Contents // PREFACE TO THE THIRD EDITION // Introduction // PART 1 Curriculum Development as a Field of Study // 15 // 1. Introduction to Curriculum Development, Reconceptualization, // and Postmodernity 17 // 2. Historical Perspectives on Curriculum as a Field of Study 37 // 3. The Reconceptualization of Curriculum Studies 61 // 4. Postmodern Schooling, Curriculum, and the Theological Text 75 // PART II Complicated Conversations in Contemporary // Curriculum Development 117 // 5. The Hermeneutic Circle and the Interpretive Process 119 // 6. Gender, Sexuality, Race, and Ethnicity in a Multicultural and // Diverse Milieu 149 // 7. Postmodern Philosophies in Curriculum Studies 195 // 8. Curriculum for Interdependence and Ecological Sustainability 207 // 9. Utopian Visions, Democracy, and the Egalitarian Ideal 229 // 10. Aesthetic Inquiry, Arts-Based Research, and the Proleptic Moment 243 // PART III Curriculum Development in the Postmodern Era 267 // 11. Time and Complexity 269 // 12. A Vision of Curriculum in the Postmodern Era 281 // VII // viii Contents // GLOSSARY 295 // REFERENCES 313 // SUBJECT INDEX 337 // NAME INDEX 341