Curriculum & Teaching Online Course List and Required Texts
Use the table below to find out what textbooks are required for the curriculum and teaching courses. You can order FPU textbooks from the FPU bookshop.
| Course | Text Required | |
| CRI 704 | Conflict Resolution in Schools | Claassen, Ron & Roxanne (2008). Discipline that restores: Strategies to create respect, cooperation, and responsibility in the classroom. South Carolina: BookSurge Publishing. |
| CRI 707 | Historical Foundations of Curriculum | Eisner, Elliot W.(2001). The Educational Imagination: On the Design and Evaluation of School Programs. New York: MacMillan College Publishing Company. |
| CRI 708 | Curriculum Design: Theory & Practice | Tomlinson, Carol Ann (2001). How to Differentiate Instruction in Mixed-Ability Classrooms. Alexandria, VA: ASCD. |
| CRI 709 | Using Technology in Differentiating Curriculum | Smith, Grace, & Throne, Stephanie (2007). Differentiating Instruction with Technology in K-5 Classrooms. Eugene, OR: ISTE. OR* Smith, Grace and Throne, Stephanie (2009) Differentiating Instruction with Technology in Middle School Classrooms. Eugene, OR: ISTE. *Book purchase is determined by the specialty: elementary vs. secondary teaching. For any questions, please contact instructor Matt Gehrett at matt.gehrett@fresno.edu. |
| CRI 710 | Online Learning Orientation | Required: TaskStream subscription (2-year)< br/> Highly Recommended: American Psychological Association (2009). Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, Sixth Edition. (This text will be required for CRI 799.) |
| CRI 725 | Essentials of Qualitative Assessment | Lewin, Larry, & Shoemaker, Betty Jean (1998). Great Performances: Creating Classroom-Based Assessment Tasks. Alexandria, VA: ASCD. |
| CRI 726 | Curriculum Mapping | Jacobs, Heidi Hayes (2004). Getting Results with Curriculum Mapping. Alexandria, VA: ASCD.
Jacobs, Heidi Hayes (2004). Mapping the Big Picture: Integrating Curriculum & Assessment K-12. Alexandria, VA: ASCD. |
| CRI 727 | Leadership: a Personal Perspective | Smith, Gordon T. (1999). Courage and Calling: Embracing Your God-Given Potential. Downers Grove, Ill.: Intervarsity Press.
Simmons, Annette (2006). The Story Factor: Inspiration, Influence, and Persuasion Through the Art of Storytelling. Cambridge, MA: Basic Books. Rath, Tom, & Conchie, Barry (2009). Strengths-Based Leadership. New York: Gallop Press.(You will need to purchase this book NEW as it has a code to complete your Strengths Finder. Codes from used books do not work as they have been redeemed. |
| CRI 728A | Curricular Leadership | Fullan, Michael (2001). Leading in a Culture of Change. San Francisco, CA: Jossey Bass.
Littky, Dennis (2004). The Big Picture: Education is Everybody's Business. Alexandria, VA: ASCD. |
| CRI 728B | Leadership Practicum | No text required. |
| CRI 771 | Methods in Educational Research | Creswell, John (2003). Research Design: Quantitative, Qualitative and Mixed Methods, 3rd Edition. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications. |
| CRI 779 | Values in School & Society | Rotberg, I. C., ed. (2004) Balancing Change and Tradition in Global Education Reform. New York: Rowman and Littlefield Education. |
| CRI 799 | Project/Thesis | American Psychological Association (2009) Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, Sixth Edition. |
