Content Selection in Advanced Courses

Autor/inn/en	Parker, Walter C.; Lo, Jane C.
Titel	Content Selection in Advanced Courses
Quelle	In: Curriculum Inquiry, 46 (2016) 2, S.196-219 (24 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0362-6784
DOI	10.1080/03626784.2016.1144466
Schlagwörter	Advanced Placement Programs; Course Content; Government (Administrative Body); Political Science; Politics; Curriculum Development; Educational Theories; Knowledge Level; Urban Areas; Quasiexperimental Design; Mixed Methods Research; Syntax; High Schools; California; Iowa; Washington + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Kursprogramm; Government; Regierung; Staatslehre; Politikwissenschaft; Politische Wissenschaft; Politik; Curriculum; Development; Curriculumentwicklung; Lehrplan; Entwicklung; Educational theory; Theory of education; Bildungstheorie; Wissensbasis; Urban area; Stadtregion; High school; Oberschule; Kalifornien
Abstract	Advanced high-school courses, such as Advanced Placement (AP) courses in the United States, present a content selection conundrum of major proportions. Judicious content selection is necessary if students are to learn subject matter meaningfully, but the sheer breadth of tested material in these courses promotes nearly the opposite: "test-prep" teaching and mere "coverage" of the curriculum. This paper contributes elements of a theory of content selection that is aimed at meaningful learning (Bransford) and centered on the ideas of agency and constraint (Giddens), curricular structure (Bruner and Schwab), and knowledge and power in curriculum practice (Young). We also present the practical tool we used to select content for emphasis in a high-school government and politics course--an "advanced" course where selecting anything for emphasis is perceived as costly. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01