Includes bibliographical references (p. 167-168) and index

Interpreting and aligning national, state, and local standards -- Why standards? -- Performance-based standards -- The missing link in performance-based theory -- The structure of knowledge and the traditional design of a curriculum -- National standards through a concept-process lens -- Reviewing national standards, what have we here? -- The design of state standards -- Designing local curricula aligned to standards -- Filling the standards gap in local curriculum design -- Ensuring coherence in curriculum -- What is a coherent curriculum? -- A systems design for coherence -- Deep and essential understandings -- Concepts and process in curriculum design -- Designing integrated, interdisciplinary units: a general -- Academic model -- A conceptually driven model -- Coordinated, multidisciplinary units versus integrated, -- Interdisciplinary units -- The power of the conceptual lens in integration -- Unit planning pages -- Designing integrated units: questions and responses -- Integrating curricula in school-to-work designs -- Conventional models of curriculum design -- The integrated concept-process model for secondary and -- Postsecondary schools -- School-to-work integration in the elementary school -- Tips from teachers: creating concept-process integrated units -- Teachers speak out

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