Curriculum History
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This study draws from histories of “educationalisation” and neo-Foucaultian histories of English teaching in an archival analysis that revisits landmark pedagogical texts that coincided with the rapid expansion of the school subject... more
Herbart's work informs scholars of education history and historiography that seek to understand the foundations of modern German-speaking Education. Scholars interested in education reform find guidance and clarity in Herbart's... more
This article seeks to advocate the genre Curriculum History as a most promising way to conduct international and comparative research in education. Advocating Curriculum History as a Camino Real in education research this article is... more
This article provides an historical case study of an abortive attempt to revise policy and legislation relating to Religious Education (RE) in English schools in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Drawing upon published sources, including... more
The question of why students think there are two kinds of American history taught—one in the K—12 system and one in the university system—can be examined critically using Emile Durkheim's (1973) description of the sacred and the profane.... more
This article historicizes 21st century personalized learning by tracing its lineage to 20th century technologies that were considered commercial and educational failures. It explores important and often ironic links between past and... more
My previous article in Kelleher's Collectors Connection introduced the concept of the Taxonomy of Cover Elements. In this third article, I discuss Postal History Research Sources & Methods. Traditional sources include specialized... more
Tyler, R. (2013). Basic principles of curriculum and instruction with Forward by Peter S. Hlebowitsh. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press. (Original work published 1949) Ralph Tyler’s (1949/2013) Basic Principles of Curriculum and... more
Critical theorist Jürgen Habermas has theorised about history in ways that may resonate with teachers. Although not extensively referred to by current teachers, Habermas’s work is, nevertheless, still used to inform the pedagogical... more
The Fourth Edition of The Social Studies Curriculum: Purposes, Problems, and Possibilities updates the definitive overview of the issues teachers face when creating learning experiences for students in social studies. The book connects... more
Authors in this special issue advance new directions in social science and curriculum studies through an engaged conversation with Joao Paraskeva's recent published books. Decolonizing and decanonzing social science writ large and... more
The principal research question pursued by this work is as follows: How do the Republic of Moldova, Romania, and Ukraine present one another in their history curricula and textbooks? How do the history textbooks of each of these three... more
In recent years, a federal government dedicated to using curriculum as a vehicle of social cohesion and cultural reproduction, has questioned the apparently ‘postmodern’ and ‘relativist’ History curriculum reform efforts of the 1990s that... more
This study is about the Social Studies Curriculum in the Philippines using a historical lens. The study employed a historical-descriptive approach to develop a framework to better understand the evolution, essence, and content of the... more
En nuestro ensayo, avanzamos un bosquejo preliminar del currículo decolonial-hispanófono y extendemos una invitación al diálogo Sur-Sur entre alumnos, docentes, o activistas-educadores de distintas tradiciones intelectuales de las... more
Once it has been determined that a cover has traveled – at least part of the way – via airmail, it still is necessary to identify the exact route, departure and aircraft. Published airline schedules are a good starting point. But as any... more
The overall aim of this dissertation is to explore the connections between rhetoric and civic and moral education. In the Latin schools (trivial schools, cathedral schools, and gymnasiums) in eighteenth-century Sweden, rhetoric still had... more
Higher education in the U.S. underwent numerous changes during the late nineteenth century. The classical education model used for teaching Latin and ancient Greek was gradually removed from university curriculum as educators began... more
When deconstructing covers or certain other postal artifacts, one sees the stamps first. Immediately after that, the postal markings on the document are the most prominent features. These markings fall into several categories, the largest... more
Parce qu’il conteste une ribambelle d’idées reçues, ce livre sera discuté. À l’encontre de ce que l’on dit, les jeunes Québécois s’intéressent à l’histoire de leur société. Ils sont capables de visions d’ensemble du parcours de leur... more
This article is concerned with theorizing a curricular response to what has become known in Australia as the “history wars” ( Macintyre & Clark, 2003 ). The central debate in the history wars is over the representation of the colonization... more
Tristan da Cunha is one of the most remote places on earth. The postage stamps and postal history of this island have always held great interest for philatelists. In this article, we explore a pivotal figure in Tristan’s history who, it... more
This article explores the mixed fortunes of historical inquiry as a method in educational studies and exposes evidence for the neglect of this method in religious education research in particular. It argues that historical inquiry, as a... more
Less interest in history lessons becomes a serious problem for education in Indonesia. The lesson of history actually serves as a characteristic form of the younger generation. This issue certainly describes the conditions that are prone... more
Following the eighteenth-century political revolutions in North America and Europe public education has been seen as a conditio sine qua non for integrating a linguistically and ethnically heterogeneous population into one nation. In... more
Περίληψη Το κείμενο αντλεί από την αναπλαισιωτική (reconceptual) παράδοση των αναλυτικών προγραμμάτων, η οποία το θεωρεί (μεταξύ άλλων και) ως πολιτικό κείμενο. Εξετάζεται ιστορικά ο τρόπος μετασχηματισμού/μεταρρύθμισης του αναλυτικού... more
Cualquier licenciado o graduado en Geografía, Historia o Historia del Arte que se acerque a cómo se ha desarrollado la enseñanza de nuestra disciplina a lo largo de las últimas décadas en los distintos niveles de la Educación Secundaria... more
Many nations have experienced conflict over the content of their History curriculum, and debates over the relative importance of skills (historical thinking) versus content (historical knowledge). Australia is no exception. This paper... more
I have long felt that the measure of a culture’s health and prospective longevity is to be found in the number, size and condition of its libraries. There are some who worry that American culture is on the decline because of the... more
El artículo, que sigue en términos teórico-metodológicos los estudios de transferencia y recepción, tiene por objetivo reconstruir la emergencia, los principios, los ideólogos y la crisis del ideal educativo denominado educación general,... more
When the history of curriculum studies in Australia is written, it is likely that the work done at Deakin University from the latter part of the 1970s to the early 1990s will figure significantly in it. Under Stephen Kemmis’ leadership... more
In my first article in the Mastering Postal History series, I mentioned that philately is the hobby with the largest body of scholarly publications. And in recent years an increasing proportion of those have been dedicated to postal... more
This article explores the leadership qualities of education researcher and professor Ralph W. Tyler (1902-1994). It argues that Tyler’s theoretical understanding and practical approach to administration, leadership, and... more
Entre 1997 y 2002 se sucedió un virulento debate sobre el estado de la enseñanza de la Historia en la Educación Secundaria y su futuro en España. Investigadores académicos de la Historia y de la Educación intercambiaron reproches acerca... more
The aim of this article is to analyze the historiographical production about curriculum in Brazil based on the incidence of themes, concepts, and references. The methodology involved strategies of bibliometric research and meta-research.... more