Learning, Curriculum and Life Politics: The Selected Works of Ivor F. Goodson (World Library of Educationalists)

As schooling has become more commodity-based, the place and position of learning and curriculum has been transformed and new perspectives are needed to understand these rapidly changing times. By studying life histories and life politics we can gain insights into the relationship between peoples' private missions and meanings and their public tasks and targets. For the last thirty years, Ivor Goodson has been researching, thinking and writing about some of the central and enduring issues in education, contributing over forty books and six hundred articles to the field. This single volume brings together twenty of his key pieces for the first time. Ivor Goodson opens with an autobiographical introduction to a range of curriculum studies which pioneered a new way of studying schooling and he contextualises his selection within the development of the field. Chapters in this prestigious book cover: curriculum history and policy classroom pedagogy and strategies for professional development life history, narrative and educational change. 19 Key Writings Including: Curriculumn History And Policy; Classroom Pedagogy And Srategies For Professional Development; Life History, Narrative And Educational Change. Introduction : Learning, Curriculum And Life Politics -- 1. Learning And The Pedagogic Moment : Extract From 'the Pedagogic Moment' -- 2. Coming To Curriculum : Extract From 'reconstructing Aspects Of A Teacher's Life' -- 3. Towards An Alternative Pedagogy -- 4. Chariots Of Fire : Etymologies, Epistemologies And The Emergence Of Curriculum -- 5. Becoming An Academic Subject -- 6. On Curriculum Form -- 7. The Making Of Curriculum -- 8. Nations At Risk And National Curriculum -- 9. Long Waves Of Educational Reform : Extract From 'report To The Spencer Foundation' -- 10. Towards A Social Constructionist Perspective -- 11. History, Context And Qualitative Methods -- 12. The Story Of Life History -- 13. Preparing For Post-modernity : Storying The Self -- 14. The Story So Far -- 15. Action Research And The Reflexive Project Of Selves -- 16. Scrutinizing Life Stories -- 17. Representing Teachers : Bringing Teachers Back In -- 18. Sponsoring The Teacher's Voice -- 19. The Personality Of Educational Change. Ivor F. Goodson. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [249]-253) And Index. Annotation As schooling has becomemore commodity-based, the place and position of learning and curriculum has been transformed and newperspectives areneeded to understand these rapidly changing times. By studying life histories and life politics we can gain insights into the relationship between peoples' private missions and meanings and their public tasks and targets. For the last thirty years, Ivor Goodson has been researching, thinking and writing about some of thecentral and enduring issues in education, contributing over forty books and six hundred articles to the field. This single volumebrings togethertwenty of his key pieces for the first time. IvorGoodson opens with an autobiographical introduction to a range of curriculum studies which pioneered a new way of studying schooling and he contextualises his selection within the development of the field. Chapters in this prestigious book cover: curriculum history and policy classroom pedagogy and strategies for professional development life history, narrative and educational change.