Curriculum Windows: What Curriculum Theorists of the 2010s Can Teach Us About Schools and Society Today is an effort by students of curriculum studies, along with their professor, to interpret and understand curriculum texts and theorists of the 2010s in contemporary terms.
The authors explore how key books/authors from the curriculum field of the 2010s illuminate new possibilities forward for us as scholar educators today: How might the theories, practices, and ideas wrapped up in curriculum texts of the 2010s still resonate with us, allow us to see backward in time and forward as well – perhaps all at the same time? How might these figurative windows of insight, thought, ideas, fantasy, and fancy make us think differently about curriculum, teaching, learning, students, education, leadership, and schools? Further, how might they help us see more clearly, even perhaps put us on a path to correct the mistakes and missteps of intervening decades and of today? Or even create the possibilities for a bold, just, robust future for all, supported by outstanding educational access and experiences for all?
The chapter authors, all doctoral students at Miami University in the Department of Educational Leadership in Oxford, Ohio, interpret several of the most important books in the curriculum field of the 2010s. The book’s Foreword is by renowned curriculum theorist and friend of the Curriculum Windows series, William H. Schubert, PhD.
Table of Contents:
Introduction; Thomas S. Poetter
Chapter 1. Speak to Me Beyond the Sea (Sema Nami Ng’ambo ya Bahari); Asad Ikemba
Chapter 2. We Are All Different Kinds of Black: Navigating Blackness, Africanness, and Femininity; Abisola A. Adegunju
Chapter 3. Radical Togetherness: Designing Education Through Shared Vision; Shawnieka E. Pope
Chapter 4. Pockets and Parrotfish: A QUEST for Deeper Learning; Jamie Bercaw Anzano
Chapter 5. In My Mind, Bell Hooks Is My Friend!; Tiffani Maher
Chapter 6. Problems of Sex Education; Annastashia Blesi
Chapter 7. Love, Care, and Inclusion: Entrepreneurship Education and Students with Disabilities; Peixuan Yan
Chapter 8. Whose Life, Immortal or Otherwise, Is It Anyway?; Angela Eagle
Chapter 9. Critical Educational Curriculum: A Determinant of Academic Success; Peter Kofi Dabie
Chapter 10. Navigating the Curricular Seas: An International Student’s Journey; Asma J. Khan
Chapter 11. Understanding Learning in the Making; Abubakar Bala
Chapter 12. Child Left Behind: Who Wins? Who Loses? Who Cares?; Eunice Laryea
Chapter 13. The Stormy Seas of Educational Inequality: Reading from the Back Page; Prince Oduro
Chapter 14. What Knowledge Is of Most Worth? A Journey Through Elementary School with My Daughter; Sarah Meaney
About the Author :
Thomas S. Poetter, PhD, is professor of curriculum studies in Miami University's Department of Educational Leadership (EDL), Oxford, Ohio.
Kelly Waldrop, PhD, has worked as an academic editor since 2014, when she graduated from Miami University’s PhD program in Educational Leadership.
Emmanuel Acheampong is a doctoral student in the Educational Leadership, Culture, and Curriculum program at Miami University.
