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 710   Online Learning Orientation American Psychological Association   (2009) Publiciaton Manual of the American Psychological Association, Sixth Edition
CRI 707   Historical Foundations of Curriculum Eisner, Elliot W. 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 and Throne, Stephanie (2007) Differentiating Instruction with Technology in K-5 Classrooms. Eugene, OR: ISTE.
CRI 725 Essentials of Qualitative Assessment Lewin, Larry and 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 (2007) StrengthsFinder 2.0: A New and Upgraded Edition of the Online Test from Gallup's Now, Discover Your Strengths. New York, NY.
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 704 Conflict Resolution in Schools Packet purchased from The Center for Peacemaking & Conflict Resolution
ED 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

Bellah, R. (1996) Habits of the Heart. Berkeley, Los Angeles, London: University of California Press.

Anderson-Levitt, K., ed. (2003) Local Meanings, Global Schooling. New York: Palgrave Macmillan.

CRI 799 Project/Thesis No text required.