The Handbook on Curriculum Development presents the current state of research and brings together all important educational concepts on this topic. It outlines the recent history of this research field, with renowned authors explaining the dominant and proven concepts of both subject-specific and cross-disciplinary curriculum development, including competency frameworks, educational standards, feedback culture, cooperative learning, learning methods, self-organized learning, individualized learning, and inclusion. A chapter on the implementation of innovations in schools concludes the book. Esteemed authors make this handbook an indispensable reference work.