CURRICULUM THEORIES AND CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT WILL BE DISCUSSED GLOBALLY AND COMPREHENSIVELY IN THIS COURSE. THE FOCUS OF DISCUSSION WILL BE A CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF VARIOUS SCHOOLS OF THOUGHTS ON CURRICULUM PRACTICED CURRENTLY IN THE WORLD. EMPHASIS WILL ALSO BE GIVEN TO METAPHORIC CURRICULUM; INQUISITIVE CURRICULUM, RATIONALIZATION IN CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT, EPISTEMOLOGY OF PARADIGM AND CURRICULUM PARADIGM, HUMANITY PERSPECTIVES, TECHNOLOGY, COGNITIVE, RECONSTRUCTIVISM, EXISTENTIALISM, ISLAMIC AND POST-MODERNIZATION. THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CURRICULUM THEORIES AND CIVILIZATIONS AND HUMAN CULTURE AT SPECIFIC PLACES WILL ALSO BE HIGHLIGHTED IN THIS COURSE.
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