1st Edition

Towards a Just Curriculum Theory The Epistemicide

Edited By João Paraskeva Copyright 2018
272 Pages
by Routledge

270 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

270 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Towards a Just Curriculum Theory: The Epistemicide responds to a need for ‘alternative ways of thinking about alternatively’ about education and curriculum. It challenges the functionalism of both dominant and specific counter-dominant education and curriculum perspectives and in so doing suggests an Itinerant Curriculum Theory (ICT) as a new path for the field. The volume brings challenges... Read more

Contents





Preface



Can Civilization Survive Capitalism?



Noam Chomsky



Chapter 1



The struggle towards a non-functionalist critical river



João M. Paraskeva



Chapter 2



Imperialist Desires in English Only Language Policy



Donaldo Macedo



Chapter 3



Africana Philosophy



Paget Henry



Chapter 4



Decolonizing Western Universalisms



Decolonial Pluri-versalism From Aime Cesaire to the Zapatistas



Ramon Grosfoguel



Chapter 5



Against Coloniality: On the Meaning and Significance of the Decolonial Turn



Nelson Maldonado-Torres



Chapter 6



Educational Reforms Hostile to the Arts and Humanities



Neoliberalism and Citizenship



Jurjo Torres Santome



Chapter 7



Education, Knowledge and the Righting of Wrongs



Vanessa de Oliveira Andreotti



Chapter 8



Toni Morrison and the Discourse of the Other: Against the Hypocrisy of Completeness



Cameron McCarthy, Rushika Patel, Brenda Nyandiko Sanya



Conclusion



Curriculum as a Scandal



João M. Paraskeva

Biography

João M. Paraskeva is Professor of Education Leadership and Policy Studies at University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, MA, USA.