Forging the American Curriculum

Herbert M. Kliebard was a historian of education and professor emeritus at the University of Wisconsin¿Madison. He is best known for his 1995 book, The Struggle for the American Curriculum.

Originally published in 1992. This is a collection of 12 seminal essays that represents the best of Herbert M. Kliebard's writing and reflection on the history and theory of curriculum studies.

Introduction Part 1: Essays in Curriculum History 1. The Decline of Humanistic Studies in the American School Curriculum (1984) 2. The Liberal Arts Curriculum and Its Enemies: The Effort to Redefine General Education (1988) 3. Keeping Out of Nature¿s Way: The Rise and Fall of Child Study as the Basis for Curriculum, 1880-1905 (1992) 4. Dewey and the Herbartians: The Genesis of a Theory of Curriculum (1981) 5. The Rise of Scientific Curriculum-Making and its Aftermath (1975) 6. Success and Failure in Educational Reform: Are There Historical `Lessons¿? (1989) Part 2: Essays in Curriculum Theory 7. Bureaucracy and Curriculum Theory (1971) 8. What Is the Question in Teacher Education? (1973) 9. The Tyler Rationale (1970) 10. Curriculum Theory: Give Me a "For Instance" (1976) 11. Vocational Education as Symbolic Action: Connecting Schooling with the Workplace (1990) 12. Curriculum Theory as Metaphor (1982)