Perhaps even more importantly, the speech forces us to think afresh about how the knowledge that gets included in the curriculum gets selected. What knowledge? Whose knowledge? What knowledge is to be excluded? By merging the wikirriculum ideal of the curriculum into a politically right view of the importance of conservative restorationism, Michael Gove's speech invites particular kinds of voices and concerns into the debate about curriculum reform. Will we end up with some kind of politically rightist remix of the open source curriculum ideal?
Christina Cantrill on 20 Dec 12At the outset we identified the emerging tendency towards centrifugality in the 'reimagineering' of the curriculum for the future. Have we come any closer to working out the implications of 'centrifugal schooling'? Do we still believe that centrifugal schooling represents the future-for better or worse-for organized education? What does centrifugal schooling mean for curriculum development? How does centrifugal schooling engage with youth media? These remain open questions.