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López López, Ligia – Curriculum Inquiry, 2020
From the vantage point of Ta Moko, this paper reads educational practices as ancestral rituals engendering antibrownness. Antibrownness is the social and analytical routine that this paper attempts to unsettle by examining the curricular practices of difference making in literacy in primary education in the US as the locus of colonial…
Descriptors: Social Bias, Racial Bias, Popular Culture, Literacy Education
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Diorio, Joseph A. – Curriculum Inquiry, 1986
Where a plurality of opinions exists, the effect of uniform educational policy denies a minority group's desires for equal rights and serves partisan views. Dworkin's theory of rights supports this perspective. Governmental imposition of uniform schooling practices on unwilling persons is an illegitimate devaluation of some citizens' lives. (36…
Descriptors: Civil Rights, Educational Administration, Educational Improvement, Educational Policy
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Ramsay, Peter D. K. – Curriculum Inquiry, 1983
In response to Jean Anyon ("Social Class and School Knowledge," Curriculum Inquiry 11:3-41), the author doubts four of Anyon's findings about social justification in the presentation of curricula in working-class schools. He finds greater diversity among schools than did Anyon and greater influence of ethnicity than of class. (JW)
Descriptors: Course Content, Curriculum Design, Educational Environment, Elementary Secondary Education
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Diorio, Joseph A. – Curriculum Inquiry, 1982
Deals with the epistemological understanding of teaching. Attempts to describe the nature of the practical field of teaching by exploring (1) the relationship between teaching practice and knowledge about teaching, (2) the degree of autonomy and accountability applicable to teachers, and (3) preparation suitable for teaching. New Zealand's teacher…
Descriptors: Accountability, Drills (Practice), Educational Practices, Educational Theories