Women Curriculum Theorists - Power, Knowledge and Subjectivity

Most published bodies of work relating to curriculum theory focus exclusively, or almost exclusively, on the contributions of men. This is not representative of influences on educational practices as a whole, and it is certainly not representative of educational theory generally, as women have played a significant role...

List of contents

1.Introduction. Part I - Conceptual Framings. 2.Maxine Greene and Imaginative Possibilities. 3.Susan Haack and Foundherentism. 4.Julia Kristeva and Edusemiotics. 5.Martha Nussbaum and Sex and Social Justice. 6.Nel Noddings and the Disposition of Care. 7.Jane Roland Martin and a Gender-Sensitive Curriculum. 8.Marie Battiste and Indigenous Knowledge. Part II - Feminist Praxes. 9.Dorothea Beale and the Education of Girls. 10.Susan Isaacs, Phantasy and Play. 11.Maria Montessori and the Autonomous Development of Children. 12.Mary Warnock and Special Educational Needs. 13.Lucy Diggs Slowe and Human Potential. 14.Decolonising the Curriculum.

About the author

Sandra Leaton Gray is an Associate Professor of Education at the UCL Institute of Education, UK, and Senior Member, Wolfson College, Cambridge University.
David Scott is an Emeritus Professor of Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment at the UCL Institute of Education, UK.

Summary

Most published bodies of work relating to curriculum theory focus exclusively, or almost exclusively, on the contributions of men. This is not representative of influences on educational practices as a whole, and it is certainly not representative of educational theory generally, as women have played a significant role...

Product details

• Authors: Sandra Leaton Gray, Sandra (University College London Leaton Gray, David Scott, Scott David
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 21.04.2023
• EAN: 9781032258973
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3225897-3
• No. of pages: 236
• Series: Studies in Curriculum Theory Series
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies, EDUCATION / History, EDUCATION / Philosophy, Theory & Social Aspects, EDUCATION / Curricula, History of Education, Philosophy & theory of education, Gender studies: women, Philosophy and theory of education, Gender studies: women and girls, Curriculum planning & development, Curriculum planning and development