| Reinventing the Curriculum: New Trends in Curriculum Policy and Practice Contributor(s): Priestley, Mark (Editor), Biesta, Gert (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1441137645 ISBN-13: 9781441137647 Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic OUR PRICE: $188.10 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: August 2013 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Education | Educational Policy & Reform - Education | Curricula |
| Dewey: 375.001 |
| LCCN: 2013006861 |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 6" W x 9.3" (1.15 lbs) 256 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Scotland's Curriculum for Excellence offers an example of a different approach to national curriculum development. It combines what are claimed to be the best features of top-down and bottom-up approaches to curriculum development, and provides an indication of the broad qualities that school education should promote rather than a detailed description of curriculum content. Advocates of the approach argue that it provides central guidance for schools and maintains national standards whilst at the same time allowing schools and teachers the flexibility to take account of local needs when designing programmes of education. Reinventing the Curriculum uses Scotland's Curriculum for Excellence as a rich case study, analyzing the strengths and weaknesses of this approach to curriculum design and development, and exploring the implications for curriculum planning and development around the world. |
Contributor Bio(s): Priestley, Mark: - Mark Priestley is Professor of Education at the University of Stirling, UK.Biesta, Gert: - Gert Biesta is part-time Professor of Education, Brunel University London, UK, and Visiting Professor (Art Education) at ArtEZ Institute of the Arts, the Netherlands. He is editor-in-chief of Studies in Philosophy and Education. |