TY  - BOOK
AU  - Paechter,Carrie F.
TI  - Changing school subjects: power, gender, and curriculum 
T2  - Changing education
SN  - 0335201202
AV  - LB2806.15 .P34 2000
U1  - 375.0010941 21
PY  - 2000///
CY  - Buckingham [England], Philadelphia
PB  - Open University
KW  - Curriculum change
KW  - Great Britain
KW  - Curriculum planning
KW  - Social aspects
KW  - Feminism and education
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Series editor's preface --; Abbreviations --; Acknowledgements --; Pt. 1; Gender, power/knowledge and curriculum change --; 1; Introduction: studying curriculum change --; 2; Power, gender and curriculum --; 3; Gender, power and school subjects --; Pt. 2; Gendered marginality --; 4; Life in a marginal subject --; 5; Negotiating a new school subject: the case of design and technology --; 6; Physical education, sport and the body --; Pt. 3; Students, subjects and examinations --; 7; Students and subjects: power/knowledge and integrated curricula --; 8; Discipline as examination/examination as discipline: the effects of curriculum codification on teachers, students and subjects --; 9; Conclusion --; Appendix: Empirical sources --; References --; Index
N2  - "/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
UR  - http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/bios/mh051/00035991.html
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