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Class, Caste, the Curriculum Cycle and the Cusp Catastrophe
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Thompson, Michael – Studies in Higher Education, 1976
An analysis of the two basic types of curriculum (collection curriculum, emphasizing the autonomy of subjects, and integrated curriculum, emphasizing the connections between subjects) and the theory of their cyclical relationship through redefinition and collapse of subject boundaries in relationship to political forces for purity and relevance.…
Descriptors: Curriculum, Curriculum Design, Curriculum Development, Educational Change