William Frederick Pinar, born in 1947, is an American pedagogue known for his work in the area of curriculum theory, and strongly associated with the reconceptualist movement in curriculum theory since the early 1970s. In the early 1970s, along with Madeleine Grumet, he introduced the notion of currere, shifting the notion of curriculum from a noun to a verb. He is notable for establishing the Journal of Curriculum Theorizing, founding the Bergamo Conference on Curriculum Theory and Classroom Practice, and founding the International Association for the Advancement of Curriculum Studies.
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William Frederick Pinar (born 1947) is an American pedagogue.
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Known for his work in the area of curriculum theory, Pinar is strongly associated with the reconceptualist movement in curriculum theory since the early 1970s.
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The "Method of Currere" is an approach to education based on post-modern philosophy and psychoanalytical technique, first described in a 1975 paper by William Pinar.
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