1st Edition

Philosophical Foundations for the Curriculum

By Allen Brent Copyright 1978
234 Pages
by Routledge

233 Pages
by Routledge

233 Pages
by Routledge

In this book, first published in 1978, Allen Brent sets out to explore some of the questions raised by theorists and philosophers regarding curriculum. He starts by investigating whether all knowledge is the product of social conditions of particular times or places, or whether there is some kind of universal framework implicit in the claims to knowledge which men make. He looks at the work of... Read more

Introduction;  1. Plato and Transcendental Reality  2. The Contemporary Curriculum and the Ghost of Plato  3. Paul Hirst and Linguistic Intersubjectivity  4. The Possibility of Transcendental Curriculum Judgements  5. Conclusion: Teaching the Art of making Truth Judgements;  Index

Biography

Allen Brent