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Overview/pas0/What happens in the school curriculum is fundamental to people's lives. Schools are meant to educate the next generation and to do so through school subjects. But subjects and the teachers who teach them are not equal: some are given more importance both inside and outside schools. Curriculum change (such as the introduction of a national curriculum) highlights which subjects are regarded as central and which are perceived as marginal./par0/par0/Changing School Subjects examines the effects of curriculum change on teachers and students. It focuses upon the gendered nature of the curriculum, and how curricular forms include or exclude certain subjects and certain groups. It analyses how power, gender and knowledge intersect to determine how school knowledge is constructed, what knowledge is made available to which students, who supplies the knowledge, and how./par0/par0/Carrie Paechter provides a much-needed reconceptualization of the field of curriculum that will be of practical and theoretical relevance to teachers, students and academics reflecting upon curriculum processes in schools. Full Product DetailsAuthor: PaechterPublisher: Open University Press Imprint: Open University Press Dimensions: Width: 15.10cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 22.80cm ISBN: 9780335201198ISBN 10: 0335201199 Pages: 210 Publication Date: 16 November 2000 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Out of Stock Indefinitely Availability: Awaiting stock  Table of ContentsPart one: Gender, power/knowledge and curriculum change Introduction studying curriculum change Power, gender and curriculum Gender, power and school subjects Part two: Gendered marginality Life in a marginal subject Negotiating a new subject the case of design and technology Physical education, sport and the body Part three: Students, subjects and examinations Students and subjects power/knowledge and integrated curricula Discipline as examination/examination as discipline the effects of curriculum codification on teachers, students and subjects Conclusion Appendix References Index.Reviews!her passionate analysis of the micro patterns of power helps the reader to understand the 'whole picture' of English secondary schooling at the opening of the 21st century, within her frames of reference of power and gender. -- British Journal of Educational Studies Brit Jnl of Educational Studies 20031028 ...overall, this is a cogently argued, stimulating and very readable book with much to say on power/knowledge/ gender relations and attempts to change traditional curriculum patterns in schools. I most strongly recommend it. - Ruth Watts Gender & Education 20030620 ...her passionate analysis of the micro patterns of power helps the reader to understand the 'whole picture' of English secondary schooling at the opening of the 21st century, within her frames of reference of power and gender. - British Journal of Educational Studies Brit Jnl of Educational Studies 20031028 ...overall, this is a cogently argued, stimulating and very readable book with much to say on power/knowledge/ gender relations and attempts to change traditional curriculum patterns in schools.I most strongly recommend it. - Ruth Watts Gender & Education 20030620 !her passionate analysis of the micro patterns of power helps the reader to understand the 'whole picture' of English secondary schooling at the opening of the 21st century, within her frames of reference of power and gender. -- British Journal of Educational Studies Brit Jnl of Educational Studies 20031028 ...overall, this is a cogently argued, stimulating and very readable book with much to say on power/knowledge/ gender relations and attempts to change traditional curriculum patterns in schools. I most strongly recommend it. - Ruth Watts Gender & Education 20030620 Author InformationCarrie Paechter is a Lecturer in Education at the Open University. Her research interests, which developed from her experience as a mathematics teacher in London secondary schools, include the intersection of gender, power and knowledge, and the processes of curriculum negotiation in schools and higher education institutions. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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