There is fierce controversy in the United States over whether parents should be able to choose their children's schools and/or curriculum. To discuss the pedagogical arguments inherent in this question, Todd Alan Price and Ruprecht Mattig begin with the classical concept of "Bildung" as developed by Wilhelm von Humboldt around 1800.…

In education, we are concerned with the teaching and learning of subjects, but the word "subject" can refer to the discipline being studied as well as the individual who is studying. In this essay, Teresa Strong-Wilson explores this "double entendre" (which William Pinar refers to as the "double consciousness") of…

This paper begins a construction of curricular history by addressing the social orientation of Thorndike's psychology and its implications for the curriculum field. (MM)

Examines how curriculum theorizing can be inspirational principally through discussion of a book entitled "Understanding Curriculum" (W. Pinar, W. Reynolds, P. Slattery, and P. Taubman). Concludes that, in addition to written texts, the lived experience of all who teach and learn must be "read" and thoughtfully included. (SM)

Harold Rugg of Teachers College, Columbia University, died in 1960. Author presents an analysis of his ideas about creativity" which only recently have become the concern of sociologists, psychologists and educators. (MB)