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Author Doll, William E.

Title A post-modern perspective on curriculum / William E. Doll, Jr
Published New York : Teachers College Press, [1993]
©1993

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 MELB  375.01 Dol/Pmp  AVAILABLE
 MELB  375.01 Dol/Pmp 1993  AVAILABLE
Description xvi, 215 pages, 2 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
Series Advances in contemporary educational thought series ; v. 9
Advances in contemporary educational thought series ; v. 9
Contents Descartes' and Newton's world views -- Curriculum carryovers -- Piaget and living systems -- Prigogine and chaotic order -- The cognitive revolution, Bruner, and a new epistemology -- Dewey, Whitehead, and process thought -- Constructing a curriculum matrix
Summary In this book on the post-modern perspective on the curriculum, the author asserts that the post-modern model of organic change is not necessarily linear, uniform, measured and determined, but is one of emergence and growth, made possible by interaction, transaction, disequilibrium and consequent equilibrium. Transformation, not a set course, the book argues, should be the rule, and open-endedness is an essential feature of the post-modern framework
Analysis Curriculum
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 185-203) and index
Subject Curriculum change.
Education -- Curricula -- Philosophy.
Education -- Philosophy.
Author Columbia University. Teachers College.
LC no. 92035205
ISBN 0807732176 (alk. paper)