Transcription of Chapter 3 Glatthorn (Sage) I Proof 2 - SAGE Publications Inc
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Chapter 3 CURRICULUMTHEORY73 While curriculum theory is usually esteemed by scholars in the field as an importantcomponent of curriculum studies, it seems to be held in low regard by most practitioners, whooften dismiss it as completely unrelated to their day-to-day work. Although that impatiencewith the theoretical is quite understandable, the view advanced in this Chapter is that soundtheory can be of value to both the scholar and the practitioner. At its best, curriculum theorycan provide a set of conceptual tools for analyzing curriculum proposals, for illuminatingpractice, and for guiding theory and the reality of school curriculum together is an important step in theeducational planning process.
A curriculum theory is a set of related educational concepts that affords a systematic and illuminating perspective of curricular phenomena. ... and data from these observations are to be used to fine-tune the curricula (Burks, 1998). ... will need to be familiar with a broad spectrum of curriculum theory ranging from behavioral to critical ...
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