Curriculum Windows - by Thomas S Poetter & Kelly Waldrop & Emmanuel Acheampong (Paperback)

About the Book

This book is an effort by students of curriculum studies, along with their professor, to interpret and understand curriculum texts and theorists of the 2010s in contemporary terms. The authors explore how key books/authors from the curriculum field of the 2010s illuminate new possibilities forward for us as scholar educators today.

Book Synopsis

Curriculum Windows: What Curriculum Theorists of the 2010s Can Teach Us About Schools and Society Today is an effort by students of curriculum studies, along with their professor, to interpret and understand curriculum texts and theorists of the 2010s in contemporary terms.

The authors explore how key books/authors from the curriculum field of the 2010s illuminate new possibilities forward for us as scholar educators today: How might the theories, practices, and ideas wrapped up in curriculum texts of the 2010s still resonate with us, allow us to see backward in time and forward as well - perhaps all at the same time? How might these figurative windows of insight, thought, ideas, fantasy, and fancy make us think differently about curriculum, teaching, learning, students, education, leadership, and schools? Further, how might they help us see more clearly, even perhaps put us on a path to correct the mistakes and missteps of intervening decades and of today? Or even create the possibilities for a bold, just, robust future for all, supported by outstanding educational access and experiences for all?

The chapter authors, all doctoral students at Miami University in the Department of Educational Leadership in Oxford, Ohio, interpret several of the most important books in the curriculum field of the 2010s. The book's Foreword is by renowned curriculum theorist and friend of the Curriculum Windows series, William H. Schubert.

About the Author

Thomas S. Poetter, PhD, is professor of curriculum studies at Miami University's Department of Educational Leadership (EDL) in Oxford, Ohio.

Kelly Waldrop, PhD, has worked as an academic editor since 2014, when she graduated from Miami University's PhD program in Educational Leadership.

Emmanuel Acheampong is a doctoral student in the Educational Leadership, Culture, and Curriculum program at Miami University.