本书是一本课程建设方面的优质教科书。作者基于深厚的课程理论知识和丰富的课程建设实践经验，举重若轻地将课程建设理论、原则和方法清晰展示，并辅以大量实例帮助读者理解和掌握。此外，作者精心选编并安排在每章之后的学习活动与学习资源也极大地方便了教师。

威廉·R.戈登二世，William R. Gordon H has served as a teacher, instructionalleader, and district-level executive leader in Florida. As both anelementary and high school principal, he became known for his deepunderstanding of curriculum and instruction, thought leadership, andsystems approaches in the Orange County Public Schools (OCPS)school system. During his 11 year tenure as the principal of WinterPark High School, the school was named by the State of Florida as a"High-Performing School" due to the school's rigorous curriculumand outstanding student achievement. Additionally, U.S. News andWorld Report repeatedly ranked Winter Park High School in the top1 percent of high schools in the nation. While in OCPS he becamean area superintendent, where he was responsible for the curriculum, instruction and studentand teacher performance in 29 diverse schools serving approximately 35,000 students. Afterserving in OCPS, he became the chief operations officer at Florida Virtual School (FLVS), thenation's oldest and largest online public school system. While serving as an executive leaderat FLVS he established an Analysis, Assessment, and Accountability (AAA) division inthe district. The AAA division established enterprise-wide data collection, data analysis, andpredictive analytics as a leader in the online industry. Additionally, he engaged with onlinecurriculum, instruction, and professional learning. In 2017, he was selected as a member ofthe third class of the Leadership Florida, Leadership in Education Program, which is fundedby the Florida Education Foundation, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, and the FloridaDepartment of Education. This program is established to build a corpus of highly effectiveeducators to improve student learning outcomes in the State of Florida. He has also served as anadjunct professor in the College of Education at the University of Central Florida.

Part Ⅰ THE CURRICULUM: Theoretical Dimensions
Chapter 1 Curriculum and Instruction Defined
Chapter 2 Principles of Curriculum Development
Part Ⅱ CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT: Role of Personnel
Chapter 3 Curriculum Development: A Multilevel, Multisector Process
Chapter 4 Curriculum Development: The Human Dimension
Part Ⅲ CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT: Components of the Curriculum System Development Process
Chapter 5 Models for Curriculum System Development
Chapter 6 Philosophy and Aims of Education
Chapter 7 Data and Evidence Informed Decision Making
Chapter 8 Curriculum Goals or Overarching Ideas and Curriculum Objectives or Standards
Part Ⅳ CURRICULUM IMPLEMENTATION
Chapter 9 Instructional Goals or Essential Questions and Instructional Objectives or Learning Targets
Chapter 10 Evidence Based Instruction
Part Ⅴ EVALUATION OF EFFECTIVENESS
Chapter 11 Evaluation of Instruction
Chapter 12 Evaluation of the Curriculum
Part Ⅵ LOOKING FORWARD IN CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT
Chapter 13 Trends in Digital Curriculum and Instruction