Toward a Grammar of Curriculum Practice: Embracing New Conceptions of Curriculum and Curriculum Planning - Softcover

Short, Edmund C

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1438493479 ISBN 13: 9781438493473

Publisher: State University of New York Press, 2024

Synopsis

Provides a new conceptualization of curriculum and of curriculum planning that is clearer, more functional, more adequate than those previously available.

Curriculum planning can be conceptualized in various ways, and curriculum planners necessarily must adopt a particular approach in order to facilitate their thinking and decision-making. However, the history of curriculum planning suggests that existing conceptualizations are sometimes confusing, imprecise, or not as helpful as they might be. There is a need for a new conceptualization that overcomes the limitations of these earlier conceptions. Through conceptual analysis and concept development, the author presents curriculum planning as a form of educational practice distinct from other practices such as teaching, administration, and policy making. Short's "grammar of curriculum practice" describes a set of key concepts and the meaningful relationships among them that define the essential elements of curriculum and of curriculum planning.

About this title

About the Author

Edmund C. Short is Professor Emeritus of Education at The Pennsylvania State University and Graduate Faculty Associate in the College of Community Innovation and Education at the University of Central Florida. His many books include Forms of Curriculum Inquiry (also published by SUNY Press); Leaders in Curriculum Studies: Intellectual Self-Portraits (coedited with Leonard J. Waks); and A Coherent Curriculum for Every Student: Curriculum Proposals for Possible Adoption.

Edition details

• Publisher: State University of New York Press
• Publication date: 2024
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1438493479
• ISBN 13: 9781438493473
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 160