Curriculum Studies in Mexico - (International and Development Education) by W Pinar (Hardcover)

About the Book

"Following chapters focused on the intellectual histories and present circumstances of curriculum studies in Mexico is Pinar's summary of exchanges (occurring over a two-year period) between the authors of these essays and members of an International Panel (scholars working in Brazil and China). From these and the essays Pinar identifies the concepts and practices summarizing curriculum studies in Mexico. The Mexican scholars have the "last word." What becomes clear is that the cause of curriculum is in Mexico "a great cause," as it incorporates the socialist traditions and historic aspirations of the nation, now (in 2010) celebrating its 200th anniversary"--

Book Synopsis

Of interest to scholars both within and outside the U.S., this volume reports how curriculum studies scholars in Mexico understand their field's intellectual history, its present circumstances, and the relations among these intersecting domains with globalization.

About the Author

WILLIAM F. PINAR Teaches Curriculum Theory at the University of British Columbia, Canada, where he holds a Canada Research Chair and directs the Centre for the Study of the Internationalization of Curriculum Studies. He is the author of What Is Curriculum Theory? (2004); Race, Religion and a Curriculum of Reparation (2006); and The Worldliness of a Cosmopolitan Education: Passionate Lives in Public Service (2009).