Curriculum Culture is a book published by Zhejiang Education Press on June 5438+1 October1. The author is Pamela Bolotin Joseph. This book discusses what kind of curriculum culture should be carried out in the future through the description and comparison of various curriculum cultures. The book Curriculum Culture is divided into three parts. The first part first combs the curriculum views of famous American scholars such as eisner, Schwab, april and Goodrider.
Then, the theory and practice of American curriculum can be summarized into six curriculum cultures: training for work and survival, inheriting sacred texts, developing self and spirit, constructing understanding, thinking about democracy and facing up to the ruling order. The second part discusses six curriculum cultures in a unified framework, and each chapter discusses one curriculum culture.
The main contents of curriculum culture include:
1, the classroom description of curriculum culture theory applied to practice.
2. Summary of the basic viewpoints of curriculum culture.
3. Historical evolution of curriculum culture.
4. Assumptions about students, teachers, content, situation, planning and evaluation of curriculum culture.
5. Practical dilemma and criticism of curriculum culture. The third part reflects on the inherent difficulties of the conceptual framework of curriculum culture and discusses how to apply this conceptual framework in future theoretical exploration and school reform.