Like Letters in Running Water - A Mythopoetics of Curriculum (Hardcover)

"Like Letters in Running Water" explores ways in which fiction (prose, drama, poetry, myth, fairytale) yields transformative insights for educational theory and practice. Through a series of intensely original, powerful essays drawing on curriculum theory, literary analysis, psychology, and feminist theory and practice, Doll seeks to confront a commonly held bias that reading literary fictions is "mere" entertainment (not a learning experience). She suggests that fiction has immense teaching power because it connects readers with their alliances within themselves and this connection attends to social, outer issues addressed by traditional pedagogies with greater, deeper awareness. Her elaboration in this book of the concept of "currere"--the lived experience of curriculum--through literature, drama, and myth is a major contribution to the field of curriculum theory.

General

Imprint:	Routledge Member of the Taylor and Francis Group
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Studies in Curriculum Theory Series
Release date:	July 2000
First published:	2000
Authors:	Mary Aswell Doll
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 23mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	269
ISBN-13:	978-0-8058-2984-6
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary theory Books > Social sciences > Education > Educational psychology Books > Social sciences > Education > Organization & management of education > Curriculum planning & development
LSN:	0-8058-2984-9
Barcode:	9780805829846

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