Rethinking Curriculum Studies: A Radical Approach (Routledge Library Editions: Education) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0415664659 ISBN 13: 9780415664653

Publisher: Routledge, 2011

Synopsis

This book reappraises the British and American experience in curriculum studies, the curious way in which it has been dominated by certain ideas and introduces the reader to alternative ways of perceiving, defining and approaching its problems. It provides a radical critique of the whole area, presenting both Marxist and phenomenological perspectives on the current dilemmas that teachers face. The book argues that in order to understand the problems teachers face in coping with the curriculum, we must look at the situation from the point of view of the individual rather than prescribing a norm for all teachers. The dynamic relationship between the individual and the collective and the teacher and the state is one of the fundamental issues in solving the present problems in curriculum studies. The book focuses on this central problem and suggests a variety of ways in which new solutions may be found.

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Martin Lawn, Len Barton

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0415664659
• ISBN 13: 9780415664653
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 256
• Editor: Lawn Martin, Barton Len