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Engaging Curriculum

Bridging the Curriculum Theory and English Education Divide

Bill Green author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd

Published:7th May '19

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This book explores the intersection of curriculum inquiry and English education, offering insights on representation, democracy, and knowledge. Engaging Curriculum is essential for educators.

In Engaging Curriculum, the author emphasizes the importance of linking curriculum inquiry with English education through themes of representation, democracy, and knowledge. This work serves as a clarion call for both researchers and practitioners to engage with curriculum as both a concept and a question. By exploring these themes, the book challenges traditional views and encourages a more deliberate approach to curriculum development and implementation.

The narrative is rooted in a broad conceptual framework, engaging in theoretical and philosophical inquiry. Drawing heavily from North American educational debates, Engaging Curriculum also offers a unique perspective influenced by the curriculum landscapes in Australia, the UK, and beyond. This dual focus enriches the discussion, highlighting the diverse contexts in which curriculum inquiry takes place.

Divided into two distinct sections, the book first tackles general curriculum inquiry before delving into English teaching and its related questions of language, literacy, and literature in first language education. Green critically examines the Australian national curriculum, considering its implications and challenges for English teaching, while also addressing the broader project of transnational curriculum inquiry. This comprehensive approach makes Engaging Curriculum a valuable resource for educators and researchers alike.

"What is curriculum? Who decides what it is? What might it become? Informative, stimulating, scholarly, and of relevance far beyond English teaching and the Australian context, this book by one of our leading theorists is a must for any educator accepting its invitation to engage with curriculum constructively, critically and imaginatively. Engaging Curriculum not only encourages us to turn our critical gaze on key curriculum issues of our time, but presents curriculum itself as a fascinating object for interpretation."

-- Alex Moore, IOE University of London, UK

"As one of Australia’s most distinguished contributors to the transnational literatures of both curriculum inquiry and English education, Bill Green raises questions concerning each of these fields, and the complex assemblage produced by their juxtaposition, that many readers might not have thought to ask. If there is, indeed, a ‘divide’ between curriculum theory and English education, Green’s engaging essays and constructively critical historicising in this book not only ‘bridges’ it, but also goes a long way towards healing it."

--Noel Gough, Professor Emeritus of Education, La Trobe University, Australia

ISBN: 9780367342623

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 453g

304 pages