Curriculum as Conversation - Transforming Traditions of Teaching and Learning

From the Great Books to the rise multiculturalism discussions of curriculum in American schools and colleges usually focus on what educators consider most worth knowing. In Curriculum As Conversation, Arthur N. Applebee argues that this approach it the curriculum debate reflects a fundamental misconception about the nature of knowledge and learning.

List of contents

Acknowledgments 1: Introduction: The Role of Tradition 2: The Individual and Tradition 3: Deadly Traditions 4: Curriculum as Conversation 5: Characteristics of Effective Curricula 6: Structuring Curricular Conversations 7: Recent Curriculum Proposals as Domains for Conversation 8: Toward a Pedagogy of Knowledge-in-Action 9: Reconciling Conflicting Traditions References Index

Summary

Going against the common approach to curriculum planning in American schools and universities, this book suggests that different curricula should be seen as ongoing conversations, with teaching and learning as processes through which students become active participants in those conversations.

Product details

• Authors: Arthur N. Applebee, Applebee Arthur N.
• Publisher: University Presses
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.05.1996
• EAN: 9780226021232
• ISBN: 978-0-226-02123-2
• No. of pages: 158
• Dimensions: 14 mm x 22 mm x 1 mm
• Weight: 227 g
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Education system; USA, EDUCATION / Curricula, United States of America, USA, Curriculum planning & development, Curriculum planning and development