Critical Curriculum Studies

Wayne Au is a Professor in the School of Educational Studies at the University of Washington Bothell, USA. A long-time critical educational activist and scholar, his work examines issues of power and justice in education policy and practice.

“Critical Curriculum Studies is a provocative book. It challenges many of our assumptions about curriculum, including a number of the assumptions held by politically progressive and critical curriculum scholars, as well. Au rightly asks us to engage in such debates over our politics, theories, policies, and practices. Given the realities of this society, this is a crucial task. It is a task that this second edition of Critical Curriculum Studies takes very seriously.”--From the Introduction by Michael W. Apple, John Bascom Professor Emeritus of Curriculum and Instruction and Educational Policy Studies, University of Wisconsin, Madison

• 1. Introduction: Curriculum Studies, Contradiction, and the Politics of Knowledge 2. With and Within the World: Developing a Dialectical Conception of Consciousness 3. Epistemology and Educational Experience: Curriculum, Complex Environmental Design, and Accessing Knowledge 4. Developing Curricular Standpoint: Strong Objectivity and the Politics of School Knowledge 5. Curriculum of the Oppressed: Curricular Standpoint in Practice 6. Conclusion: Consciousness and the Curriculum