Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-219) and index
The problem that is the present. Curriculum theory ; From autobiography to allegory -- The regressive moment: reactivating the past. The Harlem Renaissance ; Mortal educational combat -- The progressive moment: the future in the present. The dissolution of subjectivity ; The future in the past -- The analytic moment: understanding the present. Anti-intellectualism and complicated conversation -- The synthetical moment. Subjective and social survival
"This primer for prospective and practicing teachers asks students to question the historical present and their relation to it, and in so doing, reflect on their own understandings of what it means to teach, to study, to educate, and to become educated in the present moment in the places we inhabit. Not only the implementation of objectives to be assessed by standardized tests, curriculum is communication among older and younger generations, informed by academic knowledge, and characterized by educational experience. Pinar's concept of currere--the Latin infinitive of curriculum--is invoked to provide an autobiographical method for self-study, enabling both individuals and groups to understand teaching as passionate participation in the complicated conversation that is the curriculum."-- Publisher's description
