Seth A. McCall

A Troubling Inheritance (eBook, ePUB)

Reworking Problematic Curricula

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

As long as there have been formal curricula, there have been disappointing curricula. In an increasingly authoritarian world, problematic curricula are on the rise, leaving teachers in a bind. When faced with these problematic curricula, some teachers will submit and do as they are told, while other teachers will oppose the problematic curricula, and, in some cases, face the consequences. Instead, Seth McCall argues for reworking problematic curricula. Turning to the nearest bookshelf, he engages with his own troubling inheritance, a problematic curriculum: E. D. Hirsch et al.'s The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy. As a gift from a beloved family member, that text proved too dear to discard and too problematic to accept unchanged. Drawing on examples of assemblage art, the author reworks the problematic curriculum through cutting, juxtaposing with other materials, and re-contextualizing in a different setting. Navigating in the wake of reactionary movements, A Troubling Inheritance: Reworking Problematic Curricula encourages teachers to find forms of subsistence while continuing to work toward a larger vision of social justice.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 138
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Juni 2024
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781666912593
• Artikelnr.: 74939250

Autorenporträt

Seth A. McCall is postdoctoral research associate at the Center for Technology and School Change and teaches social studies education courses at Wayne State University.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Chapter 1: The Meaning of Hirsch
Chapter 2: The Problem of Curriculum
Chapter 3: The Object as Given
Chapter 4: Troubling Inheritances in Schools
Chapter 5: Archives in Flux: A Methodological Dilemma
Chapter 6: Experimenting with a Troubling Inheritance
Chapter 7: Reassembling Problematic Curricula
Conclusion
Bibliography
About the Author