Transcription of ON DEFINING CURRICULUM - ASCD
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Jourmi of Curdculum nd Supe vsoISummer 1987, Vol 2, NO 4,354-367 Perspectives and ImperativesON DEFINING CURRICULUMJOHN P PORTELLI, Mount Saint Vincent University, HalifaxCurriculum theorists and philosophers of education have traditionallytried to clarify the concept CURRICULUM by proceeding from a review of extantdefinitions of CURRICULUM to definitions of their own.' This method has notproven very successful. Some CURRICULUM theorists have begun to criticize thisparadigm of offering definitions. Philosophers of education such as Jane and CURRICULUM theorists such as Herbert M. Kliebard have suggestedthat the analytic approach used by analytic philosophers of education to clarifyother educational concepts seems more paper provides abrief discussion of the issue of DEFINING CURRICULUM and considers four mainquestions: Why have theorists attempted to define CURRICULUM ?
On Defining Cutriculum of Curriculum are in accord with the essentialist or perennialist stance on the selection of subject matter. The common thread is the identification of Cur-
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