Curriculum as Confession - The Promise of Teaching for Selfhood and Truth

This book offers a philosophical inquiry into the idea of curriculum as confession and considers how it can help us answer questions of justice, selfhood, and truth.

List of contents

1. Curriculum Theorizing as a Confessional Event 2. Phenomenology, Deconstruction, and Curriculum Studies 3. The Violence of (Curricular) Conceptualization 4. "A Confessing Animal": Governmentality, Subjectivity, and Truth-Telling 5. There Is Always Someone Else: (Cir)Confession and the Call of Curriculum 6. Praise and the Opening of Curriculum

About the author

Christopher M. Cruz is an English teacher at The Paideia School and an independent scholar in the field of curriculum studies, USA.

Summary

This book offers a philosophical inquiry into the idea of curriculum as confession and considers how it can help us answer questions of justice, selfhood, and truth.

Product details

• Authors: Christopher M. Cruz
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 21.10.2024
• EAN: 9781032586649
• ISBN: 978-1-03-258664-9
• No. of pages: 164
• Weight: 453 g
• Series: Studies in Curriculum Theory Series
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > General, dictionaries; EDUCATION / Professional Development, EDUCATION / Educational Policy & Reform / General, EDUCATION / Philosophy, Theory & Social Aspects, EDUCATION / Curricula, teacher training, Philosophy & theory of education, Educational strategies & policy, Philosophy and theory of education, Curriculum planning & development, Educational strategies and policy, EDUCATION / Teacher Training & Certification, Curriculum planning and development