ABSTRACT

Offering an accessible entry into curriculum theory, this book defines and contextualizes key concepts for novice and experienced students. Leading scholars in curriculum studies provide short anchor texts that introduce, define, and situate contemporary curriculum theory constructs. Each anchor text is followed by two concise, creative keyword responses that demonstrate varied perspectives and connections, allowing readers to reflect on and engage with the personal relevance of these fundamental concepts.

Useful to instructors and scholars alike, this book explains keyword writing as a teaching and learning strategy and invites readers to enter the complicated conversations of contemporary curriculum theory through their own creative, personal responses. Featuring wide-ranging, nuanced, and varied commentary on major relevant themes, as well as discussion questions for students, this book is an essential text for doctoral and masters-level courses in curriculum studies.

chapter Chapter 1|11 pages

Introduction

ByMarcea Ingersoll, Benjamin Bolden, Judy Wearing, Christopher DeLuca, Holly Ogden, Theodore Michael Christou

chapter Chapter 2|6 pages

Aesthetics

ByShifra Schonmann

chapter |2 pages

Keyword Response

Distance
ByGalicia Blackman

chapter |4 pages

Keyword Response

Seeking Resonance
ByBenjamin Bolden

chapter Chapter 3|7 pages

Becoming

ByMarg Sellers

chapter |2 pages

Keyword Response

A Snail Tale
ByBenjamin Bolden

chapter |3 pages

Keyword Response

Death Becomes Her
ByJudy Wearing

chapter Chapter 4|9 pages

Complexity

ByBrent Davis

chapter |2 pages

Keyword Response

You
ByStephen MacGregor

chapter |3 pages

Keyword Response

Out of Step
ByChristopher DeLuca

chapter Chapter 5|3 pages

Currere

ByWilliam F. Pinar

chapter |2 pages

Keyword Response

Doubt
ByHolly Ogden

chapter |5 pages

Keyword Response

Tiny Violins
ByBenjamin Bolden

chapter Chapter 6|4 pages

Discourse

ByJames Paul Gee

chapter |2 pages

Keyword Response

Tongue-Tied
ByBenjamin Bolden

chapter |3 pages

Keyword Response

Mixed
ByClarissa Mae de Leon

chapter Chapter 7|7 pages

Ecology

ByRena Upitis

chapter |2 pages

Keyword Response

In Memory of Ecology
ByRoseann Kerr

chapter |3 pages

Keyword Response

Toward a Global Pedagogy of Ecology: Thinking Outside the Boxes
ByMarcea Ingersoll

chapter Chapter 8|4 pages

Ethics

ByNel Noddings

chapter |2 pages

Keyword Response

The “Myth” of Gender Inequality and the Limits of Teaching Ethically
ByPamela Rogers

chapter |3 pages

Keyword Response

Carer and Cared For
ByHolly Ogden

chapter Chapter 9|6 pages

Experience

ByRachel Heydon, Elisabeth Davies

chapter |2 pages

Keyword Response

An Educative Experience
ByMatthew Jenkins

chapter |3 pages

Keyword Response

Relationships and Culturally Responsive Teaching
ByAlice Johnston

chapter Chapter 10|6 pages

Hermeneutics

ByKaren A. Krasny, Patrick Slattery

chapter |2 pages

Keyword Response

Winter Is About the Orion Nebula, or Not … and That’s OK
ByDaniela Greco-Giancola

chapter |3 pages

Keyword Response

Talking Dirt/y
ByJudy Wearing

chapter Chapter 11|6 pages

Imagination

ByGillian Judson

chapter |2 pages

Keyword Response

Possibilities
ByCassie MacPhail

chapter |3 pages

Keyword Response

Just?
ByBarbara Lorraine Laing

chapter Chapter 12|6 pages

Indigeneity

ByJennifer Davis, Lindsay Morcom, Deb St. Amant

chapter |2 pages

Keyword Response

The Interconnectedness of Indigenous Pedagogy
ByJames McCourt

chapter |3 pages

Keyword Response

From Here
ByKimberly Eyers

chapter Chapter 13|5 pages

Narrative

ByLeah C. Fowler

chapter |2 pages

Keyword Response

…And We Became Dragonflies
ByShamari Reid

chapter |4 pages

Keyword Response

The Stories We Tell, the Stories That Tell Us
ByAlmash Francine

chapter Chapter 14|6 pages

Normativity

ByClaire Robson, Dennis Sumara

chapter |2 pages

Keyword Response

A New Diagnosis: Rethinking Normativity
ByRobert P. Robinson

chapter |3 pages

Keyword Response

Company in the Margins
ByClarissa Mae de Leon

chapter Chapter 15|7 pages

Place

ByDwayne Donald

chapter |2 pages

Keyword Response

Place and People: Who Needs Whom?
ByAndy Curtis

chapter |2 pages

Keyword Response

I Have No Home
ByJudy Wearing

chapter Chapter 16|4 pages

Poetics

ByCarl Leggo

chapter |2 pages

Keyword Response

Boundary Games
ByKimberly Eyers

chapter |3 pages

Keyword Response

On Poetics
ByTheodore Michael Christou

chapter Chapter 17|5 pages

Representation

ByAwad Ibrahim

chapter |3 pages

Keyword Response

A Is for Apple
ByTiina Kukkonen

chapter |3 pages

Keyword Response

Drag Queen Realness
ByChristopher DeLuca

chapter Chapter 18|6 pages

Social Justice

ByDebbie Sonu

chapter |2 pages

Keyword Response

High School Musical—Not!
ByLeanne Nunes

chapter |4 pages

Keyword Response

Social Justice Q&A
ByMarcea Ingersoll

chapter Chapter 19|5 pages

Standards

ByLorna M. Earl, Ken O’Connor

chapter |2 pages

Keyword Response

What Is Your Place?
ByRubaiyat Jabeen

chapter |3 pages

Keyword Response

Standards
ByMarcea Ingersoll

chapter Chapter 20|6 pages

Temporality

ByAdrian Downey, Pam Whitty

chapter |2 pages

Keyword Response

That One Class
ByJen McConnel

chapter |3 pages

Keyword Response

Timely Sayings
ByAndy Curtis

chapter Chapter 21|16 pages

Conclusion

In Curriculum Conversation
ByChristopher DeLuca, Holly Ogden