Clarifies misperceptions of the author's analysis of the theory-practice dualism manifest in reconceptualist curriculum theorizing, replying to Henderson's inquiry about the author's perspective on curriculum practice by discussing the ideas of Tyler and Schwab and curriculum enactment. Proposes further deliberation on testing the new theories in…

Discusses various facets of curriculum theorizing in education, describing five characteristics of contemporary curriculum theorizing and expanding on two: (1) the politics of social and cultural theory and social difference, which undergirds and is the dominant premise from which much curriculum, theorizing is currently undertaken and (2) the…

Charts social influences and conflicts in educational theory as they interacted in shaping curriculum and educational practice around 1900. Discusses the observations and viewpoints of various educational theoreticians and reformers. (GC)