Emerging curriculum / Andrew J. C. Begg.

By:

Begg, Andrew J. C. (Andrew John Cameron), 1940- [author.]

Material type: Text

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9087903855
9789087903855
9087903863
9789087903862

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

373.190993 22

Contents:

Introduction -- Part A. Setting the scene: -- 1. Navigating a path -- 2. Underpinning ideas -- 3. Designing research -- Part B. Learning about curriculum: -- 4. Growing up -- 5. Teaching mathematics -- 6. Writing textbooks -- 7. Developing curriculum -- Part C. Reflecting on curriculum: -- 8. Working at university -- 9. Comparing curriculum -- 10. Enjoying semi-retirement -- Part D. Plateauing: -- 11. Reconceptualizing knowledge -- 12. Looking backwards and forwards.

Summary: "An important contribution that 'Emerging curriculum' makes is a reconceptualizing of the curriculum development process. This moves development thinking from the traditional research-development-dissemination model to one that acknowledges: the interrelatedness of many influences on curriculum, the multi-layered nature of curriculum, and the complexity of the educational system in which curriculum exists. Indeed the educational system is envisaged as a 'complex living system'. The study is autobiographical, it is based on a lifetime spent in education during which the author had a particular interest in curriculum and the associated development processes, and how one's ideas about these change over time. 'Emerging curriculum' has been successfully submitted as a PhD thesis but was written as a book for a wider audience than the traditional thesis one. It shows by example how reflection on one's work throughout one's career can be considered as research and can contribute to knowledge in a similar way to that of more traditional doctoral research projects. It is hoped that teachers reading this will relate to the author's experiences in schools, and will see themselves significant contributors to curriculum; that curriculum developers will be provoked into considering alternative ways of working; and that academics might move curriculum theorising closer to the reality of schools."--Book jacket.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Book	City Campus City Campus Main Collection	373.190993 BEG (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		A434389B
Book	North Campus North Campus Main Collection	373.190993 BEG (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		A434385B

Author is Associate Professor at School of Education, AUT University.

Includes bibliographical references.

"An important contribution that 'Emerging curriculum' makes is a reconceptualizing of the curriculum development process. This moves development thinking from the traditional research-development-dissemination model to one that acknowledges: the interrelatedness of many influences on curriculum, the multi-layered nature of curriculum, and the complexity of the educational system in which curriculum exists. Indeed the educational system is envisaged as a 'complex living system'. The study is autobiographical, it is based on a lifetime spent in education during which the author had a particular interest in curriculum and the associated development processes, and how one's ideas about these change over time. 'Emerging curriculum' has been successfully submitted as a PhD thesis but was written as a book for a wider audience than the traditional thesis one. It shows by example how reflection on one's work throughout one's career can be considered as research and can contribute to knowledge in a similar way to that of more traditional doctoral research projects. It is hoped that teachers reading this will relate to the author's experiences in schools, and will see themselves significant contributors to curriculum; that curriculum developers will be provoked into considering alternative ways of working; and that academics might move curriculum theorising closer to the reality of schools."--Book jacket.

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