This collection, comprised of chapters focused on the intellectual histories and present circumstances of curriculum studies in Brazil, is Pinar's summary of exchanges (occurring over a two-year period) between the authors and members of an International Panel (scholars working in Finland, South Africa, the United States).

Autorentext
WILLIAM F. PIMAR Canada Research Chair in the Centre for International Curriculum in the Faculty of Education at the University of British Columbia, Canada.

Inhalt
Curriculum Studies in Brazil: An Overview; A.Kumar Everyday Life in Schools; N.Alves Curriculum Disfiguration; A.C.Amorim Curriculum Research in Brazil; E.S.de Sá Barretto Curriculum as Practiced; C.E.Ferraço Libraries and Identities; A.C.Lopes Curriculum as Enunciation; El.Macedo The Primacy of the Quotidian; I.B.de Oliveira The Exchanges; W.F.Pinar Curriculum Studies in Brazil: Four Concepts; W.F.Pinar Epilogue: The Final Word; A.C.Amorim & E.Macedo