The Curriculum Studies Reader

by Flinders, David J.

• ISBN13: 9780415945233
• ISBN10: 0415945232
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-07-29
• Publisher: Falmer Pr

Summary

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.

Table of Contents

Preface to the Second Edition	ix
Introduction	xi
I. Looking Back: A Prologue to Curriculum Studies	1	(46)
Scientific Method in Curriculum-Making	9	(8)
Franklin Bobbitt
My Pedagogic Creed	17	(8)
John Dewey
The Public School and the Immigrant Child	25	(4)
Jane Addams
Dare the School Build a New Social Order?	29	(8)
George S. Counts
The Rise of Scientific Curriculum-Making and its Aftermath	37	(10)
Herbert M. Kliebard
II. Curriculum at Education's Center Stage	47	(72)
Basic Principles of Curriculum and Instruction	51	(10)
Ralph W. Tyler
School Curriculum Reform in the United States	61	(10)
John I. Goodlad
Objectives	71	(14)
W. James Popham
Educational Objectives---Help or Hindrance?	85	(8)
Elliot W. Eisner
The Daily Grind	93	(10)
Philip W. Jackson
The Practical: A Language for Curriculum	103	(16)
Joseph J. Schwab
III. Reconceptualizing Curriculum Theory	119	(80)
Pedagogy of the Oppressed	125	(10)
Paulo Freire
Curriculum and Consciousness	135	(14)
Maxine Greene
The Reconceptualization of Curriculum Studies	149	(10)
William F. Pinar
The Paideia Proposal	159	(4)
Mortimer Adler
The False Promise of the Paideia: A Critical Review of the Paideia Proposal	163	(8)
Nel Noddings
Implementation as Mutual Adaptation: Change in Classroom Organization	171	(12)
Milbrey Wallin McLaughlin
Controlling the Work of Teachers	183	(16)
Michael W. Apple
IV. After a Century of Curriculum Thought: Change and Continuity	199	(146)
How Schools Shortchange Girls: Three Perspectives on Curriculum	205	(24)
American Association of University Women (AAUW)
HIV/AIDS Education: Toward a Collaborative Curriculum	229	(24)
Jonathan Silin
The Four R's---An Alternative to the Tyler Rationale	253	(8)
William E. Doll Jr.
The Burdens of the New Curricularist	261	(10)
Peter Hlebowitsh
Voluntary National Tests Would Improve Education	271	(4)
Marshall S. Smith
David L. Stevenson
Christine P. Li
Creating New Inequalities: Contradictions of Reform	275	(10)
Linda M. McNeil
Teaching for Cultural Literacy: A Curriculum Study	285	(12)
David J. Flinders
What Does It Mean To Say a School Is Doing Well?	297	(10)
Elliot W. Eisner
Silence on Gays and Lesbians in Social Studies Curriculum	307	(8)
Stephen J. Thornton
The Importance of Multicultural Education	315	(8)
Geneva Gay
``In These Shoes Is the Silent Call of the Earth'': Meditations on Curriculum Integration, Conceptual Violence, and the Ecologies of Community and Place	323	(8)
David W. Jardine
Annette LaGrange
Beth Everest
The Aims of Education	331	(14)
Nel Noddings
Index	345