Critical Curriculum Studies : Education, Consciousness, and the Politics of Knowing
ISBN: 9780415877114 | 0415877113
Edition: 1stFormat: Hardcover
Publisher: Routledge
Pub. Date: 7/27/2011
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Critical Curriculum Studies: Education, Consciousness, and the Politics of Knowing offers a novel framework for thinking about how curriculum relates to student understanding of the world around them. Here, author Wayne Au draws heavily upon critical traditions within curriculum theory, feminist theory, and teaching and learning to develop a "critical standpoint theory" for understanding how the orientation of school curriculum relates to the development of student consciousness.Using evidence from struggles over standards, high-stakes testing,... MORE
| Acknowledgments | p. xi |
| Series Editor Introduction | p. xiii |
| Introduction: Contradiction in Curriculum Studies | p. 1 |
| With and Within the World: Developing a Dialectical Conception of Consciousness | p. 15 |
| Epistemology and Educational Experience: Curriculum, the Accessibility of Knowledge, and Complex Environmental Design | p. 29 |
| Developing Curricular Standpoint: Strong Objectivity and the Politics of School Knowledg... MORE | p. 51 |
| Curriculum of the Oppressed: Curricular Standpoint in Practice | p. 71 |
| Conclusion: Critical Consciousness, Relative Autonomy, and the Curriculum | p. 91 |
| References | p. 103 |
| Author Biography | p. 117 |
| Index | p. 119 |
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