Curriculum Development in the Postmodern Era
Curriculum Development in the Postmodern Era provided the first introduction to and analysis of contemporary concepts of curriculum development in relation to postmodernism. It challenged educators to transcend purely traditional approaches to curriculum development and instead to incorporate various postmodern discourses into their reflection and action in schools. Since its publication in 1995, the curriculum studies field has exploded, the very notion of the postmodern has shifted and the...
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Curriculum Development in the Postmodern Era provided the first introduction and analysis of contemporary concepts of curriculum development in relation to postmodernism. It challenged educators to transcend purely traditional approaches to curriculum development and instead incorporate various postmodern discourses into their reflection and action in schools. Since publication in 1995, the curriculum studies field has exploded, the very notion of the postmodern has shifted, and the landscape of American schooling has changed dramatically-federal policies like No Child Left Behind have dramatically increased the focus on accountability and consequently what and how teachers teach. The need to understand curriculum in relation to global religions, ethnic relations, multicultural communities, and socio-political interest groups has been magnified. Controversial issues such as biology, gender roles, academic freedom, religion and prayer in schools, gay straight alliances, GLBT literature in the curriculum studies is theorized. In this much-anticipated and thoroughly updated edition, noted curriculum studies scholar Patrick Slattery tackles these and other issues to reflect on the current state of curriculum development and on where the field may go from here. Booknews Suggests approaches to elementary and secondary school curriculum development that integrate postmodern ideas on religion, race, gender, philosophy, global ecology, politics, aesthetics, autobiography, and cosmology. Also emphasizes the importance of interaction and equality in the curriculum. Of interest to students of education, teachers, administrators, and researchers. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
Pt. 1Curriculum development as a field of study1Introduction to curriculum development, reconceptualization, and postmodernity172Historical perspectives on curriculum as a field of study373The reconceptualization of curriculum studies from 1973 to 2006574Postmodern schooling, curriculum, and the theological text71Pt. 2Complicated conversations in contemporary curriculum development5The hermeneutic circle and the interpretive process1156Gender, sexuality, race, and ethnicity in a multicultural and diverse milieu1437Postmodern philosophies in curriculum studies1878Curriculum for interdependence and ecological sustainability1999Utopian visions, democracy, and the egalitarian ideal22710Aesthetic inquiry, arts-based research, and the proleptic moment241Pt. 3Curriculum development in the postmodern era11Time and complexity27112A vision of curriculum in the postmodern era281
\ BooknewsSuggests approaches to elementary and secondary school curriculum development that integrate postmodern ideas on religion, race, gender, philosophy, global ecology, politics, aesthetics, autobiography, and cosmology. Also emphasizes the importance of interaction and equality in the curriculum. Of interest to students of education, teachers, administrators, and researchers. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)\ \
