William Arbuckle Reid
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William A. Reid is a well known British curriculum theorist. After obtaining his B.A. degree from Cambridge University, he first taught in English high schools. Eventually, he went on to conduct curriculum research at the University of Birmingham, England, where he obtained his Ph.D.
He elaborated on curriculum theorist Joseph Schwab's notion of "curriculum deliberation". He is the author of numerous scholarly articles and several books, including:
The Pursuit of Curriculum (1994)
Case Studies in Curriculum Change: Great Britain and the United States (co-edited with Decker F. Walker, 1975)
Thinking about the Curriculum: The Nature and Treatment of Curriculum Problems (1978)
Curriculum as Institution and Practice: Essays in the Deliberative Tradition (1999)
