Welcome to the web site for the

American Association for the Advancement of Curriculum Studies

We are glad you are interested in joining our conversations
about curriculum studies. We hope you will become a member
and participate in all that AAACS has to offer.

**Important Announcements!**

Final Conference Program Now Available !

Eighth Annual AAACS Conference
American Association for the Advancement of Curriculum Studies

April 10-13, 2009

Champan University
Orange, CA

Download the Call for Proposals Here
(pdf file)

Updated Draft on the possibilities, recommendations and suggestions for the AAACS Project to Advance Curriculum Studies through Disciplinarity now available

Download the Updated Draft Here

 

PowerPoint Presentation and Survey Summary from Madeleine R. Grumet and Brandon Sams on the Survey of the Field now available

Download the PPT HERE

Download the Survey Summary HERE

General Information for the Community

*The Curriculum Studies Project at Oklahoma State University is online at: http://www.okstate.edu/education/stcl/curriculumstudies/project.htm

*Tony Whitson's blog on matters and discussions of curriculum can be found at the following address: http://aaacsmatters.org/

Of particular interest may be a discussion Susan Edgerton has started on behalf of the executive committee of the AAACS about the possibility of sending "a position statement on curriculum n curriculum and education policy to submit to Obama on his web page."

*Link to an op-ed piece by Noreen Garman and Anna Klaman from the Pittsburgh Post Gazette: William Ayers and the America Character

*President's annual message now online

Curriculum Conferences

Third IAACS World Curriculum Studies Conference
International Association for the Advancement of Curriculum Studies: September 7-10, 2009
Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch SOUTH AFRICA

Conference Website

Conference Theme:
RETHINKING CURRICULUM STUDIES TODAY

Call for Papers:

The University of Pretoria and Stellenbosch University invite proposals to present papers, symposia and working papers at the third IAACS conference. Please submit proposals to Prof William Fraser at william.fraser@up.ac.za by 1 December 2008.  For papers and symposia a synopsis of 1500 words is required and for working papers an abstract of 300 words.

For further information, write to: Professor William Fraser (william.fraser@up.ac.za) or Professor Lesley Le Grange (llg@sun.ac.za) or Ms Sally Le Roux (mlr1@sun.ac.za)

4th Biennial Provoking Curriculum Conference
May 21-22, 2008-University of Ottawa: Proposals due December 15, 2008

Click here for a link to the Conference Website and Call for Proposals

 
The Canon Project Proposal
Click here to view the proposal that was accepted by AAACS members on April 7, 2007

Click here to view the udpated working draft for the AAACS Project to Advance Curriculum Studies through Disciplinarity