Heidi Hayes Jacobs Knihy

First edition published by Eye On Education 2006--T.p. verso.

Focusing on the urgent need for curriculum reform, Heidi Hayes Jacobs emphasizes the importance of preparing students for contemporary challenges rather than outdated standards. She outlines essential areas for improvement, including content assessment, program structures, technology integration, media literacy, globalization, sustainability, and developing critical thinking habits. By collaborating with education leaders, Jacobs provides a comprehensive framework for transforming K-12 education into dynamic learning organizations that reflect current realities and future demands.

Curriculum mapping is said to remove the clutter that may interfere with learning and teaching. It sorts lessons and units into consistent plans that teachers, schools, and districts can access to ensure content is consistent and also progresses along with students. Jacobs and her contributors describe how to set up a mapping project, work on the project as a team, and use mapping in special settings such as in an independent or alternative school. They show how to create consistent benchmarks and use the resulting maps to integrate new technology, new data, decision-making structures, and staff development opportunities. The appendices include samples.Preparing educators to implement mapping procedures, * Using software to create unique mapping databases, * Integrating decision-making structures and staff development initiatives through mapping, * Helping school communities adjust to new curriculum review processes, and * Making mapping an integral part of literacy training.