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Understanding curriculum : an introduction to the study of historical and contemporary curriculum discourses

Title
Understanding curriculum : an introduction to the study of historical and contemporary curriculum discourses / William F. Pinar [and others].
Author
Pinar, William F.
Publication
New York : P. Lang, ©1995.

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Description
xviii, 1143 pages; 23 cm.
Summary
Perhaps not since Ralph Tyler's (1949) Basic Principle of Curriculum and Instruction has a book communicates the field as completely as Understanding Curriculum. From historical discourses to breaking developments in feminist, poststructuralist, and racial theory, including chapters on political theory, phenomenology, aesthetics, theology, international developments and a lengthy chapter on institutional concerns, the American curriculum fields it here. It will be an indispensable textbook for undergraduate and graduate courses alike. --From cover.
Series Statement
Counterpoints, 1058-1634 ; v. 17
Uniform Title
Counterpoints (New York, N.Y.) ; v. 17.
Subject
  • Education > Curricula > United States
  • Curriculum planning > United States
  • 81.62 curriculum
  • Curriculum planning
  • Education > Curricula
  • Curriculum
  • Curriculumentwicklung
  • Lehrplan
  • Leerplannen
  • Education
  • Social Sciences
  • Theory & Practice of Education
  • United States
  • USA
Note
  • Originally published 1995. Reprinted in paperback 2008.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [869]-1034) and indexes.
  • Includes bibliographical referncesς (pages 869-1034) and indexes.
Contents
Section I : Introduction. Understanding curriculum : an Introduction -- Section II : Historical discourses 1828-1979. Understanding curriculum as historical text : creation and transformation, 1828-1927 ; Understanding curriculum as historical text : crisis, transformation, crisis, 1928-1969 ; Understanding curriculum as historical text : the reconceptualization of the field 1970-1979 -- Section III : Contemporary curriculum discourses 1980-1994. Understanding curriculum as political text ; Understanding curriculum as racial text ; Understanding curriculum as gender text ; Understanding curriculum as phenomenological Text ; Understanding curriculum as poststructuralist, deconstructed, postmodern text ; Understanding curriculum as autobiographical/biographical text ; Understanding curriculum as aesthetic text ; Understanding curriculum as theological text ; Understanding curriculum as institutionalized text ; Curriculum as international text -- Section IV : Conclusion : postscript. Understanding curriculum : a postscript for the next generation.
ISBN
  • 0820426016
  • 9780820426013
LCCN
94044009
OCLC
  • ocm31606189
  • 31606189
  • SCSB-8902141
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library