Transnational Perspectives on Curriculum History

This book offers a remarkable range of research that emphasises the need to analyse the shaping of curricula under historical, social and political variables. Teachers’ life stories, the Cold War as a contextual element that framed curricular transformations in the US and Europe, and the study of trends in education policy at transnational level are issues addressed throughout. The book presents new lines of work, offering multidisciplinary perspectives and provides an overview of how to move forwards.

The book brings together the work of international specialists on Curriculum History and presents research that offers new perspectives and methodologies from which to approach the study of the History of Education and Educational Policy. It offers new debates which rethink the historical study of the curriculum and offers a strong interdisciplinary approach, with contributions across Education, History and the Social Sciences.

This book will be of great interest for academics and researchers in the fields of education and curriculum studies. It will also appeal to educational professionals, teachers and policy makers.

Gary McCulloch is the inaugural Brian Simon Professor of the History of Education at UCL Institute of Education, UK.

Ivor Goodson is Full Professor of Learning Theory at Education Research Centre, University of Brighton, UK.

Mariano González-Delgado is Assistant Professor of History of Education at Universidad de La Laguna, Spain.