Curriculum development in the postmodern era / |c Patrick Slattery.
- 2nd ed.
- New York : |b Routledge, |c 2006.
- xxiv, 330 p. : |b ill. ; |c 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 299-315) and indexes.
Introduction to curriculum development, reconceptualization, and postmodernity -- Historical perspectives on curriculum as a field of study -- The reconceptualization of curriculum studies from 1973 to 2006 -- Postmodern schooling, curriculum, and the theological text -- The hermeneutic circle and the interpretive process -- Gender, sexuality, race, and ethnicity in a multicultural and diverse milieu -- Postmodern philosophies in curriculum studies -- Curriculum for interdependence and ecological sustainability -- Utopian visions, democracy, and the egalitarian ideal -- Aesthetic inquiry, arts-based research, and the proleptic moment -- Time and complexity -- A vision of curriculum in the postmodern era.