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Curriculum Work as a Public Moral Enterprise
Gaztambide-Fernandez
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Description for Curriculum Work as a Public Moral Enterprise
Hardback. Editor(s): Gaztambide-Fernandez, Ruben A.; Sears, James T. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: JNKC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 166 x 17. Weight in Grams: 340.
Reflecting the current turn in curriculum work that underscores the relationship between theory and practice, this volume brings together the voices of curriculum theorists working within academic setting and practitioners working in schools and other educational settings. The book traces their collaborative work, challenging the assumption that practitioners should be only consumers of the theory produced by academics. Thus, this collection engages readers in the complicated conversation about the relationship between theory and practice, between theoreticians and practitioners. Although every author is, to some degree, a practitioner as well as a theorist, their collaboration emerges from the particular positions and ... Read more
Reflecting the current turn in curriculum work that underscores the relationship between theory and practice, this volume brings together the voices of curriculum theorists working within academic setting and practitioners working in schools and other educational settings. The book traces their collaborative work, challenging the assumption that practitioners should be only consumers of the theory produced by academics. Thus, this collection engages readers in the complicated conversation about the relationship between theory and practice, between theoreticians and practitioners. Although every author is, to some degree, a practitioner as well as a theorist, their collaboration emerges from the particular positions and ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
Number of Pages
160
Place of Publication
Lanham, MD, United States
ISBN
9780742526396
SKU
V9780742526396
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About Gaztambide-Fernandez
Rubén A. Gaztambide-Fernández is an advanced doctoral student at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, where he is a Spencer Research Training Grantee and an instructor in education. James T. Sears is professor of curriculum studies at the University of South Carolina.
Reviews for Curriculum Work as a Public Moral Enterprise
Curriculum Work as a Public Moral Enterprise draws readers into a 'complicated conversation' about curriculum theory. Nine of the book's eleven chapters offer powerful examples of the learning that takes place when university-based professors and K-12 practitioners cross borders between university and school settings, blur distinctions between theory and practice, and then come together to write about learning.
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