/4: Student poster sessions/presentations
Due: final draft of paper, curriculum analysis poster