Schooling, Society and Curriculum offers a much needed reassessment and realignment of curriculum studies in the UK and international contexts. Comprising a collection of eleven original chapters by prominent, nationally and internationally known experts in the field of curriculum studies, the book leads and fosters critical, generic debates about formal education and its relationships to wider society.

Focusing on key debates that have been present for as long as formal state education has been in existence, the contributors contextualise them within a future-orientated perspective that takes particular account of issues specific to life in the early years of the twenty-first century. These include globalisation and nationalism; poverty and wealth; what it means to be a good citizen; cultural pluralism and intolerance; and - centrally - what it is that young people need from a school curriculum in order to develop as happy, socially just adults in an uncertain and rapidly-changing world. The book is organized into four sections:

• issues and contexts
• values and learners
• school curricula in the digital age
• exploring the possible: globalisation, localisation and utopias.

About the Author

Alex Moore is Reader in Education in the School of Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment at the Institute of Education, University of London, where he teaches on a variety of courses. He is chair and convenor of the New Directions for Curriculum Studies seminar group, which attracts participants from all over the UK as well as from America. His publications include three sinlge-authored books, including The Good Teacher published in 2004 by RoutledgeFalmer, plus numerous journal articles and book chapters.

Book Information
ISBN 9780415363969
Author Alex Moore
Format Paperback
Page Count 224
Imprint Routledge
Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd
Weight(grams) 410g