Complexifying Curriculum Studies: Reflections on the Generative and Generous Gifts of William E. Doll, Jr. [Hardcover]

The essays in this volume bring together leading-edge scholars to illuminate the work of William E. Doll, Jr., as a key curriculum thinker of global impact, and introduce his work and influence to new generations of scholars, teachers, and students of education. Drawing on their individual contexts, contributors cover a range of topics and themes, including engagement with pragmatism, the work of John Dewey, and the inclusion of post-modern, chaos, and complexity theories to education and curriculum. Advancing our understanding and conversation of existing problems and possibilities in education, this collection serves as both an homage to Doll and a call for action and consideration of what matters in education.

1. IntroductionFrom The Echo of Gods Laughter : The Generative and Generous Gifts of William E. Doll, Jr. to Curriculum Studies&nbsp; Part I: Of Influence, Inspiration, and Intellectual Adventure&nbsp; 2. Dynamics of a Scholarly Life: Conversational Complexity in Pursuit of the Mysterium Tremendum&nbsp; 3. Toward the Reenchantment of Curriculum: A Study on William Dolls Post-modern Curriculum Theory&nbsp; 4. Education as Liberating Experience: Bill Doll's Scholarship and Contested Legacies of Euro-American Curriculum Theories from Descartes Onwards&nbsp; 5. Thoroughly (Post-Modern) Billy&nbsp; 6. Travels with Bill in Search of America (and Beyond)&nbsp; Part II: Of Engagement, Immersion, and Transformative Experience&nbsp; 7. The . . . Readiness . . . To Be All Ears &nbsp; 8. Engaging Engaging: Topological Reflections Prompted by Bill Doll&nbsp; 9. Playful Engagement with Difference&nbsp; <lã<