Böcker av Joao M. Paraskeva

The volume provides crucial approaches from leading educators, curriculum theorists, and pedagogues since the emergence of curriculum as a field of studies. It underlines the wrangles within and beyond hegemonic and counter-hegemonic curriculum inquiry exploring the advances, accomplishments, and frustrations of a particular radical critical river of intellectuals¿what Paraskeva calls the "generation of utopia"¿in the struggle for a just society."Thanks to a keenly discerning eye, Paraskeva has crafted an essential tool for stepping back and taking epistemological stock of the course the field has taken and the directions in which it is now being steered."¿Cathryn Teasley, University of A Coruña, Spain"¿Under one roof¿ Paraskeva captures the writings, ruminations, and reflections of germinal authors from what I characterize as the ¿porous¿ field of curriculum studies."¿Todd, Price National Louis University, USA"Paraskeva strikes again and provides key foundational documents in a volume that should be examined by all educators committed to social and cognitive justice."¿James Jupp, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, USA"Paraskeväs reader is imperative to those unhappy with the current state of the field and who want to know how curriculum theorizing relates to other areas of thinking."¿Fatma M¿z¿kac¿, Ankara University, Turkey"João Paraskeväs edited book offers a wonderfully comprehensive examination of the leading and common means of theorizing knowledge in educational thought."¿Anthony Brown, University of Texas, Austin, USA"Paraskeväs volume provides a powerful understanding of the struggles between hegemonic perspectives and a dispersed counter-hegemonic radical critical river¿as he insightfully labeled ¿a generation of utopiä¿a river of hope and possibility."¿Maria Nikolakaki, University of Peloponnese, Greece

En todo el mundo, el currículo -ciencias duras, ciencias sociales y humanidades- ha sido dominado y legitimado por el predominio occidental de prácticas y discursos eurocéntricos anglófonos. Partiendo de y dentro de una gama compleja de perspectivas epistemológicas de Oriente Medio, África, el sur de Europa y América Latina, este volumen presenta un análisis de lo que el autor, influenciado por la obra de Sousa Santos, acuña "epistemicidios curriculares", una forma de imperialismo occidental utilizada para reprimir y eliminar la creación de conocimientos alternativos, rivales, en los países en desarrollo.Este ejercicio del poder niega una educación que permita la diversidad de epistemologías, disciplinas, teorías, conceptos y experiencias. El autor describe la lucha por la justicia social dentro del campo del currículo, así como una base para la introducción de una Teoría Curricular Itinerante, destacando el potencial de este nuevo enfoque para la futura praxis pedagógica y política.

The volume brings challenges critical educators to decolonize and to deterritorialize, providing scholars and educators a more nuanced analysis. By offering strategies to achieve a just curriculum theory, and by positioning curriculum theory to establish social and cognitive justice, this book aims to educate a more just and democratic society.

This book challenges educators to be agents of change, to take history into their own hands, and to make social justice central to the educational endeavor. Paraskeva embraces a pedagogy of hope championed by Paulo Freire where people become conscious of their capacity to intervene in the world to make it less discriminatory and more humane.