What Is Curriculum Theory?

316 Pages·2004·1.95 MB·English

by  William F. Pinar

What Is Curriculum Theory?
STUDIES IN CURRICULUM THEORY
William F. Pinar, Series Editor
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What Is Curriculum Theory?
William F. Pinar
Louisiana State University
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Contents
Preface xi
Introduction 1
PART I: THE NIGHTMARE THAT IS THE PRESENT
1 The Miseducation of the American Public 15
I ReconstructingtheSubjectiveandSocialSpheres
inCurriculumandTeaching 15
II “Untimely”Concepts 18
III “TooLittleIntellectinMattersofSoul”:
OntheEducationofTeachers 23
IV TheSchoolasaBusiness 27
V TheFigureoftheSchoolteacher 29
2 Autobiography: A Revolutionary Act 35
I ToRuntheCourse 35
II TheSocialandSubjectiveinAfrican-American
Autobiography 40
III AnAutobiographicsofAlterity 48
IV DeferredandDisplacedAction 56
PART II: THE REGRESSIVE MOMENT:
THE PAST IN THE PRESENT
3 The Primal Scene: “Mortal Educational Combat” 65
I GraciousSubmission 65
vii
viii CONTENTS
II TheRacialPoliticsofCurriculumReform 72
III StudentsandtheCivilRightsMovement 77
IV FreedomSchools 80
V TheGenderPoliticsofCurriculumReform 84
4 The Significance of the South 93
I Curriculum-in-Place 93
II RacialandSexedBodies 96
III “America’sNationalCrime” 98
IV WhiteTrash:ClassintheSouth 103
V WhiteLadiesandBlackWomen 106
VI ComplicatedEyes 114
VII SeparateSpheres:PrivateSpaceandthePublicDomain 118
PART III: THE PROGRESSIVE MOMENT:
THE FUTURE IN THE PRESENT
5 The Evaporation of the Ego and the Subjectivity
of Cyberculture 125
I Dream,Thought,Fantasy 125
II “LetThemEatData” 132
III Hypertext 135
6 “Sex Times Technology Equals the Future” 143
I Screens 143
II WhereNoManHasBeenBefore 146
III Cyberculture 151
IV IntellectualTechnologies 154
PART IV: THE ANALYTIC MOMENT: ANTI-INTELLECTUALISM
AND COMPLICATED CONVERSATION
7 “Something Sound and Important”: Interdisciplinarity,
Erudition, Self-Reflexivity, and Intellectuality 163
I Anti-Intellectualism 163
II IntellectualEvents 170
III ATroubledMarriage 172
IV WhatWeCanDo 179
8 “Possibly Being So”: Curriculum as Complicated Conversation 185
I ComplicatedConversation 185
CONTENTS ix
II “AnUnrehearsedIntellectualAdventure” 188
III ThePoeticSelf 189
IV CurriculumasComplicatedConversation
IsNot(Only)ClassroomDiscourse 192
V ModesofAddress 197
PART V: THE SYNTHETICAL MOMENT:
SELF-MOBILIZATION AND SOCIAL RECONSTRUCTION
9 Reconstructing the Private and Public Spheres
in Curriculum and Teaching 205
I IntotheArena 205
II BetrayalbyProfessionalOrganizations 210
III BetrayalbyGovernment 216
IV KeepingHopeAlive 222
V RecapturingtheCurriculum 226
10 The Education of the American Public 233
I “TheGreatWhiteSwitch”:TheNationGoesSouth 233
II CurriculumasSocialPsychoanalysis:Wakingup
FromtheNightmareThatIsthePresent 239
III “NewModesofLife,Eroticism,andSocialRelations” 247
Appendix: Curriculum Studies Journals, Organizations,
and Conferences 259
References 263
Author Index 285
Subject Index 293