Itinerant Curriculum Theory - (Bloomsbury Critical Education) by João M Paraskeva (Hardcover)

Book Synopsis

This book advances new ways of thinking about emergence and impact of Itinerant Curriculum Theory (ICT).Written by authors based in Algeria, Brazil, Chile, China, Estonia, South Korea, Spain and the USA, the chapters examine the opportunities and challenges paved by ICT in the struggle to open up and decolonize curriculum policies. The contributors show how ICT can help us to pave a new way to think about and to do curriculum theory and announce ICT as a declaration of epistemological liberation, one that helps to resist Eurocentric dominance. The chapters cover topics including, ecologies of the Global South, education discourse in South Korea, China's Curriculum Reform, and the history of colonialism in the Middle East.

Building on the work of Antonia Darder, Boaventura de Sousa Santos and others, this book posits that the future of the field is the struggle against curriculum epistemicides and this is ultimately a struggle for social justice. The book includes a Foreword by the leading curriculum historian William Schubert, Professor Emeritus of Curriculum and Instruction at the University of Illinois at Chicago, USA.

Review Quotes

Itinerant Curriculum Theory challenges the prevalent Western-focused knowledge systems and is an indispensable addition to critical curriculum studies. It is valuable for teacher educators, policymakers, and researchers worldwide aiming to establish more inclusive and just education systems.

Professor Paraskeva is one of the world's leading educational and curriculum theorists. This book shows all the signs of a classic work. I am pleased to support this book, as I believe it will stand at the cutting edge of the curriculum field and will also be very influential among Freireans and those educators interested in critical theory and pedagogy. This book is sorely needed today, especially given the attacks on critical studies by authoritarian and populist groups. This book represents a prime theoretical weapon in the fight for democracy.

The authors of this timely volume provide critical perspectives on the Western epistemology that pervades curriculum theorizing. Expanding upon João M. Paraskeva's conceptualization of itinerant curriculum theory, the chapters challenge the Anglophone curricular canon in a declaration of epistemological emancipation. A formidable, internationally appealing contribution to the internationalization of the field.

About the Author

João M. Paraskeva is Professor and Founding Chair of the Department of Educational Leadership at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, USA. He is Vice President of the American Association for the Advancement of Curriculum Studies and author of Curriculum Epistimicides (2016).