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Alexander, Hanan A. – Theory and Research in Education, 2005
It is generally supposed that a curriculum should engage students with worthwhile knowledge, which requires an understanding of what it means for something to be worthwhile: a substantive conception of the good. Yet a number of influential curriculum theories deny or undermine one or another aspect of the key assumption upon which a meaningful…
Descriptors: Ethics, Curriculum Development, Value Judgment, Educational Theories