Understanding Curriculum
The Australian Context

Understanding Curriculum is a critical introduction to contemporary curriculum theory and practice.

Scott Webster (Author), Ann Ryan (Author)

9781108449991, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 23 November 2018

282 pages
24.9 x 17.6 x 1.5 cm, 0.53 kg

Understanding Curriculum is a critical introduction to contemporary curriculum theory and practice. Substantially revised, the second edition includes more detailed consideration of the ideological underpinnings of curriculum development, features new chapters on assessment and reporting, and updated vignettes and extracts. These features, combined with all the elements of the previous edition, encourages readers to reflect on how curriculum theory can inform and enhance classroom practice.

1. The landscape of curriculum theory
2. Introducing conservative ideological approaches to curriculum
3. Social efficiency ideology
4. Neoliberal ideology in curriculum
5. Progressive approaches to curriculum
6. Social reconstruction ideology
7. Pedagogy
8. Equity and (critical) diversity
9. Exploring implications of the construction of the girl/boy binary in curriculum Claire Charles
10. Indigenous issues and a curriculum for social justice
11. How educational technology influences curriculum work
12. Assessing what we value
13. Designing assessment
14. Unit planning and design
15. Reflecting on how you can bring education to the curriculum.

Subject Areas: Curriculum planning & development [JNKC], Philosophy & theory of education [JNA], Education [JN]