Curricular Landscapes, Democratic Vistas: Transformative Leadership in Higher Education

by William G. Tierney

Book Overview

William G. Tierney offers a different way of thinking about the curriculum in post-secondary curriculum than is customary. Through an in-depth analysis of seven ethnographic case studies, the author demonstrates how the curriculum itself is a cultural product which institutions of higher education construct socially. The manner in which the individual institution defines its curriculum, Tierney argues, commits it to certain philosophical and ideological...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0275933717
• ISBN13: 9780275933715
• Release Date: September 1989
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 191 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.5"