The Character of Curriculum Studies: Bildung, Currere, and the Recurring Question of the Subject

by W. Pinar

Overview

Assembles essays addressing the recurring question of the 'subject,' understood both as human person and school subject, thereby elaborating the subjective and disciplinary character of curriculum studies.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781349292776
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan US
Publication date:	12/08/2011
Edition description:	1st ed. 2011
Pages:	273
Product dimensions:	5.98(w) x 9.02(h) x (d)

About the Author

WILLIAM F. PINAR Canada Research Chair at the Center for International Curriculum in the Faculty of Education at the University of British Columbia, Canada.

Table of Contents

PART I: THE SUBJECT OF POLITICS AND CULTURE The Unaddressed 'I' of Ideology Critique Decolonization and Subjective Reconstruction Multiculturalism, Nationality, Cosmopolitanism PART II: THE SUBJECT OF SCHOOL AND SOCIETY Bildung in Society and History 'Molds' and ]Spirit' in the Eight-Year Study PART III: THE SUBJECT OF EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE Subjective Reconstruction through Aesthetic Education Currere and Cosmopolitanism Epilogue: The Recurring Question of the Subject