eprintid: 10089825 rev_number: 16 eprint_status: archive userid: 608 dir: disk0/10/08/98/25 datestamp: 2020-01-16 14:14:22 lastmod: 2021-10-16 22:49:44 status_changed: 2020-01-16 14:14:22 type: article metadata_visibility: show creators_name: Deng, Z title: Bringing curriculum theory and didactics together: a Deweyan perspective ispublished: pub divisions: UCL divisions: B16 divisions: B14 divisions: J78 keywords: curriculum theory, didactics, Didaktik, curriculum, teaching, John Dewey, the Practical note: This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. abstract: Using Dewey’s method of resolution for resolving a dualism exemplified in The Child and the Curriculum, this article reconciles and brings together two rival schools of thought – curriculum theory and didactics – in China. The central thesis is that the rapprochement requires a reconceptualisation of curriculum theory and didactics in light of the Practical and the German Didaktik tradition, respectively, together with an understanding of their complementary relationship within the societal, institutional and instructional contexts of schooling. The article concludes by drawing implications for reconstructing curriculum theory and didactics within the context of China’s recent curriculum reform and for the international dialogue of curriculum vs. Didaktik. date: 2016 date_type: published publisher: Informa UK Limited official_url: https://doi.org/10.1080/14681366.2015.1083465 oa_status: green full_text_type: other language: eng primo: open primo_central: open_green verified: verified_manual elements_id: 1739816 doi: 10.1080/14681366.2015.1083465 lyricists_name: Deng, Zongyi lyricists_id: ZDENG73 actors_name: Allington-Smith, Dominic actors_id: DAALL44 actors_role: owner full_text_status: public publication: Pedagogy, Culture & Society volume: 24 number: 1 pagerange: 75-99 citation: Deng, Z; (2016) Bringing curriculum theory and didactics together: a Deweyan perspective. Pedagogy, Culture & Society , 24 (1) pp. 75-99. 10.1080/14681366.2015.1083465 <https://doi.org/10.1080/14681366.2015.1083465>. Green open access document_url: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10089825/1/Deng_Curriculum%20theory%20and%20didactics_in%20press.pdf