Author

Publication

2012 - Routledge, New York, New York (State)

Language

English

Word Count

30,750 words, Guess

Page Count

123 pages

Identifiers

and 8 more
  • ISBN-139780415877121
  • ISBN-139780203806449
  • Library of Congress Control Number2011005934
  • OCLC Control Number613424372
  • Better World Books9780415877121
  • Better World Books9780415877114
  • Better World Books9780203806449
  • Open LibraryOL25115527M

Classifications

  • DDC370.11/5
  • LCCLB1570 .A93 2012
  • LCCLB1570.A93 2011

Description

"Critical Curriculum Studies" brings together curriculum theory, critical educational studies, and feminist standpoint theory with practical examples of teaching for social justice to argue for a transformative curriculum that challenges existing inequity in social, educational, and economic relations. Making use of the work of important scholars such as Freire, Vygotsky, Hartsock, Harding, and others, "Critical Curriculum Studies", argues that we must understand the relationship between the curriculum and the types of consciousness we carry out into the world"-- Provided by publisher. "Critical Curriculum Studies: Education, Consciousness, and the Politics of Knowing offers a novel framework for thinking about how curriculum relates to students' understanding of the world around them. Wayne Au brings together curriculum theory, critical educational studies, and feminist standpoint theory with practical examples of teaching for social justice to argue for a transformative curriculum that challenges existing inequity in social, educational, and economic relations. Making use of the work of important scholars such as Freire, Vygotsky, Hartsock, Harding, and others, Critical Curriculum Studies, argues that we must understand the relationship between the curriculum and the types of consciousness we carry out into the world"-- Provided by publisher.

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