Curriculum : construction and critique /

• Main Author: Ross, Alistair, 1946-
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: London ; New York : Falmer Press, 2000.
• Series: Master classes in education series.
• Subjects: Education > Curricula > Social aspects > Great Britain.; Curriculum planning > Social aspects > Great Britain.; Programmes d'�etudes > Aspect social > Grande-Bretagne.; Programmes d'�etudes > Planification > Aspect social > Grande-Bretagne.; EDUCATION > Curricula.; Curriculum planning > Social aspects.; Education > Curricula > Social aspects.; Great Britain.; Electronic books.

Opens up a more general debate on how the curriculum is shaped and the compromises made between different ideologies of the nature and purpose of education.

Table of Contents:

• Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of Illustrations; Series Editors' Preface; Acknowledgments; Curriculum Gardening; The Baroque Curriculum; The Naturally Landscaped Curriculum; The Dig-for-Victory Curriculum; The Cottage Curriculum; What is the Curriculum?; Curriculum and the Reproduction of Culture; Curriculum and Assessment; Global Trends in School Curricula; Conflict in the Curriculum: Growth and Diversity, 1860 1976; Diverse Approaches and the Individual Child: 1926 64; The Polarization of Innovation and Tradition: 1960 76; Turmoil in the Curriculum: 1976 1986.