The Future of the Curriculum
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Author
Publication
2013-03-08 - The MIT Press, Cambridge, No place, unknown, or undetermined
Language
English
Word Count
38,000 words, Guess
Page Count
152 pages
Identifiers
- ISBN-139780262315197
- ISBN-139780262518826
- ISBN-10026231519X
- ISBN-100262518821
- Library of Congress Control Number2012038069
and 2 more
- Better World Books9780262518826
- Open LibraryOL28355473M
Classifications
- LCCLB1570 .W5765 2013
- LCCLB1570.W5765 2013
Description
An examination of curriculum innovations that are shaped by new ideas about digital media and learning.Although ideas about digital media and learning have become an important area for educational research, little attention has been given to the practical and conceptual implications for the school curriculum. In this book, Ben Williamson examines a series of contemporary curriculum innovations in the United States, Great Britain, and Australia that reflect the social and technological changes of the digital age. Arguing that the curriculum is always both forward- and rearward-looking, Williamson considers how each of these innovations represents a certain way of understanding the past while also promoting a particular vision of the future.The curriculum initiatives are all examples of what Williamson calls ?centrifugal schooling,? expressing a vision of education and learning that is decentered, distributed, and dispersed, emphasizing networks and connections. In centrifugal schooling, a curriculum is actively assembled and improvised from a heterogeneous mix of people, groups, coalitions, and institutional structures. Participants in curriculum design and planning include local governments, corporations, foundations, charities, and nongovernmental organizations. Among the curriculum innovations Williamson examines are High Tech High, a charter school network in San Diego that integrates technical and academic education; Opening Minds, a ?competence-based? curriculum used in 200 British secondary schools; and Quest to Learn, a ?school for digital kids? in New York City (with a sister school in Chicago). He also describes two major partnerships: the Partnership for 21st Century Skills, which advocates for ?21st century readiness? for American students; and the Whole Education Alliance in Britain, a network of ?third sector? educational organizations.
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