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What is Curriculum Theory? A Special Problem in Social Theory.
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Cherryholmes, Cleo H. – Theory into Practice, 1982
Curriculum theory must attend to three problem areas: educational practice, ethical criteria, and content. Educational practice includes questions about predictions, explanations, and descriptions. Ethical criteria are used to clarify improvements in values. Substantive content ranges across areas of human inquiry from the humanities to natural…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Evaluation, Curriculum Research