Chapter 10: A Rainbow of Colors: My Life Experience, Currere Moments, and Curriculum Theorizing

Pinar’s book Curriculum Theorizing (1975) has important significance for the curriculum field and educational practices today. Pinar encourages educators and learners not to have the fear of retelling stories of their educational experiences. He encourages learners and educators to commit themselves to begin a self-examination, an autobiographical reflection of their educational experiences with the aim of understanding democratic society better and designing a curriculum that reflects life as it is lived by students in the racially and culturally diverse United States. Pinar (1975) believes that in the long run it is expected that the autobiographical reflection on educational experiences will allow us to see what the future holds for educational practice.