Curriculum Windows is an ongoing project I have been conducting with Doctoral Students in a Curriculum Studies Core Seminar called "EDL 765: Curriculum, Pedagogy, and Diversity" (see syllabus under "Courses" button here). The course is offered in the spring each year. In Spring 2012, students in the course read curriculum books of the 1960s, with the academic/intellectual purpose of showing how the book and the author's ideas resonate/guide/inspire/teach today (or not) and influence current trends and issues in curriculum (or not).
The Project's Backstory: In 2008, my colleague Bob Burke and I "inherited" our curriculum advisor's curriculum books library. Norm Overly, long-time faculty member at Indiana University and our dear friend, donated his books to us to be shared with students. Inspired by the stacks of books from the 50s, 60s, 70s, and 80s, I began to wonder how much we could learn if we re-read them and considered their impact and possible inspiration.
In the course, we used William Schubert & Ann Lynn Lopez Schubert's book Curriculum Books (2002, Peter Lang) as a guide/filter to pick our texts for study. In the Spring course in 2013, students studied curriculum books of the 1970s, in Spring 2014, curriculum books of the 1980s, and in Spring 2015, curriculum books of the 1990s. So far, the chapters from the 2012 and 2013 and 2014 sessions are published in book form (1960s volume in 2013 and the 1970s volume in 2015 and the 1980s volume in 2016, and the 1990s volume in 2017, take a look at my books page above). Members of the 60s group, led by Kelly Waldrop, presented their work at The Bergamo Curriculum Conference sponsored by the Journal of Curriculum Theorizing (JCT) on Saturday October 20, 2012, at 2:45pm in Dayton, Ohio. Bill Schubert was the respondent for our session. Dr. Schubert visited Miami February 26-28, 2013, to engage the authors and the Spring 2013 class studying the 1970s (See event poster here: /uploads/9/5/8/7/9587563/schubert_poster_final.pdf). The 70s group presented its work at the American Association for Teaching and Curriculum (AATC) annual meeting on October 10, 2013, in Chicago. Dr. Schubert was our respondent in the session. Many students from the courses over the years gave a book talk on the Curriculum Windows Project at the 16th Annual Curriculum & Pedagogy Group Conference in Cleveland, Ohio, on November 5, 2015. More to come!
The Project's Backstory: In 2008, my colleague Bob Burke and I "inherited" our curriculum advisor's curriculum books library. Norm Overly, long-time faculty member at Indiana University and our dear friend, donated his books to us to be shared with students. Inspired by the stacks of books from the 50s, 60s, 70s, and 80s, I began to wonder how much we could learn if we re-read them and considered their impact and possible inspiration.
In the course, we used William Schubert & Ann Lynn Lopez Schubert's book Curriculum Books (2002, Peter Lang) as a guide/filter to pick our texts for study. In the Spring course in 2013, students studied curriculum books of the 1970s, in Spring 2014, curriculum books of the 1980s, and in Spring 2015, curriculum books of the 1990s. So far, the chapters from the 2012 and 2013 and 2014 sessions are published in book form (1960s volume in 2013 and the 1970s volume in 2015 and the 1980s volume in 2016, and the 1990s volume in 2017, take a look at my books page above). Members of the 60s group, led by Kelly Waldrop, presented their work at The Bergamo Curriculum Conference sponsored by the Journal of Curriculum Theorizing (JCT) on Saturday October 20, 2012, at 2:45pm in Dayton, Ohio. Bill Schubert was the respondent for our session. Dr. Schubert visited Miami February 26-28, 2013, to engage the authors and the Spring 2013 class studying the 1970s (See event poster here: /uploads/9/5/8/7/9587563/schubert_poster_final.pdf). The 70s group presented its work at the American Association for Teaching and Curriculum (AATC) annual meeting on October 10, 2013, in Chicago. Dr. Schubert was our respondent in the session. Many students from the courses over the years gave a book talk on the Curriculum Windows Project at the 16th Annual Curriculum & Pedagogy Group Conference in Cleveland, Ohio, on November 5, 2015. More to come!
Read Samples from Curriculum Windows: What Curriculum Theorists of the 1960s Can Teach Us About Schools and Society Today
Bill Schubert's Foreword "In Praise of Historical Windows on Curriculum" /uploads/9/5/8/7/9587563/schubert_foreword.pdf
Tom Poetter's Introduction "Curriculum Windows to Tomorrow: Openings for Curriculum Theory and Practice Today Despite Hauntings and Zombies" /uploads/9/5/8/7/9587563/introduction_curriculum_windows.pdf
Susan Smith's "Hilda Taba -- Curriculum Pioneer and Architect" /uploads/9/5/8/7/9587563/smith_taba.pdf
Jocelyn Weeda's "Summerhill: A Call for Significance in a World of Irrelevance" /uploads/9/5/8/7/9587563/weeda_summerhill.pdf