A Praxis of Presence in Curriculum Theory: Advancing Currere against Cultural Crises in Education

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Building on his seminal methodological contribution to the field – currere – here William F. Pinar posits a praxis of presence as a unique form of individual engagement against current cultural crises in education. Bringing together a series of updated essays, articles, and new writings to form this comprehensive volume, Pinar first demonstrates how a praxis of presence furthers the study of curriculum as lived experience to overcome self-enclosure, restart lived and historical time, and understand technology through a process of regression, progression, analysis, and synthesis. Pinar then further illustrates how this practice can inform curricular responses to countering presentism, narcissism, and techno-utopianism in educators’ work with "digital natives." Ultimately, this book offers researchers, scholars, and teacher educators in the fields of curriculum theory, the sociology of education, and educational policy more broadly the analytical and methodological tools by which to advance their understanding of currere, and in doing so, allows them to tackle the main cultural issues that educators face today. Cover Half Title Series Page Title Page Copyright Page Dedication Table of Contents Preface About the Author Other Recent Writings Chapter 1: Currere1 The Method Complicated Conversation Autobiography Cultural Crises Notes Bibliography Chapter 2: Presence Presence Notes Bibliography Chapter 3: Study1 Study Relationship History, Poetry, Latin Notes Bibliography Chapter 4: Individuality Opposition Subjective Reconstruction Notes Bibliography Chapter 5: Authority1 Relationships Parrhesia Conclusion Notes Bibliography Chapter 6: Authorship Reactivation Nothing Else Notes Bibliography Chapter 7: Sadism1 Poverty Accountability Stifling Teachers’ Creativity Conclusion Notes Bibliography Chapter 8: Technologization1 Privatization Place Pain Practicality Conclusion Notes Bibliography Chapter 9: Teaching1 The Techno-Nation-State A Techno-Totalitarian State of Mind Digital Citizenship Being Online Presence of the Human Subject Notes Bibliography Chapter 10: Experience 1 Notes Bibliography Chapter 11: Nineteen Seventy-Two1 That First Year Notes Bibliography Chapter 12: Reconceptualization1 Notes Bibliography Chapter 13: Reactivation1 A Sensual Spirituality Notes Bibliography Chapter 14: Absence Profilicity Cultural Crises Notes Bibliography Appendix Currere Bibliography Index