Understanding the School Curriculum: Theory, Politics and Principles

ISBN-13: 9780415630573 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 198 str.

Alex Moore

Opis

At a time of numerous policy initiatives and rapid social change, there is a need for curriculum designers and theorists to question the nature and function of school curricula and the purposes of formal public education. Comparing the English National Curriculum with curriculum developments around the globe, Alex Moore draws on a range of educational, philosophical and sociological theories to address the question 'What is a curriculum for?'

Spis treści

Introduction  1. ‘What’s it for?’ Abiding issues for curriculum theory and design  2. Newer challenges. Learning in and out of school - the impact or otherwise of digital technologies and globalization  3. Tomorrow’s World. Educating for uncertainty and change: a ‘curriculum for the future’?  4. Curriculum Content: Who Decides? The school, the state and ‘the Market’  5. Hidden, absent, lost. What’s missing from the school curriculum?  6. Resisting resistance. What’s To Be Done? From mis-representation to myth-recognition

O autorze

Alex Moore is an Emeritus Professor at the Institute of Education, University of London, UK.