Curriculum Studies: Major Themes in Education

by David Scott (editor)

This four-volume collection contains over ninety papers drawn from a broad range of contemporary writing on the curriculum. Major trends and developments from the 1970s through to the present day are represented.

The following four volumes of the set offer a comprehensive introduction to, and overview of, the field:

* Curriculum Knowledge
* Curriculum Forms
* Pedagogy
* Boundaries: Subjects, assessments and evaluation.

The collection covers the key points of dispute and areas of controversy within the field of curriculum studies and includes papers from many of the leading writers. Each volume features an introduction by the editor.

2160 pages, Hardcover

First published December 19, 2003

About the author

David Scott is a Professor of Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment at the Institute of Education, University of London. He has previously worked at the universities of Warwick, Southampton and Lincoln.

His most recent books are The European School System (coauthored with S. Leaton-Gray and P. Mehisto; Macmillan Palgrave, 2017); Equalities and Inequalities in the English Education System (coauthored with B. Scott; University College London Institute of Education Press, 2017); The Mexican Education System (coauthored with C. Posner, C. Martin, and E. Guzman; University College London Press, 2017); Education Systems and Learners: Knowledge and Knowers (Macmillan Palgrave, 2016); Policy Transfer and Educational Change (coauthored with C. Husbands, R. Slee, R. Wilkins, and M. Terano; SAGE, 2015); Roy Bhaskar: A Theory of Education (Springer International, 2015); New Perspectives on Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment (Springer International, 2015); and SAGE Handbook on Learning (coauthored with E. Hargreaves; SAGE, 2015).