Missing in curriculum revision/school restructuring links is a curriculum paradigm that incorporates reflective intelligence while promoting social and utilitarian responsibilities. The "social-reconstructive wedge" model described in this article addresses this paradoxical issue by treating the school system as a social system where constituents…

Although Hawkins's article in the same "Journal of Curriculum and Supervision" issue suggests some provocative notions surrounding curriculum content and process, his model does not fully address the form the curriculum deliberation process should take or the guiding principles involved. Also, Hawkins overemphasizes the role of learning…

Like most other reform models, Hawkins's social reconstructive wedge model of curricular reform does not include the multiethnic and multicultural realities at the core of social reconstruction today. Our social order is crumbling around us, but we have no models dedicated to building a unified society for all our citizens. (MLH)