Counsell, C. (2011)
Disciplinary knowledge for all, the secondary history curriculum and history teachers' achievement
The Curriculum Journal 22(2), 201-225 · 10.1080/09585176.2011.574951
An ally against genericism, but argues disciplinary warrant -- how claims are justified within a discipline -- is itself a form of knowledge distinct from propositional content, so a curriculum specified as a things-to-know list under-specifies what a discipline requires; UK-specific, secondary history, conceptual not empirical.
Used in Dossier 1, Dossier 4
This critic is attached to the exact objection and inference it challenges, not merely to the topic.
D1 · O7 — Content matters does not select one common list · targets A8 I6 I7
D4 · O3 — A list can be knowledge without system · targets A3 A7 I3 I6
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Primary targets: P24 P19
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Positions (2)
Genericism (teaching generic 'skills' detached from disciplinary content) is redundant and inadequate, because disciplinary knowledge and concepts are necessary to reach or challenge claims about the past -- an ally position vis-a-vis Hirsch.
“such genericism is, first, redundant… and, second, inadequate: disciplinary knowledge and concepts are necessary in order to reach or challenge claims about the past”
Hirsch's response — not found
No response in the ten books.
How claims are warranted within a discipline is itself a form of knowledge distinct from propositional content, so a curriculum specified purely as things-to-know under-specifies what the discipline actually requires.
“disciplinary knowledge and concepts are necessary in order to reach or challenge claims about the past”
Hirsch's response — not found
No response in the ten books.