Machine generated contents note: 1.Introduction: what should we teach? -- 2.A Bernsteinian analysis of knowledge and the implications for curriculum -- 3.Evaluation and critique: a modified Bernsteinian basis for curriculum -- 4.What does commitment to realism mean for curriculum? -- 5.The role of the disciplines in curriculum: a critical realist analysis -- 6.How knowledge was dethroned in society and displaced in curriculum -- 7.The crisis of curriculum -- 8.The appropriation of constructivism by instrumentalism: the case of competency-based training -- 9.Conclusion: what type of curriculum do we need? The social realist alternative