Curriculum Studies in the United States: Present Circumstances, Intellectual Histories

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-v

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2. Introduction

   • William F. Pinar

   Pages 1-15

3. Present Circumstances

   • William F. Pinar

   Pages 16-44

4. Intellectual Histories

   • William F. Pinar

   Pages 45-54

5. Reconceptualization

   • William F. Pinar

   Pages 55-72

6. Epilogue

   • William F. Pinar

   Pages 73-82

7. Back Matter

   Pages 83-113

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Pinar documents that the field of curriculum studies in the United States is in the early stages of a second paradigm shift, this time stimulated by present political circumstances. He explains why their acceptance in contemporary scholarship signals their conceptual exhaustion and how recent work in the field begins to surpass them.

• curriculum
• internationalization
• research

"What William Pinar accomplishes in this text defines the present state of the field and offers both a hope and a method for the continued development of the discipline of curriculum studies . . . Texts that follow after and from this work will arrive into the nest Pinar has created here." - Alan A. Block, Professor of Education, University of Wisconsin-Stout, USA

"Pinar . . . advocates reconceptualizing US public education to focus on understanding, not just implementing or evaluating, curriculum . . . Recommended." - Choice

William F. Pinar is Professor and Canada Research Chair at the University of British Columbia, Canada.

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