Overview
- Uses Pinar's theory of subjective reconstruction to engage with new theories of curriculum studies
- Centers a spiritual understanding of curriculum from a non-western perspective
- Provides an example of how subjectivity can be reconstructed by academic knowledge and experience
- Juxtaposes understandings of subjectivity from both Western and Eastern perspectives
Part of the book series: Curriculum Studies Worldwide (CSWW)
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About this book
This book proposes a new way of understanding the concept of currere, first described by William Pinar, as an approach to curriculum studies. Derived from her subject position as a Chinese woman who has studied in Beijing and Hong Kong and now researches in Vancouver, the author sets out to contribute to the distinctiveness of a Chinese cosmopolitan theory of curriculum as experienced: the initial formulation of a Chinese currere. Juxtaposing currere with elements of ancient Chinese philosophical thought to inform a cosmopolitan concept of spirituality, chapters articulate the author's own journey through subjective reconstruction, shedding light on how her subjectivity has been reconstructed through autobiography and academic study toward a coherent self capable of sustained, critical, and creative engagement with the world.
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About the author
Wanying Wang is Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of British Columbia, Canada. She holds PhDs in both Curriculum Studies and Curriculum Innovation and Higher Education. She has previously published books and papers on currere, autobiography, cosmopolitanism, curriculum change, educational leadership, general education, and Chinese higher education.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Chinese Currere, Subjective Reconstruction, and Attunement
Book Subtitle: When Calls My Heart
Authors: Wanying Wang
Series Title: Curriculum Studies Worldwide
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-41061-2
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Education, Education (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-41060-5Published: 17 March 2020
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-41061-2Published: 16 March 2020
Series ISSN: 2731-6386
Series E-ISSN: 2731-6394
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XII, 136
Topics: Curriculum Studies, Educational Philosophy, Philosophy of Education, Non-Western Philosophy, Teaching and Teacher Education