This article makes the case for repositioning values and ethics as central to understanding how curriculum knowledge can be educationally powerful. Disciplinary knowledge can help individuals make sense of the present, explore alternative futures and participate in society, making ethical choices about how to live. This, however, depends on…

The article outlines the occupational socialization perspective of the physical education curriculum by exploring 11 primary assumptions which call attention to the relationship among teachers, teacher educators, curricula, and social structure. (Author/CB)

On the whole, members of racial minorities and low-income groups are less likely to do well in school and in the job market. This paper contends that the integration of multicultural education into the curricula of rural colleges and universities in the south may provide an environment that allows for some degree of equal opportunity among…

This volume is part of a series of monographs from Australia devoted to outlining an alternative approach, based on neo-Marxist concepts, to educational administration. The introductory essay considers the way in which those making decisions about school curricula are influenced by their administrative and social context. The first part of the…

The hidden curriculum is that set of intentional outcomes from schooling not formally recognized or written. Although not perceived by educators as a measurable construct, the hidden curriculum has been a significant underlying caretaker of culture. Changes in the hidden curriculum can occur more quickly than changes in the formal curriculum,…

Examines the pedagogic concept of cultural pluralism and outlines specific methods for implementing the concept in the social studies curriculum. Identifies and analyzes various forms of cultural biases, reviewing means for identifying such biases, and presenting remedies for eliminating them from the instructional setting. (LS)