World Yearbook of Education 2011: Curriculum in Today's World: Configuring Knowledge, Identities, Work and Politics

by Madeleine R. Grumet

Book Overview

How do curriculum, conceptions of knowledge and the schooling experiences of young people engage the great issues of this tumultuous time? Curriculum is always influenced by the events that shape our world, but when testing and bench-marking preoccupy us, we can forget the world that is both the foundation and the object of curriculum. This edited volume brings together international contributors to analyze and reflect on the way the events of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138021636
• ISBN13: 9781138021631
• Release Date: December 2013
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 254 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"