Curriculum in International Contexts Understanding Colonial, Ideological, and Neoliberal Influences /

• Main Author: Kumar, Ashwani (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Series: Curriculum Studies Worldwide
• Subjects: Curriculums (Courses of study).; Education-Curricula.; Imperialism.; Education-History.; International education .; Comparative education.; Curriculum Studies.; Imperialism and Colonialism.; History of Education.; International and Comparative Education.

This book is an exposition of how political, cultural, historical, and economic structures and processes shape the nature and character of curriculum landscapes globally. By developing theoretical connections and providing contextual background, Kumar explores how colonialism and imperialism, state-...

Table of Contents:

• Chapter 1. Introduction
• Chapter 2. Curriculum Studies in South Africa: Colonialism, Constructivism, and Outcomes-Based Education
• Chapter 3. Curriculum Studies in Brazil: Marxism, Postmodernism, and Multiculturalism
• Chapter 4. Curriculum Studies in Mexico: Technical Rationality, Curriculum Communities, and Neoliberal Globalization
• Chapter 5. Curriculum As a Process of Conditioning in Asia: Ideology, Politics, and Religion
• Chapter 6. Indian Social Studies Curriculum in Transition: Effects of a Paradigm Shift in Curriculum Discourse
• Chapter 7. Postmodern Turn in North American Social Studies Education: Considering Identities, Contexts, and Discourses
• Chapter 8. The Menace of Neoliberal Education Reforms: Where Capitalism, Behaviorism, and Positivism Meet.