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Curriculum decisions shape students' understanding of power from "summary" of Education and Power by Michael W. Apple
The decisions made about what is to be included in the curriculum have a profound influence on how students come to understand power. This is because the curriculum not only reflects but also reinforces existing power relations within society. It is through the selection of what is to be taught that certain forms of knowledge are privileged over others, certain perspectives are centered while others are marginalized. In this way, the curriculum becomes a site where power dynamics are both reproduced and contested. When certain topics, events, or voices are omitted from the curriculum, students are effectively being taught that these are not important or worthy of consideration. This can have a l...Similar Posts
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