Curriculum History Reconsidered

Nordic curriculum history research basically forms part of an international universe historically related to the new sociology of education and critical curriculum theory. In many ways this tradition can be seen as a critical corrective of the optimistic scientific‐rational conception of curriculum and the study of curriculum history on that base. However, the critical tradition can be further developed by being related to ways of analysing on‐going contestation over curriculum questions, using and elaborating a societal theory of curriculum history and the critical pragmatic perspective.