The design of school curriculums involves deep thought about the nature of knowledge and its value to learners and society. It is a serious responsibility that raises a number of questions. What is knowledge for? What knowledge is important for children to learn? How do we decid…
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Intro -- Knowledge and the Curriculum -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Abbreviations -- Notes on Contributors -- Foreword -- Introduction to the Second Edition -- 1 Disciplinary Knowledge and Its Role in the School Curriculum -- 2 School Subjects -…
What Should Schools Teach? offers an accessible subject-by-subject analysis of what knowledge matters for each school subject and how far school knowledge should be related to academic disciplinary knowledge. With new chapters on Art, Chemistry, Drama, Music and RE, this second …
Knowing History in Schools explores how we can best understand knowledge-building in history education and aims to navigate the challengesthat knowledge-building processes pose for learning history in schools.
Intro -- Knowledge and the Curriculum -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables and Boxes -- About the Contributors -- 1 Introduction: Historical Knowing and the 'Knowledge Turn' -- 2 How Helpful is the Theory of Powerful Knowledge for …