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The Historical Development of the Term, Experience Curriculum

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 February 2017

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One of the most crucial needs in education in the twentieth century has been that of precision in meaning of its fundamental terminology. Many curriculum scholars have taken note of the problem and in their writings called for greater care in definition of terms. Briggs in his panoramic view of the secondary school in 1951 contended that “one of the greatest weaknesses in our professional literature … is the failure adequately to define terms.” Shane and Yauch, as well as Statemeyer, et al., referred to the current chaotic condition of curriculum terminology as a “verbal jungle.” Beauchamp noted that “a first and very important [curriculum] theory building activity is the definition and consistent use of technical terminology.”

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Copyright © 1965, University of Pittsburgh Press 

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