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January 19 Session 1

• Welcome to ED556 Curriculum Studies
• Introductions
• Dr. Shutkin

 

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January 26 Session 2 

 

Reading:

1. Apple, M. W. (2011). Grading Obama's Education Policy. Progressive, 75(2), 24-26.
2. Pinar, W. (2012) Chapter One:  School Deform. What Is Curriculum Theory. New York : Routledge. pp. 15-42.

 

Assignment Due:

• WebLog 1
• WebLog2

 

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February 2:  NO CLASS Shutkin Goes to Washington

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February 9 Session 3

Readings:

1. Grumet, M. (1990). Retrospective: Autobiography and the analysis of Educational Experience. Cambridge Journal of Education, 20(3), 321-325.
2. Pinar, W. (2012) Chapter two, section one:  To Run The Course: Currere. What Is Curriculum Theory. New York : Routledge. pp. 43-49.
3.  Weise, L., McCarthy, C. and Dimitriadis, G. (2006) Introduction. Ideology, Curriculum, and the New Sociology of Education. New York : Routledge. pp. 1-13

 

Assignment Due: WebLog 3

 

Discussion:

• BlogPost3
• The four moments of currere.
• The three contributions made by Apple's Ideology and Curriculum
• The Pleasure of the text and BlogPost4

 

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February 16 Session 4 

Readings:

1. Arnot, Madeleine  (2006) Chapter 1: Retrieving the Ideological Past: Critical Sociology, Gender Theory and the School Curriculum. In: Weise, L., McCarthy, C. and Dimitriadis, G. (Eds.) Ideology, Curriculum, and the New Sociology of Education. New York : Routledge. pp. 17-36.
2. Anyon, Jean (2006) Chapter 2 Social Class, School Knowledge, and the Hidden Curriculum: Re-theorizing Reproduction.  In: Weise, L., McCarthy, C. and Dimitriadis, G. (Eds.) Ideology, Curriculum, and the New Sociology of Education. New York : Routledge. pp. 37-45.

Resources: 

• Rethinking Schools
• Oxford Reference Online Premium

On-Campus      Off-Campus Authentication 

• Welcome to WikEd!
• The Crisis of Capitalism 
• BlogSpot  

Assignment Due: WebLog 4

 

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February 23  Session 5

 

Readings:

1. Grumet, M. (1975) Existential and Phenomenological Foundations of Currere: Self-Report in Curriculum Inquiry. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association (Washington, D.C., April).
2. Pinar, W. (2012) Chapter two:  From Autobiography to Allegory. What Is Curriculum Theory. New York : Routledge. pp. 43-66.

 

Activity:  Teachers and African American Student Success

 

Assignment Due: WebLog 5

 

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March 1  Session 6

Assignment Due: WebLog6

Please prepare a brief discussion (3-5 minutes) of ideas / themes you are developing / considering for your research proposal. Include at least one reference (article / book chapter / etc.) to share.

 

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March 8  NO CLASS SPRING BREAK

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March 15  Session 7

 

Announcement: holistic assessment rubric

 

Discussion:

1. Review and record the rules for the writing circle.
2. Individual reflection:  Begin the writing circle process.
3. Debrief as a class.

 

Assignment Due:  Essay Proposal 

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March 22 Session 8

 

Readings:

Torres, Alberto, (2006) Chapter 3: "Schooling, Power and the Exile of the Soul". In: Weise, L., McCarthy, C. and Dimitriadis, G. (Eds.) Ideology, Curriculum, and the New Sociology of Education. New York : Routledge. pp. 47-68.

 

Please identify readings in curriculum theory related to the Pinar and Grumet branch of the field that you would like to read and discuss for tonight.

 

Assignment Due:  Blog7

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March 29  Session 9  

 

Readings:  Carlson, D. (2005).  The Question Concerning Curriculum Theory.  Journal of American Association for the Advancement of Curriculum Studies. (Volume 1, Feb. 2005). pp. 1-9.

 

Assignment Due:  Peer Review  (How are we to assess the writing circles )?

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April 5  NO CLASS Easter BREAK

 

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April 12  Session 10

 

Readings:

• Apple, M.   (1979) Ideology and Curriculum. Chapter three with Nancy King: "Economics and Control in everyday school life."  New York : Routledge and Kegan, Paul. pp. 43-61)
• Carlson, D. (2006) Chapter 5: "Are we making progress yet?: Ideology and Curriculum in the Age of No Child Left Behind". In: Weise, L., McCarthy, C. and Dimitriadis, G. (Eds.) Ideology, Curriculum, and the New Sociology of Education. New York : Routledge. pp. 91-114. 

Agenda:

• Discussion of Apple and Carlson
• Writing Circles

 

Assignments Due: 

1. Conferences  By end of day on this date, you need to have met with me to discuss your proposal and directions for your final essay.
2. Writing Circle Post1 

 

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April 19  Session 11

Readings:

• Pinar, W. (2012) Chapter Three: The Defeat of Democracy. What Is Curriculum Theory. New York : Routledge. pp. 69-101.
• Pinar, W. (2012) Chapter Four:  Mortal Educational Combat. What Is Curriculum Theory. New York : Routledge. pp. 102-131.

Assignments Due:  Writing Circle Post2 

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April  26  Session 12

Readings:   

• Ladson-Billings, G. (2006). From the Achievement Gap to the Education Debt: Understanding Achievement in U.S. Schools. Educational Researcher, 35(7), 3-12.
• Delpit, L. (2006). Lessons From Teachers. Journal of Teacher Education, 57(3), 220-231.

Assignments Due: Writing Circle Post3 

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May 3  Session 13

 

Readings:     Shutkin, Present of the Future draft essay

 

 

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May 10  Session 14  Assignment Due:  Final Essay

 

 

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