A Praxis of Presence in Curriculum Theory - 9781032079769

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A Praxis of Presence in Curriculum TheoryAdvancing Currere against Cultural Crises in Education\nAuthor(s): William F. Pinar\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781032079769, 978-1032079769\nSynopsis\nBuilding on his seminal methodological contribution to the field currere here William F. Pinar posits a praxis of presence as a unique form of individual engagement against current cultural crises in education. Bringing together a series of updated essays, articles, and new writings to form this comprehensive volume, Pinar first demonstrates how a praxis of presence furthers the study of curriculum as lived experience to overcome self-enclosure, restart lived and historical time, and understand technology through a process of regression, progression, analysis, and synthesis. Pinar then further illustrates how this practice can inform curricular responses to countering presentism, narcissism, and techno-utopianism in e.