EDUC 60843 Contemporary Curriculum Theory
Contemporary Curriculum Theory explores the curriculum studies field through key readings that shape(d) and chronicle the development of the field as in interdisciplinary intellectual diaspora. The course start with the Reconceptualization in the 1970s that transformed understandings of curriculum, considers Turns to the cultural and intellectual influences on the field (e.g. hermeneutic, postmodern, interpretive, narrative, critical turns), and attends to emerging approaches to curriculum. Because Curriculum Studies is an interdisciplinary field, the course is open to masters and doctoral students across the academy. EDUC 60833: Curriculum History in the United States is a companion course to EDUC 60843.