Abstract

PEREZ, David Callejo  and  BREAULT, Donna Adair. COMPORTAMENTOS ESTRATÉGICOS PARA PRESERVAR OS ESTUDOS DE CURRÍCULO COMO UMA ÁREA. Contrapontos [online]. 2018, vol.18, n.2, pp.02-17. ISSN 1984-7114.  https://doi.org/10.14210/contrapontos.v18n2.p02-17.

In the last ten years, professors in the field of curriculum studies have seen the impact of their programs decrease. In the midst of these challenges, many of those involved in teaching this subject are seeking to re-align themselves to maintain complicated conversations at the risk of losing programs altogether. This work explores the historical and organizational contexts, in order to offer strategic trajectories for curriculum studies to connect in new ways. Our article is not a treatise on the demise of curriculum studies doctoral programs, but rather, an evaluation of the dramatic shifts taking place in this field. The concerns in our essay are contextualized within the changing nature of education and doctoral programs. We argue that curriculum studies does not fit the new models of graduate work because it is struggling with its identity, and has eschewed most practical applications of theory in order to bridge the divide among the various perspectives in the field, and their role in curriculum work. The curriculum has historically served a critical and unifying role in education to understand the daily lives of educators; support the reflective process in teaching; and enhance the valuation of education as policy. With this in mind, we argue that in order for curriculum studies to survive, we need to find new ways of connecting practice and policy.

Keywords : Curriculum Studies; Curriculum History; Doctoral Education; Curriculum Theory.

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