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The Curriculum Journal Volume 25, 2014 - Issue 1: Creating Curricula: Aims, Knowledge, and Control
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Pragmatising the curriculum: bringing knowledge back into the curriculum conversation, but via pragmatism

Gert BiestaFaculty of Language and Literature, Humanities, Arts and Education, Institute of Education and Society, University of Luxembourg, Walferdange, LuxembourgCorrespondence[email protected]
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Pages 29-49 | Published online: 14 Jan 2014

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