Turning Points in Curriculum A Contemporary American Memoir

by Marshall, J. Dan; Sears, James T.; Allen, Louise Anderson; Roberts, Patrick A.; Schubert, William H.

• ISBN13: 9780131128422
• ISBN10: 0131128426
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-07-18
• Publisher: Pearson

Summary

This book is a living history of the curriculum field designed to engage readers in a story of curriculum as a field of intellectual study and invite them to identify with and ultimately participate in this important work. The conversations within offer readers multiple levels of engagement with real people who are concerned with curriculum issues, policies, perspectives, and practices. Toward this end, five different elements have been combined into this book with an eye toward personalizing the reader's interpretive processes: Visitor interviews (done specifically for this book) with a wide range of educators who speak personally about their actions and perceptions regarding curriculum work are included throughout. Varied Tales serve to illustrate curriculum history within its broader cultural contexts, challenge readers to reflective action, and spark alternative thinking. Primary Document Excerpts bring the voices of their authors into the thoughtful conversation of this book. Curriculum Literature woven into each chapter encourage further study by serious students in the field. Reflective Questions throughout the text prompt the reader to deeper consideration and offer a foundation for classroom discussion. Book jacket.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. xxvii
Contextual Panorama for Contemporary Curriculum Work (1897-1946)	p. 1
Prelude to Contemporary Curriculum Theory and Development	p. 2
Overview	p. 3
Conclusion	p. 12
The Rise and Fall of Curriculum Specialists (1947-1960)	p. 15
Curriculum Development at Its Zenith: Curriculum People	p. 16
Curriculum Work as Curriculum Making	p. 17
Curriculum Meccas and Mentors	p. 18
Varied Tale: IBM: The Rise of Big Blue	p. 19
Visitor: Arthur Wellesley-Foshay	p. 20
Seeking Guidance and Direction	p. 22
Primary Document Excerpt: Next Steps in the Development of a More Adequate Curriculum Theory	p. 23
Varied Tale: IBM: Leadership in Computer Development	p. 27
Serving and Shaping School Personnel	p. 28
Discovering the Public's Perceptions	p. 32
Visitor Bibliography: Arthur Wellesley-Foshay	p. 33
Transfer by Eminent Domain: National Interest	p. 34
Visitor: Louis J. Rubin: Curriculum Consultant	p. 36
Varied Tale: Twentieth-Century Roman Catholic Church: In a Postwar World	p. 38
Upside Down in a Satellite's Glow	p. 40
Varied Tale: Twentieth-Century Roman Catholic Church: A New Day Dawns for Church and State	p. 43
A Curriculum Spokesperson Emerges	p. 44
Primary Document Excerpt: The Process of Education	p. 46
No Turning Back	p. 51
Visitor Bibliography: Louis J. Rubin	p. 52
Reestablishing Agency and Agendas (1961-1969)	p. 53
Muted Heretics Endure (1961-1964): "Outsiders"	p. 54
Visitor: Louise M. Berman	p. 56
Varied Tale: U.S. Supreme Court: Social Activism and Justice	p. 58
Modeling Compassionate and Democratic Ideals in Curriculum	p. 60
Primary Document Excerpt: Preparing Instructional Objectives	p. 64
Dissidence Comes Alive	p. 68
Acting on Ideals, Seeking New Priorities	p. 69
We Shall Overcome (and Endure)...Someday	p. 70
Varied Tale: U.S. Supreme Court: Perseverance as the Mother of Satisfaction	p. 72
Visitor Bibliography: Louise M. Berman	p. 74
Transcending a Muddled Juncture (1965-1969): Publications	p. 75
(Re)Emerging Differences and Traditions	p. 76
Visitor: Michael W. Apple	p. 78
Undercurrents to the Mainstream	p. 81
Visitor: Apple and Curriculum Traditions	p. 82
Struggles Suggest the Beginnings of Change	p. 84
Visitor: Apple and Curriculum Transformation	p. 85
Swimming Uphill with History at Your Back	p. 85
Varied Tale: From the Homophile Movement to Gay Liberation	p. 86
1969: A Year of Declarations	p. 89
Joseph Schwab: Coroner for Conventional Curriculum Making	p. 90
Primary Document Excerpt: The Practical: A Language for Curriculum	p. 91
The Time Has Come for Change	p. 98
Visitor: Michael Apple	p. 99
Visitor Bibliography: Michael Apple	p. 100
(Re)Shaping the Contemporary Curriculum Field (1970-1983)	p. 101
The Renaissance Blossoms: Professional Organizations and Gatherings	p. 102
Visitor: Janet L. Miller	p. 102
