Includes bibliographical references (p. [415]-419) and index.

1. The Rules and Course of Study of Harvard College, 1642 / Anonymous -- 2. Proposals Relating to the Education of Youth in Pennsylvania, 1749 / Benjamin Franklin -- 3. The Yale Report, 1828 / Faculty of Yale College -- 4. The Common School Curriculum, 1839 and 1841 / Henry Barnard -- 5. Selection Among Studies, 1842 / Horace Mann -- 6. Graded Course of Instruction for the District Schools of Chicago, 1862 / Chicago Board of Education -- 7. Report of a Committee on a Course of Study from Primary School to University, 1876 / National Education Association -- 8. Report of the Committee of Ten on Secondary School Studies, 1893 / National Education Association -- 9. Report of the Committee of Fifteen, 1895 / National Education Association -- 10. Course of Study, St. Louis Public Schools, 1902 / St. Louis Board of Education -- 11. The Child and the Curriculum, 1902 / John Dewey -- 12. Courses of Study, Los Angeles High School, 1908-09 / Los Angeles Board of Education -- 13. Report of the Committee on Economy of Time in Education, 1913 / National Education Association -- 14. High School Systems in Ten Cities, 1914 / Calvin O. Davis -- 15. The Cardinal Principles of Secondary Education, 1918 / National Education Association -- 16. Scientific Method in Curriculum - Making, 1918 / Franklin Bobbitt -- 17. An Experiment with a Project Curriculum, 1923 / Ellsworth Collings -- 18. Experimental Practice in the City and Country School, 1924 / Caroline Pratt -- 19. Organization and Program of Platoon Schools in Detroit, 1924 / Charles L. Spain -- 20. A Program of Individualization, 1925 / Carleton W. Washburne -- 21. The Practice of Teaching in the Secondary School, 1926 / Henry C. Morrison -- 22. List of Fundamental Questions on Curriculum-Making and The Foundations of Curriculum-Making, 1927 / National Society for the Study of Education -- 23. Reorientation in Education, 1937 / Boyd H. Bode -- 24. Experience and Education, 1938 / John Dewey -- 25. Reorganizing Secondary Education, 1938 / V. T. Thayer, Caroline B. Zachry and Ruth Kotinsky -- 26. What the High Schools Ought to Teach, 1940 / American Youth Commission -- 27. The Story of the Eight-Year Study, 1942 / Wilford M. Aikin -- 28. Thirty Schools Tell Their Story, 1942 / The Thirty Schools -- 29. General Education in a Free Society, 1945 / The Harvard Committee -- 30. Designing Programs to Meet the Common Needs of Youth, 1953 / Harold Alberty -- 31. The Importance of Structure and The Spiral Curriculum, 1960 / Jerome S. Bruner -- 32. Realms of Meaning, 1964 / Philip H. Phenix -- 33. The Practical: A Language for Curriculum, 1970 / Joseph J. Schwab -- 34. The Roles and Relationships Among the Various Sectors in Curriculum Development, 1976 / National Institute of Education -- 35. The Tyler Rationale Reconsidered, 1977 / Ralph W. Tyler -- 36. A Nation at Risk: The Imperative for Educational Reform, 1983 / National Commission on Excellence in Education.

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