TY - BOOK AU - Slattery,Patrick TI - Curriculum development in the postmodern era SN - 0415953375 AV - LB2806.15 .S63 2006 PY - 2006/// CY - New York PB - Routledge KW - Curriculum planning KW - Curriculum change KW - Education KW - Curricula KW - Philosophy KW - Postmodernism N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 299-315) and indexes; Introduction to curriculum development, reconceptualization, and postmodernity; -- Historical perspectives on curriculum as a field of study; -- The reconceptualization of curriculum studies from 1973 to 2006; -- Postmodern schooling, curriculum, and the theological text; -- The hermeneutic circle and the interpretive process; -- Gender, sexuality, race, and ethnicity in a multicultural and diverse milieu; -- Postmodern philosophies in curriculum studies; -- Curriculum for interdependence and ecological sustainability; -- Utopian visions, democracy, and the egalitarian ideal; -- Aesthetic inquiry, arts-based research, and the proleptic moment; -- Time and complexity; -- A vision of curriculum in the postmodern era ER -