Philosophical Foundations for the Curriculum

by Allen Brent

In this book, first published in 1978, Allen Brent sets out to explore some of the questions raised by theorists and philosophers regarding curriculum. He starts by investigating whether all knowledge is the product of social conditions of particular times or places, or whether there is some kind of universal framework implicit in the claims to knowledge which men make. He looks at the work of Plato, Newman, Freire and Hirt and how, each of them in a strikingly different way, they have tried to give us an objective basis for curriculum judgements and how the validity of that basis is attacked by contemporary sociologists of knowledge. This book is aimed primarily at students who are concentrating on the philosophy of education or curriculum theory .

229 pages, Kindle Edition

Published September 19, 2016

About the author

Allen Brent is a Professor of Early Christian History and Literature, currently at University of London, King's College. His work explores the interface between Early Christianity and Classical Culture, with particular emphasis on non literary iconographical and epigraphic sources that illuminate the literary evidence.
Born in the East End of London during the Second World War, following education at an East End London Grammar School and evening classes, he studied at Emmanuel College Cambridge, and subsequently at the Universities of London and Leeds. His DD, awarded for examination of the corpus of his published works, he received in 1998 from the University of Cambridge