The Theoretically Ideal Curriculum Statement: Reflections of a Curriculum Student
Abstract
Curriculum students are often required to identify with various theories and philosophical perspectives from the onset of their curriculum studies. Generally, we present these as opposing forces, and students often feel that one set of goals for instruction (usually the more recent) is more superior to the others. Curriculum workers have struggled to present varying perspectives of the curriculum as a united voice of hope for a better world. In this personal reflection, I lament, as well as express my desire for a more unified future. I contribute to the progressive development of the field by presenting a curriculum statement representing the eclectic: the fusion of all perspectives. I revisit the popular factory model of education and ask the reader to consider the requirements of life outside of the factory while considering the inescapable necessity of modern-day factory skills. I conclude with a poem that I wrote during one of my meditative moments of currere—a poem of unity and a common methodology.
Presentation Description
Curriculum students are often required to identify with various theories and philosophical perspectives from the onset of their curriculum studies. Generally, we present these as opposing forces, and students often feel that one set of goals for instruction (usually the more recent) is more superior to the others. Curriculum workers have struggled to present varying perspectives of the curriculum as a united voice of hope for a better world. In this personal reflection, I lament, as well as express my desire for a more unified future. I contribute to the progressive development of the field by presenting a curriculum statement representing the eclectic: the fusion of all perspectives. I revisit the popular factory model of education and ask the reader to consider the requirements of life outside of the factory while considering the inescapable necessity of modern-day factory skills. I conclude with a poem that I wrote during one of my meditative moments of currere—a poem of unity and a common methodology.
Location
Stream C: Curriculum Dialogues
Publication Type and Release Option
Presentation (Open Access)
Recommended Citation
Norbert, Elisha, "The Theoretically Ideal Curriculum Statement: Reflections of a Curriculum Student" (2020). Curriculum Studies Summer Collaborative. 35.
https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/cssc/2020/2020/35
The Theoretically Ideal Curriculum Statement: Reflections of a Curriculum Student
Stream C: Curriculum Dialogues
Curriculum students are often required to identify with various theories and philosophical perspectives from the onset of their curriculum studies. Generally, we present these as opposing forces, and students often feel that one set of goals for instruction (usually the more recent) is more superior to the others. Curriculum workers have struggled to present varying perspectives of the curriculum as a united voice of hope for a better world. In this personal reflection, I lament, as well as express my desire for a more unified future. I contribute to the progressive development of the field by presenting a curriculum statement representing the eclectic: the fusion of all perspectives. I revisit the popular factory model of education and ask the reader to consider the requirements of life outside of the factory while considering the inescapable necessity of modern-day factory skills. I conclude with a poem that I wrote during one of my meditative moments of currere—a poem of unity and a common methodology.
