ABSTRACT
In this paper I will briefly outline some thoughts on a curriculum for the future. I address the question of the present curriculum, largely inherited from the nineteenth century, the disintegration of the frames which had given it its shape and purposes and then move on to ask about the broad outline characteristics of curricula relevant for the near future. In particular, I suggest that the presently existing curriculum still assumes that it is educating young people into older dispositions, whereas the coming era demands an education for instability. I conclude with a brief sketch of how this might look in relation to a specific curriculum subject area, English.
