This highly anticipated second edition of The Curriculum Studies Reader retains key features of the successful first edition while incorporating an updated introduction and new, timely essays. Grounded in historical essays, the volume provides context for the growing field of curriculum studies, reflects upon the trends that have dominated the field, and samples the best of current scholarship. This thoughtful combination of essays provides a survey of the field coupled with concrete examples of innovative curriculum, and an examination of contemporary topics like HIV/AIDS education and multicultural education.
Author(s): Flinders & Thor
Edition: 2
Year: 2004
Language: English
Pages: 355
Book Cover......Page 1
Title......Page 4
Copyright......Page 5
Contents......Page 6
Preface to the Second Edition......Page 10
Introduction......Page 12
1 Scientific Method in Curriculum-making......Page 24
2 My Pedagogic Creed......Page 32
3 The Public School and the Immigrant Child......Page 40
4 Dare the School Build a New Social Order?......Page 44
5 The Rise of Scientific Curriculum-Making and Its Aftermath......Page 52
6 Basic Principles of Curriculum and Instruction......Page 66
7 School Curriculum Reform in the United States......Page 76
8 Objectives......Page 86
9 Educational Objectives Help or Hindrance?......Page 100
10 The Daily Grind......Page 108
11 The Practical: A Language for Curriculum......Page 118
12 Pedagogy of the Oppressed......Page 140
13 Curriculum and Consciousness......Page 150
14 The Reconceptualization of Curriculum Studies......Page 164
15 The Paideia Proposal......Page 174
16 The False Promise of the Paideia: A Critical Review of The Paideia Proposal......Page 178
17 Implementation as Mutual Adaptation: Change in Classroom Organization......Page 186
18 Controlling the Work of Teachers......Page 198
19 How Schools Shortchange Girls: Three Perspectives on Curriculum......Page 220
20 HIV/AIDS Education: Toward a Collaborative Curriculum......Page 244
21 The Four R’s an Alternative to the Tyler Rationale......Page 268
22 The Burdens of the New Curricularist......Page 276
23 Voluntary National Tests Would Improve Education......Page 286
24 Creating New Inequalities: Contradictions of Reform......Page 290
25 Teaching for Cultural Literacy: A Curriculum Study......Page 300
26 What Does It Mean to Say a School is Doing Well?......Page 312
27 Silence on Gays and Lesbians in Social Studies Curriculum......Page 322
28 The Importance of Multicultural Education......Page 330
29 “In These Shoes Is the Silent Call of the Earth”: Meditations on Curriculum Integration, Conceptual Violence, and the Ecologies of Community and Place......Page 338
30 The Aims of Education......Page 346
