I conclude with a call for more research assessing the effectiveness of systems-oriented instruction and provide guidelines for enhancing the usefulness of such research in the current United States system. With this context, one can view these current calls not as a radical shift of direction, but as a logical next stage in the evolution of curriculum. curricula designed to improve systems thinking) at primary, secondary, and tertiary levels of education. The global turn refers to various consequences of marriage. An introduction to the philosophy of education (Citation 1916/2001) after 101 years, we identify three important turns which separate democracy of Dewey’s times and democracy of today: the global, the ecological, and the digital turn. I follow this theme in order to provide historical context for contemporary calls by scientists and educators for wider use of systems-oriented curricula (i.e. Revisiting Dewey’s Democracy and Education. However, tracing this history, one can see a common theme in the criticisms expressed by both parties: the failure of the existing curriculum to meet the demands presented by an increasingly complex society. History of Curriculum Development Systems Thinking ComplexityĪBSTRACT: The history of curriculum development has been characterized and a series of “crises” with the pendulum shifting between traditionalists’ call for getting back to the basics and the progressives’ focus on the learner. The Evolution of Curriculum Development in the Context of Increasing Social and Environmental Complexity Democracy and education: An introduction to the philosophy of education.
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