This is an open access book, 'Developing curriculum for deep learning' comes at a time when educators need to think about the purposes of education and their role as teachers.
The book is published by in 2025 Springer as part of their Springer Brief series in Education. The book has 5 chapters, written by eminent educator scholars -
All contribute to the chapters.
The short introductory chapter provides a rationale for the book along with a brief overview of the book's direction.
The next chapter summarises 'how knowledge matters' . It begins with a summary of how human's learn from a neuroscience perspective. The importance of attaining prior knowledge is introduced and discussed along with the importance of reading. The sociological and democratic perspectives of knowledge are also introduced.
Chapter 3 connects how curriculum is used to bring about the attainment of knowledge. The various ways curriculum contribute are introduced and discussed including the aspects of horizontal and vertical coherence and their relationships to disciplinary knowledge.
Chapter 4 provides concluding remarks and references.
The last chapter provides an executive summary. It reiterates the ways, perspectives on learning, and sociological and democratic aspects shift the ways knowledge is expressed in the curriculum. It argues for the need to ensure that there is always a knowledge rich curriculum in education, to assure the development of the individual and in turn, society at large.
The short book provides a good foundation, especially now in the age of AI, to ensure that as humans, we still treasure learning and knowledge. Worth a read for all educators.
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