With strong permeable disciplinary boundaries, the curriculum studies have addressed some theoretical and methodological challenges. In this article, I argument that the complex construction of curriculum studies' identity and the analysis of different approaches, occasionally contradictory, are challenges that need to be critically analyzed. The article also includes a brief review of the curriculum studies' traditions in Portugal and a particular approach about methodological challenges. Therefore, reading this article is crucial for undergraduate and postgraduate students as well as teachers and educators related either to the issues of education and training in general, and to the issues of curriculum, which includes also a reference to teaching and pedagogy.
Curriculum Studies; Theory; Identity; Research; Traditions