ABSTRACT

Offering an accessible entry into curriculum theory, this book defines and contextualizes key concepts for novice and experienced students. Leading scholars in curriculum studies provide short anchor texts that introduce, define, and situate contemporary curriculum theory constructs. Each anchor text is followed by two concise, creative keyword responses that demonstrate varied perspectives and connections, allowing readers to reflect on and engage with the personal relevance of these fundamental concepts.

Useful to instructors and scholars alike, this book explains keyword writing as a teaching and learning strategy and invites readers to enter the complicated conversations of contemporary curriculum theory through their own creative, personal responses. Featuring wide-ranging, nuanced, and varied commentary on major relevant themes, as well as discussion questions for students, this book is an essential text for doctoral and masters-level courses in curriculum studies.

chapter Chapter 2|6 pages

Aesthetics

chapter |2 pages

Keyword Response

Distance

chapter |4 pages

Keyword Response

Seeking Resonance

chapter Chapter 3|7 pages

Becoming

chapter |2 pages

Keyword Response

A Snail Tale

chapter |3 pages

Keyword Response

Death Becomes Her

chapter Chapter 4|9 pages

Complexity

chapter |2 pages

Keyword Response

You

chapter |3 pages

Keyword Response

Out of Step

chapter Chapter 5|3 pages

Currere

chapter |2 pages

Keyword Response

Doubt

chapter |5 pages

Keyword Response

Tiny Violins

chapter Chapter 6|4 pages

Discourse

chapter |2 pages

Keyword Response

Tongue-Tied

chapter |3 pages

Keyword Response

Mixed

chapter Chapter 7|7 pages

Ecology

chapter |2 pages

Keyword Response

In Memory of Ecology

chapter |3 pages

Keyword Response

Toward a Global Pedagogy of Ecology: Thinking Outside the Boxes

chapter Chapter 8|4 pages

Ethics

chapter |2 pages

Keyword Response

The “Myth” of Gender Inequality and the Limits of Teaching Ethically

chapter |3 pages

Keyword Response

Carer and Cared For

chapter Chapter 9|6 pages

Experience

chapter |2 pages

Keyword Response

An Educative Experience

chapter |3 pages

Keyword Response

Relationships and Culturally Responsive Teaching

chapter Chapter 10|6 pages

Hermeneutics

chapter |2 pages

Keyword Response

Winter Is About the Orion Nebula, or Not … and That’s OK

chapter |3 pages

Keyword Response

Talking Dirt/y

chapter Chapter 11|6 pages

Imagination

chapter |2 pages

Keyword Response

Possibilities

chapter |3 pages

Keyword Response

Just?

chapter Chapter 12|6 pages

Indigeneity

chapter |2 pages

Keyword Response

The Interconnectedness of Indigenous Pedagogy

chapter |3 pages

Keyword Response

From Here

chapter Chapter 13|5 pages

Narrative

chapter |2 pages

Keyword Response

…And We Became Dragonflies

chapter |4 pages

Keyword Response

The Stories We Tell, the Stories That Tell Us

chapter Chapter 14|6 pages

Normativity

chapter |2 pages

Keyword Response

A New Diagnosis: Rethinking Normativity

chapter |3 pages

Keyword Response

Company in the Margins

chapter Chapter 15|7 pages

Place

chapter |2 pages

Keyword Response

Place and People: Who Needs Whom?

chapter |2 pages

Keyword Response

I Have No Home

chapter Chapter 16|4 pages

Poetics

chapter |2 pages

Keyword Response

Boundary Games

chapter |3 pages

Keyword Response

On Poetics

chapter Chapter 17|5 pages

Representation

chapter |3 pages

Keyword Response

A Is for Apple

chapter |3 pages

Keyword Response

Drag Queen Realness

chapter Chapter 18|6 pages

Social Justice

chapter |2 pages

Keyword Response

High School Musical—Not!

chapter |4 pages

Keyword Response

Social Justice Q&A

chapter Chapter 19|5 pages

Standards

chapter |2 pages

Keyword Response

What Is Your Place?

chapter |3 pages

Keyword Response

Standards

chapter Chapter 20|6 pages

Temporality

chapter |2 pages

Keyword Response

That One Class

chapter |3 pages

Keyword Response

Timely Sayings

chapter Chapter 21|16 pages

Conclusion

In Curriculum Conversation