| Description |
xiii, 290 pages : illustrations, map ; 23 cm |
| Series |
Counterpoints ; v. 35 |
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Counterpoints (New York, N.Y.) ; v. 35
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| Contents |
Ch. 1. Modernity, Crisis and Curriculum Change in Science Education -- Ch. 2. The Genesis and Evolution of Science 10, 20, and 30 -- Ch. 3. Foucault's Invitation to Research Power -- Ch. 4. Procedures of Power in a Science Education Curriculum-Discourse -- Ch. 5. Possibilities for Change in Science Education -- App. A. A Summary of Topics in Biology 10, Chemistry 10, and Physics 10 -- App. B. A Brief Biography of Michel Foucault -- App. C. General Map of the Kingdom |
| Summary |
Is curriculum change possible? Procedures of Power and Curriculum Change provides a provocative new response to this question. Through a case study of a recent major attempt to change high school science, this work reveals the continuing barrenness of modernistic explanations of curriculum change. Revisiting this case study in the light of Foucault's concept of power suggests that curriculum change is not an issue of correct technique but a journey of being. An imaginative weaving of narratives, metaphors and allegory invites readers to join this journey by entering into a postmodern conversation about the possibilities for curriculum change |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [245]-280) and index |
| Subject |
Foucault, Michel, 1926-1984.
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Science -- Study and teaching -- Methodology.
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Curriculum planning -- Methodology.
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Education.
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| LC no. |
96054295 |
| ISBN |
082043325X alkaline paper |
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