ABSTRACT
Opposition to curriculum is most often expressed by advocates of ‘informal education’. Below are some examples:
Where a national curriculum exists for schools it is tempting to imagine that what is essential for formal educational settings is also needed for the informal. In fact it is the very absence of curriculum that is a key defining feature.
(Jeffs and Smith, 2005: 81)The problem with the term curriculum in my view is … workers have got taken in by it. Somehow we thought it would make us more important like teachers! … I would argue for a return to first principles, voluntary participation, association and fun, and let those who want to teach have a curriculum.
(Robertson, 2004: 78)I cannot comprehend why youth work needs a curriculum any more than a house needs wings.
(Jeffs, 2004: 57)