Conflicts in Curriculum Theory

" In Conflicts in Curriculum Theory, João M. Paraskeva has written an extraordinarily important and timely book. The principal arguments of this volume are rigorously formulated and thoughtfully presented. It is a necessary and trenchant intervention in an age full of sound and fury in the curriculum field and elsewhere in contemporary society. Using the spatial referent of the river as a central organizing metaphor, Paraskeva expertly navigates the boisterous tributaries of the curriculum field cautioning us against neoliberal self-satisfaction, disciplinary tribalism, and dogmatism that he notes undermine meaningful communicative action and purposive orientation towards truly transformative change. This is a tour de force of a book filled with glittering forays and powerful, expansive, pragmatic, and prescriptive insight. Paraskeva' s is a sharp, incisive, and distinctive voice. Conflicts in Curriculum Theory is rich, provocative and eminently readable. " Cameron McCarthy, Professor of Education Policy, Organization, and Leadership, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA

" A powerful challenge to the underlying epistemological forces of schooling, which have well-sustained a hidden curriculum of cultural invasion and made a mockery of indigenous knowledge. In light of this travesty, Paraskeva' s timely volume calls for an uncompromising reassertion of history, culture, and politics into our understanding, formation, and practice of what constitutes adecolonizing curriculum - one boldly committed to social justice and the unlimited democratic possibilities inherent in our humanity. " Antonia Darder, Leavey Endowed Chair in Ethics and Moral Leadership, Loyola Marymount University, USA

" Paraskeva provides us with a map of the river that is Western curriculum history with as many cross-currents, eddies, flows, and branching streams as the Mississippi; but, more importantly, he provides us a corrected vision drawn from the work of African and other non-Western scholars to provide the direction and hope necessary for a justly democratic deterritorialized curriculum theory. " - Richard Quantz, Professor, Department of Educational Leadership, Miami University, Ohio, USA

" Conflicts in Curriculum Theory: Challenging Hegemonic Epistemologies, makes an important and timely contribution to the internationalization of curriculum studies. " - Alberta Journal of Educational Research