The Curriculum Studies Reader

"The Curriculum Studies Reader (2017), edited by David J. Flinders and Stephen J. Thornton, provides a suitable introductory text through primary readings of theorists such as John Dewey, Maria Montessori, and W. James Popham, among others. The editors do well in the first half of the book in grouping contrasting arguments that provide context for understanding divergent ideologies of curriculum theory." - David L. Acevedo, Educational Review

David J. Flinders is Professor of Curriculum Studies in the School of Education at Indiana University, Bloomington, USA. Stephen J. Thornton is Professor in the Department of Teaching and Learning at the University of South Florida, Tampa, USA.

Contents Acknowledgements Introduction Looking Back: A Prologue to Curriculum Studies Scientific Method in Curriculum-Making Franklin Bobbitt 2. A Critical Consideration of the New Pedagogy in its Relation to Modern Science Maria Montessori 3. My Pedagogic Creed John Dewey 4. The Meaning of Curriculum in Dewey's Lab School Laurel N. Tanner 5. The Public School and the Immigrant Child Jane Addams 6. Dare the School Build a New Social Order? George S. Counts Curriculum At Education's Center Stage 7. Basic Principles of Curriculum and Instruction Ralph W. Tyler 8. Was There Really a Social Efficiency Doctrine? The Uses and Abuses of an Idea in Educational History Thomas Fallace and Victoria Fantozzi 9. Man: A Course of Study Jerome S. Bruner 10. Objectives W. James Popham 11. Education Objectives - Help or Hindrance Elliot W. Eisner 12. A Naturalistic Model for Curriculum Development Decker F. Walker 13. Curriculum and Consciousness Maxine Greene Reconceptualizing Curriculum Theory 14. The Reconceptualization of Curriculum Studies William E. Pinar 15. The Adult Literacy Process as Cultural Action for Freedom Paulo Freire 16. The Paideia Proposal Mortimer Adler 17. The False Promise of the Paideia: A Criitcal Review of the Paideia Proposal Nel Noddings 18. Implementation as Mutual Adaptation: Change in Classroom Organization Milbrey Wallin McLaughlin 19. Black Curriculum Orientations: A Preliminary Inquiry William H. Watkins 20. How Schools Shortchange Girls: Three Perspectives on Curriculum. American Association of University Women (AAUW) How Schools Shortchange Girls: The AAUW Report, American Association of University Women (AAUW) After a Century of Curriculum Thought: Change and Continuity 21. Subtractive Schooling, Caring Relations, and Social Capital in the Schooling of U.S. Mexican Youth Angela Valenzuela 22. Standardizing Knowledge in a Multicultural Society Christine Sleeter and Jamy Stillman 23. High-Stakes Testing and Curriculum Control: A Qualitative Metasynthesis Wayne Au 24. What Does it Mean to Say a School is Doing Well? Elliot W. Eisner 25. Teacher Experiences of Culture in the Curriculum Elaine Chan 26. The Bulling Curriculum: Gender, Sexualities, and the New Authoritarian Populism in Education. Dennis Carlson. 27. Complementary Curriculum: The Work of Ecologically Minded Teachers Christy M. Moroye 28. Too Many People Are Going to College Charles Murray 29. Moving Beyond Fidelity Expectations: Rethinking Curriculum Reform for Controversial Topics in Post-Communist Setting Thomas Misco 30. "We Are the New Oppressed": Gender, Culture, and the Work of Home Schooling. Michael W. Apple 31. How Language Limits Our Understanding of Environmental Education C. A. Bowers 32. The Common Core Standards Nel Noddings