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Author McKernan, James.

Title Curriculum and imagination : process theory, pedagogy and action research / James McKernan
Published London ; New York : Routledge, 2008

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Description xviii, 240 pages ; 24 cm
Contents 1. The curriculum and its ideological conceptions -- 2. Curriculum, quality and freedom -- 3. Curriculum design and theorizing -- 4. Some limitations of the objectives model in curriculum -- 5. A process-inquiry model for the design of curriculum -- 6. The teacher as researcher : action research as the basis for teaching and professional development -- 7. Action research and philosophy : origins, nature and conduct of inquiry -- 8. The action research seminar and democratic pedagogy -- 9. Controversial issues, evidence and pedagogy -- 10. Ethics, inquiry and practical reason : towards an improved pedagogy -- 11. Teachers' human values and ideologies -- 12. The countenance of evaluation and the special place of action research
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [218]-236) and index
Subject Curriculum planning.
Action research.
Critical pedagogy.
LC no. 2006100286
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