Contents: William H. Schubert: Foreword: Reflections on the Place of Curriculum - David M. Callejo Perez/Stephen M. Fain/Judith J. Slater: Introduction: Understanding Place as a Social Aspect of Education - Stephen M. Fain: The Construction of Public Space - Judith J. Slater: The Erosion of the Public Space - Donna L. Adair Breault: The Fall of the Public Academic - Margaret Macintyre Latta: Traces, Patterns, Texture: In Search of Aesthetic Teaching/Learning Encounters - Bruce Uhrmacher: An Environment for Developing Souls: The Ideas of Rudolph Steiner - Cheryl J. Craig: School as Parkland: The Re-invention of a Story of School - Michael W. Apple: Away with All Teachers: The Cultural Politics of Home Schooling - David M. Callejo Perez: Identity, Literature, Schools, and Race: Southern Writers and Literature as a Metaphor for Place - Corey Lesseig: Getting from Farmhouse to Schoolhouse: School Consolidation, Pupil Transportation, and the Limits of Educational Reform in Mississippi - David M. Callejo Perez/Stephen M. Fain/Judith J. Slater: Epilogue.
The Editors: David M. Callejo Perez is Assistant Professor of Curriculum Studies and Foundations at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. His research focuses on the role of identity and literature formation. Callejo Perez is the author of Southern Hospitality (Peter Lang, 2001). Stephen M. Fain teaches courses in curriculum history and theory at Florida International University, where he is also Fellow in the Honors College. His interests include school improvement and curriculum development. Fain is co-editor of The Freirean Legacy (Peter Lang, 2002). Judith J. Slater is Professor of Education at Florida International University, where she teaches courses in curriculum theory, evaluation, and organizational culture. Slater is the author of Anatomy of Collaboration and Acts of Alignment (Peter Lang, 2000), as well as other books and articles.
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