Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of Illustrations; Series Editors' Preface; Acknowledgments; Curriculum Gardening; The Baroque Curriculum; The Naturally Landscaped Curriculum; The Dig-for-Victory Curriculum; The Cottage Curriculum; What is the Curriculum?; Curriculum and the Reproduction of Culture; Curriculum and Assessment; Global Trends in School Curricula; Conflict in the Curriculum: Growth and Diversity, 1860 1976; Diverse Approaches and the Individual Child: 1926 64; The Polarization of Innovation and Tradition: 1960 76; Turmoil in the Curriculum: 1976 1986
Summary
Opens up a more general debate on how the curriculum is shaped and the compromises made between different ideologies of the nature and purpose of education
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 161-176) and index
