Title
Apple, Michael W., "Curricular Form and the Logic of Technical Control," Economic and Industrial Democracy, 2(August, 1981), 293-319. Reprinted pp. 143-165 in Michael W. Apple and Lois Weis, eds., Ideology and Practice in Schooling . Philadelphia, PA: Temple University Press, 1983.
Annotation
Argues that ideologies are embedded in our commonsense meanings and practices; examines curriculum form (not content) to reveal its use in service to ideology; describes the logic of technical control in curriculum and related issues.
Broad Topical Focus
Curriculum Development, Organization, Design, Curriculum Evaluation
Source Discipline
Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study
Critical Inquiry
Type of Study
Single Study
Narrow Topic
Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum
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