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Studies in Curriculum Theory Series

Series Editor: William F. Pinar

In this age of multimedia information overload, scholars and students may not be able to keep up with the proliferation of different topical, trendy book series in the field of curriculum theory. It will be a relief to know that one publisher offers a balanced, solid, forward-looking series devoted to significant and enduring scholarship, as opposed to a narrow range of topics or a single approach or point of view. This series is conceived as the series busy scholars and students can trust and depend on to deliver important scholarship in the various "discourses" that comprise the increasingly complex field of curriculum theory.

The range of the series is both broad (all of curriculum theory) and limited (only important, lasting scholarship) – including but not confined to historical, philosophical, critical, multicultural, feminist, comparative, international, aesthetic, and spiritual topics and approaches. Books in this series are intended for scholars and for students at the doctoral and, in some cases, master's levels.

New and Published Books

1-10 of 32 results in Studies in Curriculum Theory Series
  1. The Education of Eros

    A History of Education and the Problem of Adolescent Sexuality

    By Dennis L. Carlson

    Series: Studies in Curriculum Theory Series

    The Education of Eros is the first and only comprehensive history of sexuality education and the “problem” of adolescent sexuality from the mid-20th century to the beginning of the 21st. It explores how professional health educators, policy makers, and social and religious conservatives...

    Published February 12th 2012 by Routledge

  2. Disavowed Knowledge

    Psychoanalysis, Education, and Teaching

    By Peter Maas Taubman

    Series: Studies in Curriculum Theory Series

    This is the first and only book to detail the history of the century-long relationship between education and psychoanalysis. Relying on primary and secondary sources, it provides not only a historical context but also a psychoanalytically informed analysis. In considering what it means to think...

    Published October 9th 2011 by Routledge

  3. What Is Curriculum Theory?

    2nd Edition

    By William F. Pinar

    Series: Studies in Curriculum Theory Series

    This primer for teachers (prospective and practicing) asks readers to question the historical present and their relation to it, and in so doing, to construct their own understandings of what it means to teach, to study, to become "educated" in the present moment. Curriculum theory is the scholarly...

    Published August 2nd 2011 by Routledge

  4. Languages of Education

    Protestant Legacies, National Identities, and Global Aspirations

    By Daniel Tröhler

    Series: Studies in Curriculum Theory Series

    In this landmark contribution to the study of the formation of the modern school, Daniel Tröhler applies one of the most recognized methods of historical research to an analysis of the "language" of the academic discipline of education. Arguing the value of looking at languages rather than...

    Published May 24th 2011 by Routledge

  5. Engendering Curriculum History

    By Petra Hendry

    Series: Studies in Curriculum Theory Series

    How can curriculum history be re-envisioned from a feminist, poststructuralist perspective? Engendering Curriculum History disrupts dominant notions of history as linear, as inevitable progress, and as embedded in the individual. This conversation requires a history that seeks re-memberance not...

    Published March 28th 2011 by Routledge

  6. What Does Understanding Mathematics Mean for Teachers?

    Relationship as a Metaphor for Knowing

    By Yuichi Handa

    Series: Studies in Curriculum Theory Series

    This book opens up alternative ways of thinking and talking about ways in which a person can "know" a subject (in this case, mathematics), leading to a reconsideration of what it may mean to be a teacher of that subject. In a number of European languages, a distinction is made in ways of knowing...

    Published March 2nd 2011 by Routledge

  7. Cultures of Curriculum

    2nd Edition

    Edited by Pamela Bolotin Joseph

    Series: Studies in Curriculum Theory Series

    Using "cultures of curriculum" as a lens, this clear, compelling text reveals and critically examines the belief systems and classroom practices of curricular orientations in contemporary American society. It is designed to foster awareness, examination, and deliberation about the curricula planned...

    Published November 7th 2010 by Routledge

  8. Handbook of Public Pedagogy

    Education and Learning Beyond Schooling

    Edited by Jennifer A. Sandlin, Brian D. Schultz, Jake Burdick

    Series: Studies in Curriculum Theory Series

    Bringing together scholars, public intellectuals, and activists from across the field of education, the Handbook of Public Pedagogy explores and maps the terrain of this burgeoning field. For the first time in one comprehensive volume, readers will be able to learn about the history and scope of...

    Published December 8th 2009 by Routledge

  9. Curriculum Studies Handbook – The Next Moment

    Edited by Erik Malewski

    Series: Studies in Curriculum Theory Series

    What comes after the reconceptualization of curriculum studies? What is the contribution of the next wave of curriculum scholars? Comprehensive and on the cutting edge, this Handbook speaks to these questions and extends the conversation on present and future directions in curriculum studies...

    Published July 19th 2009 by Routledge

  10. The Worldliness of a Cosmopolitan Education

    Passionate Lives in Public Service

    By William F. Pinar

    Series: Studies in Curriculum Theory Series

    Pinar positions himself against three pressing problems of the profession: the crime of collectivism that identity politics commits, the devaluation of academic knowledge by the programmatic preoccupations of teacher education, and the effacement of educational experience by standardized...

    Published June 2nd 2009 by Routledge

Forthcoming Books

  1. Pragmatism, Post-modernism, and Complexity Theory: The "Fascinating Imaginative Realm" of William E. Doll, Jr.
    Edited by Donna Trueit
    To Be Published May 30th 2012
  2. Curricular Conversations: Play is the (Missing) Thing
    By Margaret Macintyre Latta
    To Be Published October 8th 2012
  3. Contemplating Curriculum: Genealogies/Times/Places
    Edited by Wanda Hurren, Erika Hasebe-Ludt
    To Be Published April 30th 2013

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