Curriculum Spaces; Discourse, Postmodern Theory and Educational Research (16) (Complicated Conversation: A Book Series of Curriculum Studies) - Softcover

Cary, Lisa J.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0820481289 ISBN 13: 9780820481289

Publisher: Peter Lang US, 2006

Synopsis

Historically, moves and counter-moves to define «curriculum» have occurred within highly contested terrain. This book studies curriculum as a discursively produced historically, socially, politically and economically inscribed epistemological space. This epistemological approach to studying the knowing subject and research positionality highlights the importance of understanding how we know what we know. This book presents a three-pronged approach - bringing together curriculum theory, educational research theory, and exemplars of research projects. 'Curriculum Spaces' is an avant-garde research theory that analyzes the discursive production of knowing by drawing upon a number of theories (e.g., critical discourse theories and postmodern theories) to provide a unique lens on education in this historic moment.

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About the Author:

The Author: Lisa J. Cary is Assistant Professor in Curriculum Studies at the University of Texas at Austin. She received her Ph.D. in education, specifically in the areas of social studies/global studies in education and cultural studies in education (formerly curriculum studies), from the Ohio State University. In addition to the publication of numerous articles in professional journals, in 2004 she received the Early Career Award from the American Educational Research Association, Special Interest Group, Critical Issues in Curriculum and Cultural Studies.

About this edition

• Publisher: Peter Lang US
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0820481289
• ISBN 13: 9780820481289
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 166