Distributing Power through Curriculum Development

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Author(s): Patricia Cranton (University of New Brunswick, Canada)
Copyright: 2014
Pages: 13
Source title: Andragogical and Pedagogical Methods for Curriculum and Program Development
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Viktor Wang (Florida Atlantic University, USA)and Valerie C. Bryan (Florida Atlantic University, USA)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-5872-1.ch002

Keywords: Curriculum Development and Instructional Design / Education / Information Science Reference / Instructional Design

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This chapter explores how power can be distributed in the process of curriculum and program development in adult and higher education. As a theoretical framework, the author relies on Brookfield's writings on power and, in turn, Foucault's writing on power, which has had a strong influence on the thinking of adult education scholars. From there, she turns to practical strategies for distributing power through curriculum development. These include: learners' selection of topics, learners' setting of objectives, learners' selecting methods and materials, learner self-evaluation, equitable discussions, questioning styles, and structural issues. Finally, the author explores future directions for research.

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