Curriculum as a Political Problem: A Historical Perspective.

Autor/in	Englund, Tomas
Titel	Curriculum as a Political Problem: A Historical Perspective.
Quelle	(1988), (27 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Citizenship Education; Democratic Values; Educational Objectives; Educational Philosophy; Elementary Secondary Education; Epistemology; Foreign Countries; Foundations of Education; Marxian Analysis; Politics of Education; Public Education; Relevance (Education); Sweden + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Citizenship; Education; Politische Bildung; Politische Erziehung; Staatsbürgerliche Erziehung; Educational objective; Bildungsziel; Erziehungsziel; Bildungsphilosophie; Erziehungsphilosophie; Erkenntnistheorie; Ausland; Grundlagenausbildung; Marxism; Marxismus; Educational policy; Bildungspolitik; Öffentliche Erziehung; Relevance; Relevanz; Schweden
Abstract	This study sets out to examine fundamental aspects of citizenship education in Swedish schools, based on the theory that, in a democracy with a system of compulsory public education, curricula are the products of political compromise, accommodating the aims of several different groups. From this perspective, the school as an ideological state apparatus at once has a cohesive function, yet it allows scope for different interpretations of curriculum aims, and hence for change. The study is accordingly concerned with overriding school objectives and certain determinants of teaching content relating to the transmission by schools of views of society and knowledge, as embodied in citizenship education. After a background discussion of this theoretical perspective, the study begins with a historical review of the school reforms of 1918-19 and the civic curriculum code. The determinants of the content of citizenship education are analyzed next, followed by a discussion of the patriarchal, scientific-rational, and democratic premises of the civic curriculum code. References are included. (TE)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC