Curriculum in Context
Robert E Moon
- Professor of Education at the Open University and Founding Director of the Teacher Education in Sub-Saharan Africa (TESSA) Programme
Patricia F Murphy
- The Open University
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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.
Contents
Perspectives on the Context of Curriculum
Perspectives on the Context of Curriculum
PART ONE: HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES
- Constructing the Concept of Curriculum on the Wisconsin Frontier
- How School Restructuring Sustained a Pedagogical Revolution
- Movers and Shakers
- High Politics and the Origins of the English National Curriculum
- Technical Education and State Formation in Nineteenth-Century England and France
- Assessment and the Emergence of Modern Society
PART TWO: CULTURAL PERSPECTIVES
- Values and Aims in Curriculum and Assessment Frameworks
- A 16-Nation Review
- 'Quality' in Early Childhood Programmes
- A Contextually Appropriate Approach
- Valid Knowledge and the Problem of Practical Arts Curricula
- Culture, Mind, and Education
PART THREE: CHANGE PERSPECTIVES
- Vision and Constraint in Curriculum Change
- A Case Study of South African Secondary School Principals
- Recent Curriculum Change in Post-Pinochet Chile
- Curriculum Development and New Information Technology
- Race, Culture, and Curriculum Development in the USA
- A Study of the Process of Introducing a Multicultural Dimension into the Curriculum
- Principles for Reflecting on the Curriculum in France
- Getting to Scale with Good Educational Practice
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.
Contents
Perspectives on the Context of Curriculum
Perspectives on the Context of Curriculum
PART ONE: HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES
- Constructing the Concept of Curriculum on the Wisconsin Frontier
- How School Restructuring Sustained a Pedagogical Revolution
- Movers and Shakers
- High Politics and the Origins of the English National Curriculum
- Technical Education and State Formation in Nineteenth-Century England and France
- Assessment and the Emergence of Modern Society
PART TWO: CULTURAL PERSPECTIVES
- Values and Aims in Curriculum and Assessment Frameworks
- A 16-Nation Review
- 'Quality' in Early Childhood Programmes
- A Contextually Appropriate Approach
- Valid Knowledge and the Problem of Practical Arts Curricula
- Culture, Mind, and Education
PART THREE: CHANGE PERSPECTIVES
- Vision and Constraint in Curriculum Change
- A Case Study of South African Secondary School Principals
- Recent Curriculum Change in Post-Pinochet Chile
- Curriculum Development and New Information Technology
- Race, Culture, and Curriculum Development in the USA
- A Study of the Process of Introducing a Multicultural Dimension into the Curriculum
- Principles for Reflecting on the Curriculum in France
- Getting to Scale with Good Educational Practice
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December 1998 | 288 pages | Sage UK
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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
- PART ONE: HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES
- Constructing the Concept of Curriculum on the Wisconsin Frontier
- How School Restructuring Sustained a Pedagogical Revolution
- Movers and Shakers
- High Politics and the Origins of the English National Curriculum
- Technical Education and State Formation in Nineteenth-Century England and France
- Assessment and the Emergence of Modern Society
- PART TWO: CULTURAL PERSPECTIVES
- Values and Aims in Curriculum and Assessment Frameworks
- A 16-Nation Review
- 'Quality' in Early Childhood Programmes
- A Contextually Appropriate Approach
- Valid Knowledge and the Problem of Practical Arts Curricula
- Culture, Mind, and Education
- PART THREE: CHANGE PERSPECTIVES
- Vision and Constraint in Curriculum Change
- A Case Study of South African Secondary School Principals
- Recent Curriculum Change in Post-Pinochet Chile
- Curriculum Development and New Information Technology
- Race, Culture, and Curriculum Development in the USA
- A Study of the Process of Introducing a Multicultural Dimension into the Curriculum
- Principles for Reflecting on the Curriculum in France
- Getting to Scale with Good Educational Practice
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