Curriculum studies visions and imaginings

Engaging the disciplinary context through vision and imaginings Petro du Preez & Chris Reddy The field of Curriculum has been in constant flux since its inception in the early 20 1 h century and continues to shift and change (Breault & Marshall, 2010).There have been various factors and influences that have resulted in major theoretical shifts impacting on theory and practice. Globalisation and local political power shifts have been influential in the last two decades and this has left a lasting impression on the field (Smith, 1998). One of the radical shifts, historically, has been the rise in reconceptualist thinking (Pinar, 2013) during the 1970s which presented a major challenge to the hegemonic ideas of curriculum that were then the norm.This is often considered an important paradigm shift in the field which opened up broader understandings of the construct curriculum by including more social and critical influences thus, in a sense, breaking away from the scientific mode of management and development that was characteristic ofTylerian and Taylorian ideas (Kliebard, 2013).