The Struggle for Curriculum Relevance

Abstract

The Struggle for Curriculum Relevance brings to the fore the struggle for curriculum relevance. In such context, the chapter situates such battles historically and in particular with social racial turmoil facing the U.S. within the 1950s and 1960s. In doing so, the chapter highlights the need to understand the struggle for the U.S. curriculum within the vast complex social battles led by individuals and groups such as Paul Robeson, Martin Luther King Jr., Rosa Parks, Malcolm X, Civil Rights Movements, Romantic Critics, Students revolt, counter-culture groups, and Anti-war strikes. The chapter unearths the impact and contribution of intellectuals such as James Macdonald and Dwayne Huebner in such a strong counter-dominant perspective toward a relevant curriculum, underlining events such as the Geneseo Conference as a hallmark, a turning point within the counter-dominant platform in the field.