CURRICULUM
Theoretical Foundations
Argentina’s Curriculum History
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What is curriculum considered today in the educational sciences?

A central field of study and practice.

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What does the theoretical level of curriculum study focus on?

Institutional teaching prescriptions. 

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When did curriculum thought emerge in Argentina?

Between 1960 and 1976

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Curriculum is both a ______ and a ______ field.

Theoretical and practical.

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What is the meta-theoretical level concerned with?

Theories about curriculum theories.

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What event promoted the formulation of teaching objectives in Argentina?

The Educational Reform of 1968–1971.

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What dual relationship defines the "double problem" of curriculum?

Theory and practice, and education and society.

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What is an example of a curriculum conceptualized as a document?  

Prescriptions teachers are expected to implement.

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What author wrote “Curriculum: Objectives, Contents, Units”?

Oscar Combetta.

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What does curriculum aim to produce according to the presentation?

Specific pedagogical experiences tailored to contexts.

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What kind of views does meta-theory compare?

Different types of thinking and theoretical elaboration.

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How was curriculum theory introduced to Argentina?

Through translations and publications of U.S. authors.