Chapter 4 Focus Questions

1. In what ways do psychological foundations enable curriculum workers (teachers and curriculum developers) to perform their educational responsibilities?

2. How would you compare the three major theoretical schools of learning?

3. How has the view of multiple intelligences influenced the field of curriculum? How might this concept of intelligence influence the field in the future? How does constructivism incorporate the most recent views of learning? How should the concept of learning styles influence the thinking of those responsible for curriculum development and delivery?

4. How would you define humanistic learning in schools?

5. In what ways can addressing emotional intelligence be justified in the curriculum?

Chapter 5 Focus Questions

1. Why is it important for persons with curricular responsibilities to understand that schools exist within social contexts?

2. What major changes have occurred in the past 100 years that influence society and thus the schools? What changes might you anticipate in the future?

3. What are the major challenges educators confront in dealing with diversity?

4. Why are the concepts of race, class, and gender so essential to consider within the field of curriculum?

5. What social priorities need to be addressed by educators? By the general public?