CURRICULUM THEORY AND PRACTICES

This course is discusses the underlying principles curriculum theorizing, what is the basis of deciding what content to be taught in institutions, and other curriculum decisions. This course highlights the divergent discourses and debates surrounding the evolution the field of curriculum. The students will be have the opportunity to interact with seminal pieces of work in the field of curriculum such as that of Franklin Bobbitt, Maria Montessori, John Dewey, Ralph W. Tyler, Jerome Bruner, Joseph Schwab, and many others. This course considers the historical and ideological foundations of the field of curriculum studies as well as laying foundations for students’ continued graduate studies in curriculum. The readings are meant to be provocative intended to open new ways for students to make sense of their experiences. The course will also examine: curriculum as a tradition within the educational; discourse; assess developments in the field; various conceptions of curriculum and their effects on pedagogy and possibilities for action in educational settings