Open AccessUnderstanding Curriculum: An Introduction to the Study of Historical and Contemporary Curriculum Discourses
Author(s) -
Kenneth A. McClelland
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
brock education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2371-7750
pISSN - 1183-1189
DOI - 10.26522/brocked.v13i1.45
Subject(s) - curriculum , curriculum studies , scholarship , sociology , curriculum theory , work (physics) , engineering ethics , pedagogy , social science , curriculum development , epistemology , law , political science , philosophy , engineering , mechanical engineering
When it comes to educational tomes, it would be hard not to recommend Understanding Curriculum (Pinar, Reynolds, Slattery, & Taubman, 2000). The book offers a thorough overview of the last 150 years of curriculum thought and is organized in such a way that, although lengthy (nearly 1000 pages), it is palatable to both the generalist and the specialist. I would recommend this text unhesitatingly as a breakthrough work of scholarship and as an invaluable guide through what can seem to the weary traveler a bewildering curriculum landscape.