Curriculum theory: what it is and why it is important
In this paper we discuss the importance of curriculum theory and its specialists in the current debate on school curriculum. After a short account on the evolution of the field of curriculum studies, we delve into the critique and normative aspects of the curriculum theory, suggesting that these two...
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| Format: | article |
| Status: | Published version |
| Publication Date: | 2014 |
| Country: | Brasil |
| Institution: | Fundação Carlos Chagas (FCC) |
| Repository: | Cadernos de Pesquisa (Fundação Carlos Chagas. Online) |
| Language: | Portuguese |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ojs.publicacoes.fcc.org.br:article/2707 |
| Online Access: | https://publicacoes.fcc.org.br/cp/article/view/2707 |
| Access Level: | Open access |
| Keyword: | Curriculum Knowledge Curriculum Theory Currículo Conocimiento Teoría del Currículo Conhecimento Teoria do Currículo |
| Summary: | In this paper we discuss the importance of curriculum theory and its specialists in the current debate on school curriculum. After a short account on the evolution of the field of curriculum studies, we delve into the critique and normative aspects of the curriculum theory, suggesting that these two objectives have been separated, much to the demise of both of them. Next, when defending education as a practical and specialized activity, we suggest that the curriculum theory unite both aspects and regard the curriculum as a form of specialized knowledge. Lastly, we postulate that curriculum theorists concentrate their efforts on the development of curriculum that not just reproduce learning opportunities, but rather broaden them. |
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