Curriculum and Imagination: Process Theory, Pedagogy and Action Research Book

List of tables     ix
Preface     x
Acknowledgments     xix
Curriculum: the theoretic domain     1
The curriculum and its ideological conceptions     3
Curriculum, quality and freedom     37
Curriculum design and theorizing     56
Some limitations of the objectives model in curriculum     70
A process-inquiry model for the design of curriculum     84
Democratic pedagogy: the practical     107
The teacher as researcher: action research as the basis for teaching and professional development     109
Action research and philosophy: origins, nature and conduct of inquiry     123
The action research seminar and democratic pedagogy     137
Controversial issues, evidence and pedagogy     149
Ethics, inquiry and practical reason: towards an improved pedagogy     158
Teacher values and teacher education     175
Teachers' human values and ideologies     177
Curriculum and evaluation: the critical domain     197
The countenance of evaluation and the special place of action research     199
References     218
Index     237