The 1970s Unravel	p. 103
Visitor: Alex Molnar	p. 106
The Slow Dismantling of Convention	p. 108
Varied Tale: Tennis: A Civilized Sport, Indeed	p. 110
Transition and Transformation	p. 112
A Field in Search of Meaning	p. 114
Primary Document Excerpt: A Transcendental Developmental Ideology of Education	p. 117
Letting Go of the Past	p. 125
Varied Tale: Tennis: At the Crossroads	p. 126
Revisioning Curriculum History	p. 127
The Hassles of History Making	p. 128
Varied Tale: Tennis: Full-Circle Transformations	p. 130
Assisting the Blossoming of Contemporary Curriculum Studies	p. 131
Visitor Bibliography: Janet L. Miller	p. 136
Visitor Bibliography: Alex Molnar	p. 136
From Chorus to Cacophony: Paradigms and Perspectives	p. 138
Primary Document Excerpt: Where We Are Going	p. 139
Visitor: Henry Giroux	p. 145
Varied Tale: NASA: The Fall	p. 149
Freedom and Beyond	p. 151
Discontent and Divergence in the Field	p. 154
Varied Tale: NASA: Weathering the Coming Storms	p. 155
Orbiting Outside the Curriculum Field	p. 157
Varied Tale: NASA: Reconceptualizing Space	p. 160
Continuing Journey, Different Hurdles	p. 161
Visitor Bibliography: Henry Giroux	p. 162
The Uncertainties of Contemporary Curriculum Work (1984-2002)	p. 163
Implosion and Consolidation: Marginalized Voices	p. 164
Juxtapositions	p. 165
Reclamations and Reformations	p. 167
Visitor: Tom Barone	p. 167
Teaching and Theorizing	p. 167
Primary Document Excerpt: Practitioners Influence Curriculum Theory	p. 169
The End of Science in the Postmodern Era	p. 170
Textual Paradoxes in Life and Print	p. 173
Visitor: Mary-Ellen Jacobs	p. 173
Visitor: Susan Edgerton	p. 175
Primary Document Excerpt: Structures of Feeling in Curriculum and Teaching	p. 176
Implosion and the Search for Efficiency	p. 178
Categorically Denied	p. 180
Varied Tale: Popular Music: Performativity and Unrepresentability	p. 181
Curriculum Sampling	p. 183
Varied Tale: Popular Music: When the Music Died	p. 184
Shifting Ground	p. 186
Primary Document Excerpt: The Shifting Ground of Curriculum Thought and Everyday Practice	p. 187
Visitor: Tom Barone	p. 189
Metanarratives and Nanonarratives: The Postmodern Curriculum Condition	p. 193
Primary Document Excerpt: "Dreamt into Existence by Others": Curriculum Theory and School Reform	p. 194
Eclectic Connections	p. 197
Varied Tale: Popular Music: Postmodern Pop	p. 198
Visitor Bibliography: Tom Barone	p. 199
Visitor Bibliography: Mary-Ellen Jacobs	p. 199
Visitor Bibliography: Susan Edgerton	p. 199
Difference That Breeds Hybridity: Race, Reform, and Curriculum	p. 201
The New World Order	p. 201
A Perfect Storm	p. 203
Multiculturalism and the Role of the School	p. 205
Visitor: Peter Hlebowitsh	p. 206
Visitor: Petra Munro	p. 207
The Roots of Difference	p. 208
Varied Tale: Big Tobacco: Big Brother	p. 210
Shifting Political and Curriculum Landscapes	p. 211
Cultural Combatants, Curriculum Warriors	p. 216
Bi-Coastal Curriculum Wars	p. 219
Visitor: Bill Watkins	p. 221
Varied Tale: Big Tobacco: "You've Come a Long Way, Baby"	p. 222
Connecting the Dots of National Education Reform	p. 224
Goals 2000	p. 225
Congressional Curriculum Convulsions: The National History Standards	p. 226
Primary Document Excerpt: Proceedings and Debates of the 104th Congress, First Session (January 18, 1995)	p. 227
From National Goals to Star Assessments: Educators Lose Control	p. 230
Varied Tale: Big Tobacco: Accountability and Globalization	p. 231
A Pedagogy of Poverty	p. 233
Resegregation and Student Learning	p. 236
Cultural Studies: The Ultimate Hybrid	p. 237
Primary Document Excerpt: The Devil Finds Work: Re-reading Race and Identity in Contemporary Life	p. 238
And...So..."Where are You/We, Anyway?"	p. 240
Visitor Bibliography: Peter Hlebowitsh	p. 242
Visitor Bibliography: Petra Munro	p. 243
Visitor Bibliography: Bill Watkins	p. 243
Imagining the Postmillennial Curriculum Field	p. 244
Democracy, Globalization, and Technology	p. 244
Globalizing the Curriculum	p. 248
Early International Influences	p. 249
UNESCO	p. 252
Globalization and Curriculum Workers	p. 253
At Play with Outtakes	p. 256
A Final Exchange	p. 258
Momentary Thoughts	p. 266
Afterword: The Age of Pluralism	p. 268
Afterword to the Second Edition: Democratic Education Through Curriculum Work	p. 273
Bibliography	p. 278
Name Index	p. 317
Subject Index	p. 327
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