In this episode I unpack an excerpt from Schubert’s (1986) book titled “Curriculum: Perspective, paradigm, and possibility,” which describes different examples, intents, and criticisms of “images” or “characterizations” of curriculum.

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00:00 Intro

00:22 My single sentence summary

01:34 What are images of curricula?

02:51 Different images of curricula

03:37 Curriculum as content or subject matter

05:19 Curriculum as program of planned activities

09:33 Curriculum as intended learning outcomes

12:25 Curriculum as cultural reproduction

14:27 Curriculum as experience

18:34 Curriculum as discrete tasks and concepts

20:55 Curriculum as an agenda for social reconstruction

23:36 Curriculum as currere

26:30 Metaphors of curriculum

28:24 Lingering questions and thoughts

28:30 What images, characterizations, and metaphors of curricula resonated with you as a student?

29:43 What images, characterizations, and metaphors do some domains or fields of study gravitate toward over others?

30:43 Outro