Reconstituting the curriculum /

• Main Author: Islam, Rafiqul, 1959-
• Other Authors: Zatzman, Gary
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Hoboken, N.J. : Scrivener Pub., [2014]
• Subjects: Education > Curricula.; Curriculum change.; Thought and thinking.; Interdisciplinary approach in education.; Nature study.; Science > Study and teaching.; Human ecology > Study and teaching.; Education > Aims and objectives.; Education.; EDUCATION > Curricula.; Electronic books.

"Presents a truly knowledge-based approach to education as an alternative to the current curriculum that is based on consolidating pre-conceived ideas. It demonstrates the advantages of the new curriculum, both in terms of acquiring knowledge and preventing current problems ... Examples are giv...

Table of Contents:

• Currculum-- the place where tangible content wrestles intangible process
• Intention: its individual and social purposes
• Fundamental changes in curriculum development
• Sustainability and change in curriculum development: the HSSA syndrome and other maladies
• The nature-science criterion
• The HSSA phenomenon
• Concluding remarks & observations.