The Curriculum Studies Reader

David J. Flinders is Professor of Curriculum Studies in the School of Education at Indiana University, Bloomington. Stephen J. Thornton is Professor and Chair of the Department of Secondary Education at University of South Florida.

Preface to the Third Edition


Introduction


Part One: Looking Back: A Prologue to Curriculum Studies


Introduction to Part One


1. Scientific Method in Curriculum-Making, Franklin Bobbitt


2. A Critical Consideration of the New Pedagogy in its Relation to Modern Science, Maria Montessori***


3. My Pedagogic Creed, John Dewey


4. The Public School and the Immigrant Child, Jane Addams


5. Dare the School Build a New Social Order? George S. Counts


6. The Rise of Scientific Curriculum-Making and Its Aftermath, Herbert M. Kliebard


Part Two: Curriculum At Education’s Center Stage


Introduction to Part Two


7. Basic Principles of Curriculum and Instruction, Ralph W. Tyler


8. Man: A Course of Study, Jerome S. Bruner***


9. Objectives, W. James Popham


10. Educational Objectives—Help or Hindrance? Elliot W. Eisner


11. The Daily Grind, Phillip W. Jackson


12. The Practical: A Language for Curriculum, Joseph J. Schwab


Part Three: Reconceptualizing Curriculum Theory


Introduction to Part Three


13. Pedagogy of the Oppressed, Paulo Freire


14. Curriculum and Consciousness, Maxine Greene


15. The Reconceptualization of Curriculum Studies, William F. Pinar


16. The Paideia Proposal, Mortimer J. Adler


17. The False Promise of the Paideia: A Cricitcal Review of the Paideia Proposal, Nel Noddings


18. Implementation as Mutual Adaptation: Change in Classroom Organization, Milbrey Wallin McLaughlin


19. Controlling the Work of Teachers, Michael W. Apple


20. How Schools Shortchange Girls: Three Perspectives on Curriculum, American Association of University Women (AAUW)


Part Four: After a Century of Curriculum Thought: Change and Continuity


Introduction to Part Four


21. HIV/AIDS Education: Toward a Collaborative Curriculum, Jonathan Silin


22. The Four R’s—An Alternative to the Tyler Rational, William E. Doll Jr.


23. Generational Ideas in Curriculum: A Historical Triangulation, Peter S. Hlebowitsh


24. High-Stakes Testing and Curriculum Control: A Qualitative Metasynthesis, Wayne Au***


25. Standardizing Knowledge in a Multicultural Society, Christine Sleeter and Jamy Stillman***


26. Outside the Core: Accountability in Tested and Untested Subjects, Leslie Siskin***


27. What Does it Mean to Say a School is Doing Well? Elliot W. Eisner


28. Subtractive Schooling, Caring Relations, and Social Capital in the Schooling of U.S.-Mexican Youth, Angela Valenzuela***


29. Teacher Experiences of Culture in the Curriculum, Elaine Chan***


30. Silence on Gays and Lesbians in Social Studies Curriculum, Stephen J. Thornton


31. Curriculum and Teaching Face Globalization, David Geoffrey Smith***


32. Gender Perspectives on Educating for Global Citizenship, Peggy McIntosh***


33. The Classroom Practice of Commons Education, C. A. Bowers***


34. The Aims of Education, Nel Noddings





***Denotes new additions for the Third Edition