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ERIC Number: EJ586995
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1999
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0013-189X
"Extracting Sun-Beams out of Cucumbers": The Retreat from Practice in Reconceptualized Curriculum Studies.
Wraga, William G.
Educational Researcher, v28 n1 p4-13 Jan-Feb 1999
Documents and explains three manifestations of the split between theory and practice in reconceptualized curriculum studies. Evaluates this split against the educational theory of John Dewey, considers the obligations of professional schools and land-grant universities, and suggests implications of the curriculum theory-practice split for curriculum development and schooling. (SLD)
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Curriculum Research, Educational Practices, Educational Research, Educational Theories, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Professional Education, Theory Practice Relationship
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive; Speeches/Meeting Papers
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Dewey (John)
Note: Version of a paper presented at the Annual Conference of the American Association for Teaching and Curriculum (San Antonio, TX, October 17, 1996). For related documents, see UD 521 510-511.