Research Catalog

Title

Beyond the national curriculum : curricular centralism and cultural diversity in Europe and the USA / David Coulby.

Author

Coulby, David.

Publication

London ; New York : Routledge-Falmer, 2000.

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Details

Description

xii, 132 pages; 26 cm.

Summary

Drawing on insights from other European curricular systems, this provocative book will contribute, in a timely way, to the debate on reformations of the National Curriculum. The text includes points for discussion and lists of further reading.

Series Statement

Master classes in education series

Uniform Title

Master classes in education series.

Subject

• Education > Curricula > Social aspects > Europe
• Education > Curricula > Social aspects > United States
• Education and state > Europe
• Education and state > United States
• Multicultural education > Europe
• Multicultural education > United States
• Programmes d'études > Aspect social > Europe
• Programmes d'études > Aspect social > États-Unis
• Éducation > Politique gouvernementale > Europe
• Éducation > Politique gouvernementale > États-Unis
• Éducation interculturelle > Europe
• Éducation interculturelle > États-Unis
• Education and state
• Education > Curricula > Social aspects
• Multicultural education
• Curriculum
• Multikulturelle Gesellschaft
• Europe
• United States
• Europa
• USA

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 116-123) and index.

Contents

• Introduction: Transitions in Europe and the Central Role of Knowledge -- Europe in Transition -- Eastern Europe in Transition -- Western Europe in Transition -- Education in Times of Transition -- Exemplification and Rhetorical Devices -- The State Control of Knowledge -- Knowledge Selection and Knowledge Selectors -- Level of Control, Rigour of Control -- Advantages of State-Controlled Curricular Systems -- Disadvantages of State-Controlled Curricular Systems -- England and Wales -- Cultural Diversity and State Knowledge -- A Distinction: National Diversity and Urban Diversity -- National Diversity in Western Europe -- National Diversity in Eastern Europe -- Theorizing Difference -- Education and National Diversity: Introducing the Issues -- Urban Diversity in Western and Eastern Europe -- Diversity and Knowledge: Introducing the Issues -- The Creation and Re-Creation of Tradition in Schools and Universities -- Traditional Elements in the Curriculum -- Religion -- The Family and the Body -- Social Control and the Construction of Identity -- Tradition, Culture and Civilization as We know it -- Modernity and Postmodernity: Their Impact on Curricular Systems -- The Creation and Re-Creation of Tradition -- The Knowledge Economy -- New Skills in the Workplace -- Knowledge as a Trading Commodity -- Educational Institutions in the Knowledge Economy: Universitives -- Education and the Knowledge Economy: Schools -- Modernist Knowledge and Prejudice: Special Educational Needs -- Knowledge Systems: Science and Normality.
• Knowledge Protocols: Stratification and Normality -- Knowledge and Warfare -- Foreign and First Language Policies -- History and Cultural Studies -- Religious Education -- Scientific Research and Development Programmes -- Military Training -- Training in Conformity -- State Knowledge and Identity -- Marxism, Postmodernism and Educational Policy Formulation -- Postmodernism and Curriculum Structure -- State-Enforced Knowledge -- Language, Curricula and Identity.

ISBN

• 0750709731
• 9780750709736
• 0750709723
• 9780750709729

LCCN

00020577

OCLC

• ocm50662234
• 50662234
• SCSB-1132621

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library