EDUC 750 - Contemporary Curriculum Theory (3 credits)

This course provides an in depth understanding of contemporary theoretical substructures of the curriculum. In this course, the curriculum is understood as both the explicit, planned course of learning, and the hidden or latent experiences that students encounter in school settings or experience within their world. We will study historical, political, behavioral, social, psychological, cognitive, philosophical, institutional theories in order to understand the impact of theories on curriculum issues, schools and society. The goal of this course is to provide students with the theoretical framework for analyzing, critiquing, and investigating curriculum so that they will understand the complexities of contemporary curriculum discourses and research practices. TBA