Rethinking Curriculum in Times of Shifting Educational Context
This book engages with the dynamic intersection of several domains such as philosophy, psychology, sociology, and pedagogy, in order to critically analyze and reinvent our understanding of curriculum. The chapters raise important questions such as: what a
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Rethinking Curriculum in Times of Shifting Educational Context
Rethinking Curriculum in Times of Shifting Educational Context
Kaustuv Roy
Rethinking Curriculum in Times of Shifting Educational Context
Kaustuv Roy PESSE Campus Azim Premji University Pixel A PESSE Campus Bengaluru, India
ISBN 978-3-319-61105-1 ISBN 978-3-319-61106-8 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-61106-8 Library of Congress Control Number: 2017946019 © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are solely and exclusively licensed by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. The publisher remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. Cover design by Thomas Howey Printed on acid-free paper This Palgrave Macmillan imprint is published by Springer Nature The registered company is Springer International Publishing AG The registered company address is: Gewerbestrasse 11, 6330 Cham, Switzerland
Preface
There was a charged atmosphere those days among the curriculum group on campus at Baton Rouge, LA, USA. In the Fall, the annual curriculum conference at Bergamo, Italy, which everyone looked forward to, was held in a magnificent monastic cloister with old pergolas, walkways, and recesses adding to a sense of elevation. Sitting there on a bench beneath the glorious trees and the marvelous silence, one was reminded of Margaret Mead’s words, spoken half a century or more ago, that just as there were great discoveries in science, we now needed such discoveries in the area of human relations. On the way back, thought nibbled at T.S. Eliot’s musings in The Sacred Wood on what it means to be a poet (for some of the most significant discoveries in human relations are made in poetry): “What happens is a continual surrender of himself as he is at the moment to something which is more valuable. The progress of an artist is a continual self-sacrifice, a continual extinction of personality.” When the two utterances are brought together (Mead’s and Eliot’s), one m
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