| Procedures of Power and Curriculum Change: Foucault and the Quest for Possibilities in Science Education Contributor(s): Steinberg, Shirley R. (Editor), Kincheloe, Joe L. (Editor), Blades, David W. (Author) |
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ISBN: 082043325X ISBN-13: 9780820433257 Publisher: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publi OUR PRICE: $40.19 Product Type: Paperback Published: December 1997 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Science | Study & Teaching - Education | Adult & Continuing Education - Education | Aims & Objectives |
| Dewey: 507.12 |
| LCCN: 96054295 |
| Series: Studies in Modern European History, |
| Physical Information: 294 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Is curriculum change possible? "Procedures of Power and Curriculum Change" provides a provocative new response to this question. Through a case study of a recent major attempt to change high school science, this work reveals the continuing barrenness of modernistic explanations of curriculum change. Revisiting this case study in the light of Foucault's concept of power suggests that curriculum change is not an issue of correct technique but a journey of being. An imaginative weaving of narratives, metaphors and allegory invites readers to join this journey by entering into a postmodern conversation about the possibilities for curriculum change. |