tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6977936394004777163.post3053307794746178394..comments2011-10-05T01:37:41.362-07:00Comments on Ditch that Word: curriculumAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10956056168256756705noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6977936394004777163.post-28263672384537285682010-05-06T12:19:34.165-07:002010-05-06T12:19:34.165-07:00Thanks for the clarification. I've heard two ...Thanks for the clarification. I've heard two accounts on the origins of "curriculum." I think we've also borrowed the idea of "bread and circus" from them as well - which is why behaviorism is the dominant approach to our current educational system.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10956056168256756705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6977936394004777163.post-30187237921314397852010-05-06T11:06:55.990-07:002010-05-06T11:06:55.990-07:00Disagreement with your definition of 'curricul...Disagreement with your definition of 'curriculum'.<br /><br />Curriculum comes from the same root word as 'circus' -- as in Circus Maximus, the big old race-track in Rome. A circus is so called because, though you are racing, you are going in a circle.<br /><br />You might win the race; but you didn't get anywhere. And that ain't much of a journey, is it?<br /><br />It's no wonder that it's such a schooly word.<br /><br />As for 'textbook', yeah: you nailed that one.<br /><br />ShellyAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14091328599818819777noreply@blogger.com