| Description |
xxi, 242 pages ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
1. The Historical Legacy -- Early Educational Patterns -- The Contexts of Modern Curriculum Concerns -- The Birth of Curriculum Studies -- The Curriculum Field in Maturity -- 2. The New Right: Individualism, Free Markets, and Character -- Elements of a Perceived Crisis and a Preferred Solution -- The New Right's "Call to Arms" -- Classical Liberal Theory and Society -- Individualism and Liberty -- Moral Judgment -- The Role of the State -- Conclusion: The New Right and Social/Educational Practice -- 3. Modern Liberalism and the Welfare State -- A Critique of Classical Liberal Theory and Society -- Creating the Welfare State -- Education and Social Democracy -- 4. Dominating Dynamics: Radical Critiques of Class, Gender, and Race -- Class, Gender, and Race -- Feminist Analyses: Gender, Patriarchy, and Schools -- Racism, White Supremacy, and Education -- 5. Postmodernism -- Postmodern Analysis -- Some Paradoxes of Postmodern Analysis -- Postmodernism and Moral Actions -- 6. Our Social and Democratic Vision: Toward a New Progressivism -- A Social Vision -- Democratic Values and Practices -- 7. One Progressive Agenda -- The Broad Contours -- Curriculum Planning -- A Progressive Vision. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-233) and indexes. |
| Subject |
Education -- United States -- Curricula.
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Curriculum planning -- Social aspects -- United States.
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Postmodernism and education -- United States.
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| Added Author |
Liston, Daniel Patrick.
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| ISBN |
0807735299 (acid-free paper) |
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0807735280 (pbk. : acid-free paper) |
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