Rev. ed. of: Turning points in curriculum / J. Dan Marshall, James T. Sears, William H. Schubert. 2000.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

"Turning Points in Curriculum: A Contemporary American Memoir, 2nd edition, is a text designed to engage readers in a story of curriculum as a field of intellectual study and invite them to identify with and ultimately participate in this important work. Focusing on the United States, it contains five parts, the first of which offers a backdrop or contextual panorama for parts two through five, which present curriculum's journey through the last half of the twentieth century.

Throughout the book, the authors use the term curriculum work over curriculum studies, theory, or development. The broader notion of work allows for variations that include reflection, study, theorizing, construction, inquiry, and deliberation. At the same time, the possibilities for interpretation inherent in the notion of curriculum work allow the authors to steer clear of the more fixed and differential meanings typically associated with more distinctive phrases such as curriculum theorizing or curriculum development.

An important goal of Turning Points is to provide readers with multiple levels of engagement in its complex conversation. Toward this end, the authors have combined five distinct elements into the book with an eye toward personalizing readers' interpretative processes." (Publisher's Website)

CONTENTS:

Introduction

PART I Contextual Panorama for Contemporary Curriculum Work (1897-1946)

Chapter 1 Prelude to Contemporary Curriculum Theory and Development
Overview
Conclusion

PART II The Rise and Fall of Curriculum Specialists (1947-1960)

CHAPTER 2 Curriculum Development at Its Zenith: Curriculum People
Curriculum Work as Curriculum Making
Curriculum Meccas and Mentors
Varied Tale: IBM: The Rise of Big Blue
Visitor: Arthur Wellesley-Foshay
Seeking Guidance and Direction
Primary Document Excerpt: Next Steps in the Development of a More Adequate Curriculum Theory by Virgil E. Herrick and Ralph W. Tyler
Varied Tale: IBM: Leadership in Computer Development
Serving and Shaping School Personnel
Discovering the Public's Perceptions
Visitor Bibliography: Arthur Wellesley-Foshay

CHAPTER 3 Transfer by Eminent Domain: National Interest
Visitor: Louis J. Rubin: Curriculum Consultant
Varied Tale: Twentieth-Century Roman Catholic Church: In a Postwar World
Upside Down in a Satellite's Glow
Varied Tale: Twentieth-Century Roman Catholic Church: A New Day Dawns for Church and State
A Curriculum Spokesperson Emerges
Primary Document Excerpt: The Process of Education by Jerome Bruner
Visitor Bibliography: Louis J. Rubin

PART III Reestablishing Agency and Agendas (1961-1969)

CHAPTER 4 Muted Heretics Endure (1961-1964): "Outsiders"
Visitor: Louise M. Berman
Varied Tale: U.S. Supreme Court: Social Activism and Justice
Modeling Compassionate and Democratic Ideals in Curriculum
Primary Document Excerpt: Preparing Instructional Objectives by Robert F. Mager
Dissidence Comes Alive
Acting on Ideals, Seeking New Priorities
We Shall Overcome (and Endure) ... Someday
Varied Tale: U.S. Supreme Court: Perseverance as the Mother of Satisfaction
Visitor Bibliography: Louise M. Berman

CHAPTER 5 Transcending a Muddled Juncture (1965-1969): Publications
(Re)Emerging Differences and Traditions
Visitor: Michael W. Apple
Undercurrents to the Mainstream
Visitor: Apple and Curriculum Traditions
Struggles Suggest the Beginnings of Change
Visitor: Apple and Curriculum Transformation
Swimming Uphill with History at Your Back
Varied Tale: From the Homophile Movement to Gay Liberation
1969: A Year of Declarations
Joseph Schwab: Coroner for Conventional Curriculum Making
Primary Document Excerpt: The Practical: A Language for Curriculum by Joseph Schwab
The Time Has Come for Change
Visitor: Michael Apple
Visitor Bibliography: Michael Apple

PART IV (Re)Shaping the Contemporary Curriculum Field (1970-1983)

