William+F.+Pinar

**William F. Pinar**  (August 27th, 1947) **Biographical Information:** ====He was born in Huntington, West Virginia, on August 27, 1947. In 1953 He moved to Pennsylvania, then in 1955 he moved to Ohio. In 1969, Pinar finish his Bachelors from Ohio State University. Also, he graduated from Ohio State University MA (1970) and PhD (1972). ====  His intellectual life was structured first by his parents. Frederick Eugene Pinar (1920-1988), flight engineer, and Malinda Brooke (1917-1982), a night-club singer and regional radio personality. From his father he learn the “the understanding” was the most important thing in life, from his Mom he learned that pleasure was paramount.(  Leonard  ,2009).  media type="youtube" key="usTbct4OeyY" height="279" width="448" align="center" 

**Research Interests and Projects:**
"William F. Pinar teaches curriculum theory at Louisiana State University, where he serves as the St. Bernard Parish Alumni Endowed Professor. He has also served as the Frank Talbot Professor at the University of Virginia and the A. Lindsay O’Connor Professor of American Institutions at Colgate University; he taught at the University of Rochester (New York) 1972-1985. Pinar is the founding editor of the scholarly journal JCT and is now President of the International Association for the Advancement of Curriculum Studies. Pinar is the author of //Queer Theory in// //Education// (Lawrence Erlbaum, 1998), //The Passionate Mind of Maxine Greene// (Falmer, 1998), //Contemporary Curriculum Discourses// (Peter Lang, 1999) and the //International Handbook of Curriculum Research// (Lawrence Erlbaum, in press). " ( Cooper, K  . White, R. ,2006 P xii)  ===<span style="font-size: 1.1em; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;">   ===

<span style="font-size: 1.1em; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;">The most Important Facts:
<span style="direction: ltr; display: block; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">- He post of Canada Research Chair at the University of British Columbia in 2005. <span style="direction: ltr; display: block; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">- He teach at Louisiana State University. <span style="direction: ltr; display: block; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">- He is a Founding Editor of Journal of Curriculum Theorizing. <span style="direction: ltr; display: block; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">- He directs the Centre for the Study of the Internationalization of Curriculum Studies. <span style="direction: ltr; display: block; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: left; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">- His most recent book is The Worldliness of a Cosmopolitan Education (Routledge, 2009).

**<span style="font-size: 1.1em; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;">The most important books written by William F. Pinar: **

 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;">Understanding curriculum.[[image:000.jpg width="108" height="119" align="right"]][[image:02019781410609793109Pic.jpg width="69" height="94" align="right"]][[image:00.jpg width="78" height="121" align="right"]][[image:imagesCAKG5BCT.jpg width="152" height="150" align="right"]]
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;">What is Curriculum Thoery?
 * <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;">International Handbook of Curriculum Research. <span style="font-size: 1.1em; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;"> Teaching and Learning twoard Social Justice <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">.
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;">Queer Theory in Education.
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;">Curriculum New Key.
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;">The Passionate Mind of Maxine Greene 'I am...... not yet'
 * <span style="font-size: 1.1em; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Curriculum Studies in Mexico <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">.