Pinar, William F., "The Problem with Curriculum and Pedagogy," Journal of Curriculum and Pedagogy, 2(Summer, 2005), 67-82. Reprinted pp. 109-120 in William F. Pinar, The Synoptic Text Today and Other Essays: Curriculum Development after the Reconceptualization. New York: Peter Lang, 2006.
Annotation
Critiques the tying of "teaching" rather than "study" to curriculum; explicates the use of the active study model by students rather than the social engineering model by teachers and the accountability system.
Broad Topical Focus
Curriculum Conceptions and Theories, Inquiry Language in Curriculum Research
Source Discipline
Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study
Philosophical Inquiry-Speculative Essay
Type of Study
Single Study
Narrow Topic
Criticism of Schooling, Curriculum Standards and Testing, Conceptions of Teaching, Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum
