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Overview"Sharing methods and orientations of the interpretive paradigm, the contributors to this book sharpen our understanding of the school's differentiating function. They analyze issues and clarify persistent contradictions in traditional studies of curriculum differentiation and tracking by examining schools and classrooms and describing the processes and contexts in which curriculum differentiation produces both its intended and unintended effects. Curriculum Differentiation focuses on student's creation of meaning from differentiated classroom ecperiences. It studies lower-track students, analyzes the experiences of students in alternative programs, and contrasts the experiences of honor students in two different schools. It also offers teachers' perspectives, and analyzes curriculum differentiation from a district or system perspective. The authors challenge notions that curriculum differentiation is a neutral, necessary response to individual differences, or that it has an adverse impact on students. Professional educators interested in understanding and improving the means by which high schools carry out the nearly impossible mandate of equitably distributing ""humanized"" knowledge while accommodating diversity will find this book an important resource." Full Product DetailsAuthor: Reba Page , Linda ValliPublisher: State University of New York Press Imprint: State University of New York Press Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.526kg ISBN: 9780791404690ISBN 10: 0791404692 Pages: 261 Publication Date: 01 December 1990 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of Contents"1. Curriculum Differentiation: An Introduction Reba Page and Linda Valli 2. A ""Relevant"" Lesson: Defining the Lower-Track Student Reba Page 3. A Curriculum of Effort: Tracking Students in a Catholic High School Linda Valli 4. The College-Preparatory Curriculum Across Schools: Access to Similar Learning Opportunities? Susan Hanson 5. Real Teaching: How High School Teachers Negotiate Societal, Local Community, and Student Pressures When They Define Their Work Annette Hemmings and Mary Haywood Metz 6. Curriculum Differentiation as Social Redemption: The Case of School-Aged Mothers Nancy Lesko 7. Refugee Students' Perceptions of Curriculum Differentiation Beth L. Goldstein 8. Following the Right Track: A Comparison of Tracking Practices in Public and Catholic Schools Margaret Camarena 9. Modifying Values and Behaviors About Tracking: A Case Study Carolyn Anderson and Rebecca Barr 10. Organizational Meanings of Curriculum Differentiation Practices Nancy M. Sanders 11. Curriculum Differentiation: A Conclusion Reba Page and Linda Valli Bibliography Contributors"ReviewsIt's a refreshing, qualitative discussion. I had difficulty putting it down. - Kofi Lomotey, State University of New York, Buffalo """It's a refreshing, qualitative discussion. I had difficulty putting it down."" - Kofi Lomotey, State University of New York, Buffalo" Author InformationReba Page is Assistant Professor in the School of Education at the University of California, Riverside. Linda Valli is Associate Professor in the Department of Education at Catholic University, Washington, D.C. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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