Title
Schrag, Francis, "Conceptions of Knowledge," pp. 268-301 in Philip W. Jackson, ed., Handbook of Research on Curriculum. New York: Macmillan,1992.
Annotation
Reviews six traditions in education concerning knowledge (apprenticeship, philosophical, rhetorical, scientific, psychotherapeutic, mystical); summarizes the conceptualization, selection, and organization of knowledge in curriculum; traces attempts to distinguish kinds of knowledge; and gives an overview of critical sociology of knowledge.
Broad Topical Focus
Curriculum Development, Organization, Design
Source Discipline
Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study
Integrative Inquiry
Type of Study
Research Synthesis
Narrow Topic
Knowledge Generation, Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum, Philosophical Schools, Content Selection and Organization
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