Human Agency and the Curriculum

Autor/in	Alexander, Hanan A.
Titel	Human Agency and the Curriculum
Quelle	In: Theory and Research in Education, 3 (2005) 3, S.343-369 (27 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1477-8785
DOI	10.1177/1477878505057436
Schlagwörter	Ethics; Curriculum Development; Value Judgment; Educational Theories; Personal Autonomy; Self Determination; Educational Philosophy; Humanism; Aesthetics; Intellectual Disciplines; Critical Theory; Hidden Curriculum; Politics of Education; Self Expression; Self Evaluation (Individuals); Educational Objectives; Role of Education; Moral Development + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ethik; Curriculum; Development; Curriculumentwicklung; Lehrplan; Entwicklung; Werturteil; Educational theory; Theory of education; Bildungstheorie; Individuelle Autonomie; Selbstbestimmung; Bildungsphilosophie; Erziehungsphilosophie; Humanismus; Ästhetik; Geisteswissenschaften; Kritische Theorie; Heimlicher Lehrplan; Educational policy; Bildungspolitik; Ausdruck; Educational objective; Bildungsziel; Erziehungsziel; Bildungsauftrag; Moralische Entwicklung
Abstract	It is generally supposed that a curriculum should engage students with worthwhile knowledge, which requires an understanding of what it means for something to be worthwhile: a substantive conception of the good. Yet a number of influential curriculum theories deny or undermine one or another aspect of the key assumption upon which a meaningful account of the good depends--that people are the agents of their own beliefs, desires and actions. This renders a significant encounter between the curriculum and substantive ethics highly problematic. In this article I explore the meeting between curriculum and human agency in four seminal curriculum theories, and offer a framework to engage the curriculum with this key concept of substantive ethics. (Contains 18 notes.) (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10