Curriculum in context
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Curriculum in context
(Learning curriculum and assessment, E836 ; reader 1)
Paul Chapman, 1999
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Description and Table of Contents
Description
This textbook provides an introduction to the historical, political, social and cultural influences that contribute to curriculum assessment and development. It examines a range of national developments which include policy level debates as well as comparative reviews of curriculum and assessment aims and values.
The majority of the chapters in the book are drawn from contemporary writing.
Curriculum in Context is a Course Reader for The Open University course E836 Learning Curriculum and Assessment.
Table of Contents
Perspectives on the Context of Curriculum - Bob Moon and Patricia Murphy
PART ONE: HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES
Constructing the Concept of Curriculum on the Wisconsin Frontier - Herbert M Kliebard
How School Restructuring Sustained a Pedagogical Revolution
Movers and Shakers - Tony Taylor
High Politics and the Origins of the English National Curriculum
Technical Education and State Formation in Nineteenth-Century England and France - Andy Green
Assessment and the Emergence of Modern Society - Patricia Broadfoot
PART TWO: CULTURAL PERSPECTIVES
Values and Aims in Curriculum and Assessment Frameworks - Joanna Le M[ac]etais
A 16-Nation Review
'Quality' in Early Childhood Programmes - Martin Woodhead
A Contextually Appropriate Approach
Valid Knowledge and the Problem of Practical Arts Curricula - Theodore Lewis
Culture, Mind, and Education - Jerome Bruner
PART THREE: CHANGE PERSPECTIVES
Vision and Constraint in Curriculum Change - Ken Harley and Volker Wedekind
A Case Study of South African Secondary School Principals
Recent Curriculum Change in Post-Pinochet Chile - Ruth Aedo-Richmond and Mark Richmond
Curriculum Development and New Information Technology - Robert McCormick
Race, Culture, and Curriculum Development in the USA - Crain Soudien
A Study of the Process of Introducing a Multicultural Dimension into the Curriculum
Principles for Reflecting on the Curriculum in France - Pierre Bourdieu
Getting to Scale with Good Educational Practice - Richard F Elmore
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