Curricula in their Historical Context: Curriculum Studies in Canada
Pinar Seminar Series 4
Dr. William Pinar | “Allegories of the Present: Curriculum Development in a Culture of Narcissism and Presentism”
Abstract:
The seminars in Canadian curriculum history, politics, and theory are created to showcase the latest work of Dr. William Pinar as a world-renowned scholar in our midst, together with visiting lectures given by leading curriculum scholars in the Canadian context.
The Department of Curriculum and Pedagogy issues an open invitation to all faculty members and graduate students from UBC and neighbouring universities to take advantage of this unique opportunity to engage with the ideas of this critically acclaimed curriculum scholar.
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- Seminar 1 | William Pinar: “Disciplinarity and the Internationalization of Curriculum Studies.” September 23 (Scarfe 310).
- Seminar 2 | William Pinar: “Nationalism, Anti-Americanism,Canadian Identity: Two Moments in Canadian Curriculum Studies.” October 14 (Scarfe 1209).
- Seminar 3 | Nicholas Ng-A-Fook, University of Ottawa: “Questioning Canadian Curriculum Theory: Currere, Denkbild, and Aesthetics.” October 28 (Scarfe 310).
- Seminar 4 | William Pinar: “Allegories of the Present: Curriculum Development in a Culture of Narcissism and Presentism.” November 18 (Scarfe 1209).
- Seminar 5 | Theodore Christou, University of New Brunswick: “Does It Still Illuminate? Progressive Education, and the History of Educational Studies in Canada.” November 25 (Scarfe 310).
Education, and the History of Educational Studies in Canada” (Scarfe 310) VIEW VIDEO - Seminar 6 | Teresa Strong-Wilson, McGill University: “Phantom Traces: The Implications of W.G. Sebald’s ‘Coincidences’ for Memory, Autobiography and Currere in Canadian Curriculum Studies.” January 27 (Scarfe 310).
- Seminar 7 | William Pinar: “Multiculturalism, Nationality, Cosmopolitanism.” February 10 (Scarfe 310).
- Seminar 8 | William Doll, Jr., Donna Trueit, William Pinar: “Pragmatism, Post-Modernism, Complexity Theory: The Collected Works of William E. Doll, Jr.” March 9 (Scarfe 310)
- Seminar 9 | Cynthia Chambers, University of Lethbridge: “Curriculum as Wayfinding.” March 23 (Scarfe 310).