Critical Curriculum Studies

Education, Consciousness, and the Politics of Knowing
2. Auflage 2026
ISBN: 978-1-032-96659-5
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 134 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm

Reihe: Critical Social Thought

This fully updated second edition of Critical Curriculum Studies offers a conceptual framework that bridges curriculum design with students' understanding of the world around them.

In this new edition, Wayne Au brings together curriculum theory, critical educational studies, and feminist standpoint theory with practical examples of teaching for social justice to argue for a transformative curriculum that challenges existing inequity in social, educational, and economic relations. Making use of the work of important scholars such as Freire, Vygotsky, Hartsock, Harding, and others, Critical Curriculum Studies argues that we must understand the relationship between the curriculum and the types of consciousness we carry out into the world. The 2nd edition includes fully updated references and examples throughout the text, expanded discussion of dialectics, and improved pedagogical features, including connections to classroom practice and new chapter summaries to aid student understanding.

Combining theory and practice, this book will be core reading for postgraduate and advanced undergraduate students in Curriculum Studies, Curriculum and Instruction, and Foundations of Education courses.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Au, Wayne

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Pädagogik Philosophie der Erziehung, Bildungstheorie
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Pädagogik Bildungssystem Curricula: Planung und Entwicklung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction: Curriculum Studies, Contradiction, and the Politics of Knowledge 2. With and Within the World: Developing a Dialectical Conception of Consciousness 3. Epistemology and Educational Experience: Curriculum, Complex Environmental Design, and Accessing Knowledge 4. Developing Curricular Standpoint: Strong Objectivity and the Politics of School Knowledge 5. Curriculum of the Oppressed: Curricular Standpoint in Practice 6. Conclusion: Consciousness and the Curriculum

Über Autor(innen)

Wayne Au is a Professor in the School of Educational Studies at the University of Washington Bothell, USA. A long-time critical educational activist and scholar, his work examines issues of power and justice in education policy and practice.