William Arbuckle Reid
Encyclopedia
William A. Reid is a well known British curriculum
theorist. After obtaining his B.A. degree from Cambridge University, he first taught in English high schools. He went on to conduct curriculum research at the University of Birmingham
, where he obtained his Ph.D. He teaches at University of Birmingham.
He elaborated on curriculum theorist Joseph Schwab
's notion of "curriculum deliberation". He is the author of numerous scholarly articles and several books.
Curriculum
See also Syllabus.In formal education, a curriculum is the set of courses, and their content, offered at a school or university. As an idea, curriculum stems from the Latin word for race course, referring to the course of deeds and experiences through which children grow to become mature adults...
theorist. After obtaining his B.A. degree from Cambridge University, he first taught in English high schools. He went on to conduct curriculum research at the University of Birmingham
University of Birmingham
The University of Birmingham is a British Redbrick university located in the city of Birmingham, England. It received its royal charter in 1900 as a successor to Birmingham Medical School and Mason Science College . Birmingham was the first Redbrick university to gain a charter and thus...
, where he obtained his Ph.D. He teaches at University of Birmingham.
He elaborated on curriculum theorist Joseph Schwab
Joseph Schwab
Joseph Schwab was a serial killer who murdered five tourists in the Northern Territory and Western Australia in June 1987. Schwab was dubbed "The Kimberley Killer" by the Australian press after the region in which he committed the murders....
's notion of "curriculum deliberation". He is the author of numerous scholarly articles and several books.
Works
- "Curriculum, Community, and Liberal Education: A Response to the Practical 4", Curriculum Inquiry, Vol. 14, No. 1 (Spring, 1984), pp. 103-111
- "Curriculum as Institutionalized Learning: Implications for Theory and Research", Journal of Curriculum and Supervision, Fall 2003, Volume 19, Number 1, Pages 29-43
- Curriculum as Institution and Practice: Essays in the Deliberative Tradition (1999) (reprint IAP, 2006, ISBN 9781593115074)
- Thinking about the Curriculum: The Nature and Treatment of Curriculum Problems (1978)
Reviews
In Curriculum as Institution and Practice: Essays in the Deliberative Tradition, William Reid acknowledges curriculum studies’ debt to this Deweyan model of deliberation. He asserts that science’s ascendancy in curriculum planning at the turn of the century relegated philosophical deliberation to an inferior position but that Dewey’s works “kept the tradition alive”