Changing school subjects : power, gender, and curriculum /
Paechter, Carrie F.,
Changing school subjects : power, gender, and curriculum / Carrie Paechter. - x, 184 pages ; 24 cm. - Changing education . - Changing education. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Series editor's preface -- Abbreviations -- Acknowledgements -- Gender, power/knowledge and curriculum change -- Introduction: studying curriculum change -- Power, gender and curriculum -- Gender, power and school subjects -- Gendered marginality -- Life in a marginal subject -- Negotiating a new school subject: the case of design and technology -- Physical education, sport and the body -- Students, subjects and examinations -- Students and subjects: power/knowledge and integrated curricula -- Discipline as examination/examination as discipline: the effects of curriculum codification on teachers, students and subjects -- Conclusion -- Appendix: Empirical sources -- References -- Index. Pt. 1. 1. 2. 3. Pt. 2. 4. 5. 6. Pt. 3. 7. 8. 9.
"/pas0/What happens in the school curriculum is fundamental to people's lives. Schools are meant to educate the next generation and to do so through school subjects. But subjects and the teachers who teach them are not equal: some are given more importance both inside and outside schools. Curriculum change (such as the introduction of a national curriculum) highlights which subjects are regarded as central and which are perceived as marginal./par0/par0/Changing School Subjects examines the effects of curriculum change on teachers and students. It focuses upon the gendered nature of the curriculum, and how curricular forms include or exclude certain subjects and certain groups. It analyses how power, gender and knowledge intersect to determine how school knowledge is constructed, what knowledge is made available to which students, who supplies the knowledge, and how./par0/par0/Carrie Paechter provides a much-needed reconceptualization of the field of curriculum that will be of practical and theoretical relevance to teachers, students and academics reflecting upon curriculum processes in schools."--Publisher description.
0335201202 9780335201204 0335201199 9780335201198
00035991
Curriculum change--Great Britain
Curriculum planning--Social aspects--Great Britain
Feminism and education--Great Britain
LB2806.15 / .P34 2000
375.0010941
Changing school subjects : power, gender, and curriculum / Carrie Paechter. - x, 184 pages ; 24 cm. - Changing education . - Changing education. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Series editor's preface -- Abbreviations -- Acknowledgements -- Gender, power/knowledge and curriculum change -- Introduction: studying curriculum change -- Power, gender and curriculum -- Gender, power and school subjects -- Gendered marginality -- Life in a marginal subject -- Negotiating a new school subject: the case of design and technology -- Physical education, sport and the body -- Students, subjects and examinations -- Students and subjects: power/knowledge and integrated curricula -- Discipline as examination/examination as discipline: the effects of curriculum codification on teachers, students and subjects -- Conclusion -- Appendix: Empirical sources -- References -- Index. Pt. 1. 1. 2. 3. Pt. 2. 4. 5. 6. Pt. 3. 7. 8. 9.
"/pas0/What happens in the school curriculum is fundamental to people's lives. Schools are meant to educate the next generation and to do so through school subjects. But subjects and the teachers who teach them are not equal: some are given more importance both inside and outside schools. Curriculum change (such as the introduction of a national curriculum) highlights which subjects are regarded as central and which are perceived as marginal./par0/par0/Changing School Subjects examines the effects of curriculum change on teachers and students. It focuses upon the gendered nature of the curriculum, and how curricular forms include or exclude certain subjects and certain groups. It analyses how power, gender and knowledge intersect to determine how school knowledge is constructed, what knowledge is made available to which students, who supplies the knowledge, and how./par0/par0/Carrie Paechter provides a much-needed reconceptualization of the field of curriculum that will be of practical and theoretical relevance to teachers, students and academics reflecting upon curriculum processes in schools."--Publisher description.
0335201202 9780335201204 0335201199 9780335201198
00035991
Curriculum change--Great Britain
Curriculum planning--Social aspects--Great Britain
Feminism and education--Great Britain
LB2806.15 / .P34 2000
375.0010941