CURRICULUM BETWEEN THEORY AND PRACTICE A FURTHER APPROACH OF CURRICULUM
Keywords:
curriculum models, curriculum as process and as result, metaphor and drama, committed learning style, qualitative learningAbstract
The paper intends to go further with the approach of discussing about the core concepts of curriculum. A brief theoretical presentation (structured on two chapters) intends to substantiate the practical approach which is briefly described, analyzed and argued further. It is an extract from a long term research developed with the students trained to be specialists in the area of education (bachelor and master degrees levels). This research is intrinsically connected to the didactic activity. It is the normality of a scholar‟s activity, in my opinion. An academic professor is firstly an educator and the indispensable research must be connected to the practical educational process seen both as field of research and aim of this research.References
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