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A curriculum for life : schools for a democratic learning society / John Quicke

By: Quicke, JohnMaterial type: TextTextPublisher: Buckingham, UK : Open University Press, 1999Description: viii, 184 pages : 23 cmISBN: 0335202977; 0335202985Subject(s): Education -- Curricula -- Great Britain | Curriculum change -- Great Britain | Democracy -- Study and teaching -- Great BritainLOC classification: LB1564.G7 | Q85 1999
Contents:
1. Introduction: the curriculum and reflexive modernity -- 2. Education for self-identity -- 3. Becoming a 'good' learner -- 4. Towards a collaborative culture of professionalism -- 5. Pupils' cultural practices and collaborative group work -- 6. Teaching for cultural pluralism -- 7. Gender politics and school achievement -- 8. On learning and democracy in families -- 9. Reworking the work ethic -- 10. Science and the risk society -- 11. Schools for a democratic learning society.
Summary: A 'curriculum for life' is proposed as an alternative to the National Curriculum. It is focused on themes like social development, thinking skills, parenting, citizenship and work related learning. This book explores such themes in the light of a conception of society and democracy.Summary: "What kind of curriculum do we need for life in the 21st century?"--BOOK JACKET. "This is the central question which this book sets out to address. It is widely recognized that we need to reconsider the school curriculum. Schools need to teach literacy, numeracy and other skills but what else do children need to learn for life in present day and future society?"--BOOK JACKET.
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1. Introduction: the curriculum and reflexive modernity --
2. Education for self-identity --
3. Becoming a 'good' learner --
4. Towards a collaborative culture of professionalism --
5. Pupils' cultural practices and collaborative group work --
6. Teaching for cultural pluralism --
7. Gender politics and school achievement --
8. On learning and democracy in families --
9. Reworking the work ethic --
10. Science and the risk society --
11. Schools for a democratic learning society.

A 'curriculum for life' is proposed as an alternative to the National Curriculum. It is focused on themes like social development, thinking skills, parenting, citizenship and work related learning. This book explores such themes in the light of a conception of society and democracy.

"What kind of curriculum do we need for life in the 21st century?"--BOOK JACKET. "This is the central question which this book sets out to address. It is widely recognized that we need to reconsider the school curriculum. Schools need to teach literacy, numeracy and other skills but what else do children need to learn for life in present day and future society?"--BOOK JACKET.

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