Developing the Curriculum 9th Edition Review, Price (Print)

Key Decision Summary

Edition Fit: ISBN 9780134800387 matches the ninth edition of Developing the Curriculum.
Best Short-Term Value: Pearson+ access is still the cheaper short-term route.
Best Ownership Value: The current print listing is below the observed Pearson print price and well below the other sampled new-print comparator.
Courseware Check: Confirm whether your section uses MyLab or other Pearson digital assignments before assuming print alone covers the full course cost.
Price Snapshot Date: April 15, 2026

If you only need the buying answer

If you only need the book for one course and want the cheapest short-term path, Pearson+ at $59.94 is the lower-cost option. If you are moving toward curriculum planning, instructional leadership, or school administration and expect to revisit the frameworks after the semester, the current print listing at $106.86 is the more defensible ownership choice because it is still below Pearson’s sampled print price and comfortably below the other sampled new-print comparator.

Store	Format	Condition	Price	Link
Merybook	Print	New	$106.86	Check listing
Pearson+	Access	180-day access	$59.94	Check price
Pearson	Print	New	$133.32	Check price
Walmart	Print	New	$148.60	Check price

This is one of those education texts where the format decision depends on whether the reader sees the book as a one-course requirement or as a planning reference. Curriculum books often become more valuable after the course ends, when someone has to think through goals, sequence, standards, assessment, and implementation under real institutional constraints rather than in class discussion alone.

What this book actually teaches

Developing the Curriculum is built around the logic of curriculum planning rather than around one subject area. It deals with curriculum foundations, design models, standards, assessment alignment, implementation, and the political and practical realities that shape what schools actually teach. That is why the book tends to stay useful for teacher leaders, coordinators, and graduate students in educational leadership.

The value here is not just that the book is “about curriculum.” The value is that it helps readers connect educational aims, policy expectations, instructional sequence, and evaluation in a structured way. In practice, that makes it the kind of text people reopen when writing plans, reviewing programs, or thinking through change at the classroom, department, or school level.

When print is worth keeping

If this is one required course and you do not expect to come back to curriculum work soon, Pearson+ is the cheaper and cleaner short-term decision. If you are in a pathway that leads toward program design, teacher leadership, or administration, print has a better case because curriculum books are often most useful after the formal course is over. The only real caution is digital-courseware dependency: if your section requires Pearson assignments, the standalone print copy may not be the whole cost.