The Pursuit of Curriculum
Subtitle: Schooling and the Public Interest (Research in Curriculum and Instruction)
Contributors: William, A Reid (Editor); J, Wesley Null (Editor)
Edition: 2 edition
Publisher: Information Age Publishing; IAP, Information Age Pub.
Published: April 30, 2006
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 179
ISBN-13: 9781593115081
Subjects: Curriculum planning & development; Philosophy & Social Aspects; Education / Teaching; Education; Philosophy; Research; Curricula; General; Biography & Autobiography-General; Education / Curricula; Education-Research
First sentence: The metaphor of "pursuit" seemed, in a number of ways, to be a compelling analogy for my own engagement with the curriculum of schooling which had begun in the late 1950's.
Description: In this far-reaching discussion of curriculum and liberal education, William A. Reid compares curriculum making to the idea of "pursuit." Like justice, Reid argues that curriculum is not something that we own or possess in a material sense; rather, it is an achievement that anyone involved in schooling must and should pursue. Drawing upon the acclaimed work of Joseph J. Schwab, Reid discusses four traditions within curriculum theory (the systematic, the radical, the existentialist, and the deliberative), and then makes his case that a deliberative perspective is the soundest, most long-lasting philosophical tradition for curriculum theorists to follow. Reid's goal is to persuade readers to engage in the age-old practice of deliberation.