附註:Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-283) and indexes.
The nightmare that is the present -- The regressive moment: the past in the present -- The progressive moment: the future in the present -- The analytic moment: anti-intellectualism and complicated conversation -- The synthetical moment: self-mobilization and social reconstruction
摘要:This primer for teachers (prospective and practicing) asks students to question the historical present and their relation to it, and in so doing, to construct their own understandings of what it means to teach, to study, to become ""educated."" Curriculum theory is presented as the interdisciplinary study of educational experience. The mentral concept of curriculum studies as a ""complicated conversation"" is explored. Within this framework, Pinar offers a compelling interpretation of contemporary ""school reform"" policies and practices, and an explication of curriculum theory's pow.