Leaders in curriculum studies : : intellectual self-portraits / / editors Edmund C. Short, Leonard J. Waks.

• Superior document: Leaders in Educational Studies ; Volume 2
• TeilnehmendeR: Short, Edmund C.,; Waks, Leonard J.,
• Place / Publishing House: Rotterdam ;, Boston ;, Taipei : : Sense Publishers,, [2009]; ©2009
• Year of Publication: 2009
• Language: English
• Series: Leaders in educational studies ; Volume 2.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource

In the 1950s and 1960s school teaching became a university-based profession, and scholars and policy leaders looked to the humanities and social sciences in building an appropriate knowledge base. By the mid-1960s there was talk about a “new” philosophy, history, and sociology of education. Curriculum thinkers such as Joseph Schwab, Dwayne Heubner and Paul Hirst initiated new intellectual projects to supplement applied work in curriculum. By the 1970s the field was in the process of re-conceptualization, as a new generation of scholars provided deep critical insights into the social, political and cultural dynamics of school experience and templates for renewal of curriculum research and practice. In this book, 18 leading curriculum scholars since 1970 who remain influential today present the fascinating stories of their lives and important new contributions to the field. They trace their early experiences in teaching and curriculum development, creative directions in their work, mature ideas and perceptions of future directions for the field. Each chapter contains a list of works chosen by the authors as their personal favorites.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material / Edmund C. Short and Leonard J. Waks -- On Being a Scholar/Activist in Education / Michael W. Apple -- My Journey in the Curriculum Field: Looking back with Hope / Miriam Ben-Peretz -- Curriculum Studies: Inward Journey, Disciplined Inquiry, and Creative Linkages / Louise Berman -- Bridges from Then to Now and from Them to Us: Narrative Threads on the Landscape of ‘The Practical’ / F. Connelly Michael -- The Path Stumbled Upon / Bill Doll -- Growing up Urban / Elliot Eisner -- Connecting Action with Research / John Elliott -- Personal History and Curriculum Study / Ivor F. Goodson -- The Scenic Route / Maurice Holt -- Pivotal Events and People in my Career / M. Frances Klein -- Chance Encounters and Consequential Choices / Herbert Kliebard -- The Primacy of the Particular / William F. Pinar -- Life is a Curriculum / William A. Reid -- What’s Worthwhile? Playing with Ideas in Loving Company / William H. Schubert -- What’s Worth Recalling? / Edmund C. Short -- “It Sounds Like a Good Idea, But will it Work?” / Malcolm Skilbeck -- Luck, Flow, Remarkable Creatures and Me: Life in the Golden Age of Curriculum / Laurel Tanner -- Curriculum Theory and the Problem Of Knowledge: A Personal Journey and an Unfinished Project / Michael F. D. Young -- Afterword: Reflections on Curriculum Studies Since 1960 / Leonard J. Waks -- In Appreciation / Edmund C. Short -- In Memoriam / Edmund C. Short.