Curriculum research, theory, and practice with particular reference to curriculum aims, content, organization and change.

This course explores the possibilities for curriculum education and change by highlighting diverse curricular movements and thoughtfully interweaving theory and practice. The study of curriculum has changed from the late 19th century when curriculum was linked with the development, administration and implementation of prescribed and planned courses within the institutional frameworks.

More recently, the focus has shifted from an instrumentalist approach to an inquiry conceptualization, incorporating such questions as: Who decides what knowledge is of most worth? How do social, cultural, political, technological and geographical forces influence curriculum change? What is the role of the teacher as change agent? How do students and teachers together negotiate the lived reality of the classroom? These kinds of questions invite us to engage creatively with issues of curriculum as a complex and often difficult lived text.

Starting from our own situation and place, inside and outside the classroom, we are challenged to consider how we can create possibilities for curriculum education and change. Students will be invited to arrive at a personally and publicly meaningful understanding of the "why" of curriculum and classroom practice.

EDER 681—Studying Curriculum

WebCT ~no access anymore (bought by blackboard)

Login (U of C) ~no access anymore

V-Class Session (Elluminate)

September 18 & November 27 (7:15 - 9:15 p.m.)

Participation & Reflection

Discussion and Presentation

Individual Project