What should we teach in our schools and vocational education and higher education institutions? Is theoretical knowledge still important??This book argues that providing students with access to knowledge should be the raison d'être of education. Its premise is that access to kno…
This study uses the sociology of Basil Bernstein and the philosophy of critical realism as complementary modes of theorising to extend and develop social realist arguments about the role of knowledge in curriculum, and to elaborate social realism's critique of constructivism, te…
This textbook highlights the unique role that quality Arts processes and experiences can and should play across the curriculum to ensure that all learners creativities and imaginations flourish. It provides much-needed strategies, units of work and practical resources in six art…
""Unmastering the Script: The Struggle to Reconcile the Haitian Other in Dominican Identity" examines how school curriculum-based representations of Dominican identity navigate black racial identity, its relatedness to Haiti, and the culturally entrenched pejorative image of the…
""Unmastering the Script: The Struggle to Reconcile the Haitian Other in Dominican Identity" examines how school curriculum-based representations of Dominican identity navigate black racial identity, its relatedness to Haiti, and the culturally entrenched pejorative image of the…
Analyzes textbooks in the Dominican Republic for evidence of reproducing Haitian Otherness Unmastering the Script: Education, Critical Race Theory, and the Struggle to Reconcile the Haitian Other in Dominican Identity examines how school curriculum-based representations of Domin…
This volume is centered on how major curriculum reform shapes mathematics and the professional practices of teachers. It focuses on two core themes: teacher professional identity and the social shaping of mathematics in school contexts.
Annotation. This text describes how economic, political and social factors in different countries affect the science and practice of psychology. It offers recommendations on how the various psychology specialties can be updated to reflect a multicultural viewpoint.
