The Pursuit of Curriculum - Schooling and the Public Interest

Today, practically any situation involving some kind of learning is liable to be referred to as an instance of curriculum. In this book, however, the author defines curriculum as the program or programs offered to students who enter ntar elementary school at age 5 or 6 and leave secondary school somewhere between the ages of 16 and 18. What is the curriculum? What should students be learning? Who should decide what should be taught? How are such decisions to be made? In this volume, the author examines the factors that need to be considered in finding solutions to these questions.

List of contents

Prologue: The Pursuit of Curriculum
Perspectives on the Curriculum
How We Think About the Curriculum
A Deliberative Perspective
The Case for a Deliberative Perspective

About the author

William A. Reid

Product details

• Authors: William Reid, William Arbuckle Reid
• Publisher: Bloomsbury
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.01.1994
• EAN: 9780893919801
• ISBN: 978-0-89391-980-1
• Subjects: Education and learning > Teaching preparation > Teaching materials, hand-outs; EDUCATION / General, Education, Current Events and Issues: Education