Curriculum Studies Worldwide: When Calls My Heart

Wang, Wanying

This book proposes a new way of understanding the concept of currere, first described by William Pinar, as an approach to curriculum studies. Derived from her subject position as a Chinese woman who has studied in Beijing and Hong Kong and now researches in Vancouver, the author sets out to contribute to the distinctiveness of a Chinese cosmopolitan theory of curriculum as experienced: the initial formulation of a Chinese currere. Juxtaposing currere with elements of ancient Chinese philosophical thought to inform a cosmopolitan concept of spirituality, chapters articulate the author's own journey through subjective reconstruction, shedding light on how her subjectivity has been reconstructed through autobiography and academic study toward a coherent self capable of sustained, critical, and creative engagement with the world.

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Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 2020-03-17

Format: Hardcover

ISBN-13: 9783030410605

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-41061-2

Dimensions: 210cm x148cm

Pages: 136