Approx. 1200 words This includes all text (headings, in-text citations, captions and direct quotes). It excludes the Reference List. No 10% +/-.
Synthesise and reflect on key ideas raised in the 8 readings listed. Your synthesis should demonstrate a depth of
understanding of the ideas raised about topics like the intended curriculum, the education system, educators, learners
and/or their experiences, including what impacts on these.
Reference using APA 7th edition. You must include page numbers in all of your in-text references.
Not using 8 of the required references will result in a fail (The required readings are listed or attached where possible)
Many of the required readings are from “B. Gobby & R. Walker (eds). Powers of curriculum: Sociological perspectives on education .Oxford University Press. Please accurately refer to the specified sections of this textbook. The entire textbook cannot be attached due to DRM issues.
Required reference 1: Gobby, B. (2017). What is curriculum? In B. Gobby & R. Walker (eds). Powers of curriculum: Sociological perspectives on education (p. 5-34)
Required reference 2: Portelli, J.A. & Vibert, A.B. (2010). A curriculum of life, Education Canada, 42(2), 36-39. This PDF is attached.
Required reference 3: Gobby, B. & Karnovsky, S. (2017). Questioning how and what we know: new concepts to approach education. In B. Gobby & R. Walker. (eds). Powers of curriculum: Sociological perspectives on education. (pp. 61-85). Oxford University Press.
Required reference 4: Giamminuti, S. (2017). Educators’ philosophies: Encountering and weaving images. In B. Gobby & R. Walker. (eds). Powers of curriculum: Sociological perspectives on education. (pp. 86-117). Oxford University Press.
Required reference 5: Down, B. (2017). Critically reflective practice: What is it and why is it needed now? In B. Gobby & R. Walker. (eds). Powers of curriculum: Sociological perspectives on education. (pp. 118-141). Oxford University Press.
Required reference 6: Merewether, J. (2017). Environment: The Third Teacher. In B. Gobby & R. Walker (eds). Powers of curriculum: Sociological perspectives on education. (pp. 394-418). Oxford University Press
Required reference 7: Mackey, G. (2016). Love the place where you belong: Ecological identity in early childhood, Early Education, 60, 26-30. This is attached
Required reference 8: Critical Pedagogy for Early Childhood
and Elementary Educators. Teaching for transformation (Chapter 10: pp. 71-83). This is attached
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