ABSTRACT

Continuing its calling to define the field and where it is going, the Second Edition of this landmark handbook brings up to date its comprehensive reportage of scholarly developments and school curriculum initiatives worldwide, providing a panoramic view of the state of curriculum studies globally. Its international scope and currency and range of research and theory reflect and contribute significantly to the ongoing internationalization of curriculum studies and its growth as a field worldwide.

Changes in the Second Edition:

  • Five new or updated introductory chapters pose transnational challenges to key questions curriculum research addresses locally.
  • Countries absent in the First Edition are represented: Chile, Colombia, Cypress, Ethiopia, Germany, Iran, Luxembourg, Nigeria, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, and Switzerland.
  • 39 new or updated chapters on curriculum research in 34 countries highlight curriculum research that is not widely known in North America.

This handbook is an indispensable resource for prospective and practicing teachers, for curriculum studies scholars, and for education students around the world.

chapter |14 pages

Introduction

part |456 pages

39 Essays on Curriculum Research in 34 Countries

chapter |7 pages

Curriculum Studies in Argentina

Documenting the Constitution of a Field

chapter |6 pages

Curricular Landscapes, Neoliberal Densities

Curriculum Reform and Research in Chile

chapter |16 pages

Curriculum Studies in China

Retrospect and Prospect

chapter |10 pages

Curriculum Studies in Cyprus

Intellectual History and Present Circumstances

chapter |18 pages

Governing Autonomy

Subjectivity, Freedom, and Knowledge in Finnish Curriculum Discourse 1

chapter |10 pages

In Search of a Diverse Curriculum

Toward the Making of a Postmodern Hong Kong in the Twenty-First Century

chapter |15 pages

The Iranian Curriculum Field Recounted

Understanding the Multiplicity of Discourses

chapter |9 pages

“Cities and Signs”

Understanding Curriculum Studies in Italy

chapter |5 pages

Japanese Educational Reform for the Twenty-First Century

The Impact of New Course Studies Towards the Postmodern Era in Japan

chapter |14 pages

Tomorrow Never Dies

A Socio-Historical Analysis of the Luxembourgish Curriculum

chapter |14 pages

Curriculum Theory and Research in Norway

Traditions, Trends, and Topics

chapter |6 pages

Poland

Through Golden and Dark Ages of History and Education

chapter |14 pages

Curriculum Research in Portugal

Emergence, Research, and Europeanisation

chapter |16 pages

Curriculum

A Constant Concern in Romania

chapter |17 pages

From Rationalist Autonomy to Scientific Empiricism

A History of Curriculum in Switzerland 1

chapter |9 pages

Curriculum Research in Turkey

From the Ottoman Empire to the Republic

chapter |6 pages

Developing Curriculum History

A British Perspective

chapter |12 pages

Curriculum Research in the United States

Crisis, Reconceptualization, and Internationalization