CHAPTER 6 The Renaissance Blossoms: Professional Organizations and Gatherings
Visitor: Janet L. Miller
The 1970s Unravel
Visitor: Alex Molnar
The Slow Dismantling of Convention
Varied Tale: Tennis: A Civilized Sport, Indeed
Transition and Transformation
A Field in Search of Meaning
Primary Document Excerpt: A Transcendental Developmental Ideology of Education by James B. Macdonald
Letting Go of the Past
Varied Tale: Tennis: At the Crossroads
Revisioning Curriculum History
The Hassles of History Making
Varied Tale: Tennis: Full-Circle Transformations
Assisting the Blossoming of Contemporary Curriculum Studies
Visitor Bibliography: Janet L. Miller
Visitor Bibliography: Alex Molnar

CHAPTER 7 From Chorus to Cacophony: Paradigms and Perspectives
Primary Document Excerpt: Where We Are Going by Elliot W. Eisner
Visitor: Henry Giroux
Varied Tale: NASA: The Fall
Freedom and Beyond
Discontent and Divergence in the Field
Varied Tale: NASA: Weathering the Coming Storms
Orbiting Outside the Curriculum Field
Varied Tale: NASA: Reconceptualizing Space
Continuing Journey, Different Hurdles
Visitor Bibliography: Henry Giroux

PART V The Uncertainties of Contemporary Curriculum Work (1984-2002)

CHAPTER 8 Implosion and Consolidation: Marginalized Voices
Juxtapositions Reclamations and Reformations
Visitor: Tom Barone
Teaching and Theorizing
Primary Document Excerpt: Practitioners Influence Curriculum Theory by William H. Schubert
The End of Science in the Postmodern Era
Textual Paradoxes in Life and Print
Visitor: Mary-Ellen Jacobs
Visitor: Susan Edgerton
Primary Document Excerpt: Structures of Feeling in Curriculum and Teaching by Deborah P. Britzman
Implosion and the Search for Efficiency
Categorically Denied
Varied Tale: Popular Music: Performativity and Unrepresentability
Curriculum Sampling
Varied Tale: Popular Music: When the Music Died
Shifting Ground
Primary Document Excerpt: The Shifting Ground of Curriculum Thought and Everyday Practice by William Ayers
Visitor: Tom Barone
Metanarratives and Nanonarratives: The Postmodern Curriculum Condition
Primary Document Excerpt: "Dreamt into Existence by Others": Curriculum Theory and School Reform by William F. Pinar
Eclectic Connections
Varied Tale: Popular Music: Postmodern Pop
Visitor Bibliography: Tom Barone
Visitor Bibliography: Mary-Ellen Jacobs
Visitor Bibliography: Susan Edgerton

CHAPTER 9 Difference That Breeds Hybridity: Race, Reform, and Curriculum
The New World Order
A Perfect Storm
Multiculturalism and the Role of the School
Visitor: Peter Hlebowitsh
Visitor: Petra Munro
The Roots of Difference
Varied Tale: Big Tobacco: Big Brother
Shifting Political and Curriculum Landscapes
Cultural Combattants, Curriculum Warriors
Bi-Coastal Curriculum Wars
Visitor: Bill Watkins
Varied Tale: Big Tobacco: "You've Come a Long Way, Baby"
Connecting the Dots of National Education Reform
Goals 2000
Congressional Curriculum Convulsions: The National History Standards
Primary Document Excerpt: Proceeding and Debates of the 104th Congress, First Session (January 19, 1995) by the United States Congress
From National Goals to Star Assessments: Educators Lose Control
Varied Tale: Big Tobacco: Accountability and Globalization
A Pedagogy of Poverty
Resegregation and Student Learning
Cultural Studies: The Ultimate Hybrid
Primary Document Excerpt: The Devil Finds Work: Re-reading Race and Identity in Contemporary Life by Cameron McCarthy
And... So... "Where are You/We, Anyway?"
Visitor Bibliography: Peter Hlebowitsh
Visitor Bibliography: Petra Munro
Visitor Bibliography: Bill Watkins

Chapter 10 Imagining the Postmillenial Curriculum Field
Democracy, Globalization, and Technology
Globalizing the Curriculum
Early International Influences
UNESCO Globalization and Curriculum Workers
At Play with Outtakes
A Final Exchange
Momentary Thoughts

Afterword: The Age of Pluralism by Wilma Longstreet

Afterword to the Second Edition: Democratic Education Through Curriculum Work by Jennifer Snow-Gerono

Bibliography

Name Index

Subject Index