Theory and Practice of Curriculum Studies

ISBN-13: 9780415669924 Publisher: Taylor & Francis Publication date: 12/08/2011 Series: Routledge Library Editions: Education Pages: 314 Product dimensions: 6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d) This book deals with curriculum issues and problems, and one of its aims is to help practising teachers to clarify their own theory and practice in relation to the curriculum. The contributors look at three popular theories or sets of assumptions held by teachers: the child-centred view of education; the subject-centred or knowledge-centred view; and the society-centred view. Each of these views is incomplete on its own, but each has something to contribute in planning a curriculum as a whole, and the authors emphasize that a comprehensive theory of curriculum planning would take into account the individual nature of the pupil and also recognize the social value of education. This kind of comprehensive curriculum planning has been described as the situation-centred curriculum, based on the idea that sch