Changing The Curriculum

Author : Damian Murchan,Keith Johnston
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2021-01-04
Category : Education
ISBN : 9783030507077

Get Book

Curriculum Change within Policy and Practice by Damian Murchan,Keith Johnston Pdf

This book explores how curriculum reform is interconnected with policy, practice and society. Curriculum reform is increasingly associated with efforts to better the lives of citizens and provide a competitive edge to national prosperity. Educational policy and practice have been the subject of unprecedented convergence worldwide in the quest for so-called 21st century skills. This book offers a case study of curriculum reform within the Republic of Ireland, focusing on antecedents, processes and outcomes of government efforts to evoke fundamental curriculum realignment at lower secondary level. Set against a backdrop of fluctuating economic fortunes and concerns about academic standards and educational equity, this volume has wider relevance beyond Ireland for any system undertaking education reform at scale.

Author : Paul Blackmore,Camille B. Kandiko
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2012-06-25
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781136279102

Get Book

Strategic Curriculum Change in Universities by Paul Blackmore,Camille B. Kandiko Pdf

The curriculum is a live issue in universities across the world. Many stakeholders – governments, employers, professional and disciplinary groups and parents – express strong and often conflicting views about what higher education should achieve for its students. Many universities are reviewing their curricula at an institutional level, aware that they are in a competitive climate in which league tables encourage students to see themselves as consumers and the university as a product, or even a ‘brand’. The move has prompted renewed concern for some central educational questions, about both what is learnt and how. Strategic Curriculum Change explores the ways in which major universities across the world are reviewing their approaches to teaching and learning. It unites institution-level strategy with the underlying educational issues. The book is grounded in a major study of curriculum change in over twenty internationally-focused, research-intensive universities in the UK, US, Australia, The Netherlands, South Africa and Hong Kong. Chapters include: Achieving curriculum coherence: Curriculum design and delivery as social practice Assessment in curriculum change The whole-of-institution curriculum renewal undertaken by the University of Melbourne, 2005-2011 The physical and virtual environment for learning People and change: Academic work and leadership This book presents a theorised and contextualised approach to the study of the curriculum, and carries on much-needed research on the curriculum in higher education. It is an essential for the collection of all academics at university level, and those involved in policy making, quality assurance and enhancement.

Author : Ivor F. Goodson
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2013-04-03
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781135722418

Get Book

School Subjects and Curriculum Change by Ivor F. Goodson Pdf

The process of curriculum development is highly practical, as Goodson shows in this enlarged anniversary third edition of his seminal work. The position of subjects and their development within the curriculum is illustrated by looking at how school subjects, in particular, geography and biology, gained academic and intellectual respectability within the whole curriculum during the late 1960s and early 1970s. He highlights how subjects owe their formation and accreditation to competing status and their power to compete in the provision of 'worthwhile' knowledge and considers subjects as continually changing sub-groups of information. Such subjects from the framework of the society in which individuals live and over which they have influence. This volume questions the basis on which subject disciplines are developed and formulates new possibilities for curriculum development and reform in a post-modrnist age.

Author : Bill Green,Philip Roberts,Marie Brennan
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 357 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2021-03-18
Category : Education
ISBN : 9783030616670

Get Book

Curriculum Challenges and Opportunities in a Changing World by Bill Green,Philip Roberts,Marie Brennan Pdf

This book brings together voices and perspectives from across the world and draws in a new generation of curriculum scholars to provide fresh insight into the contemporary field. By opening up Curriculum Studies with contributions from twelve countries—including every continent—the book outlines and exemplifies the challenges and opportunities for transnational curriculum inquiry. While curriculum remains largely shaped and enabled nationally, global policy borrowing and scholarly exchange continue to influence local practice. Contributors explore major shared debates and future implications through four key sections: Decolonising the Curriculum; Knowledge Questions and Curriculum Dilemmas; Nation, History, Curriculum; and Curriculum Challenges for the Future.

Author : Yiu Chun LO 羅耀珍,Shirley S. Y. Yeung 楊思賢,John T. S. Lam 林德成,Anthony W. L. Leung 梁偉倫
Publisher : Hong Kong University Press
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2012-06-01
Category : Education
ISBN : 9789888139026

Get Book

Curriculum Change and Innovation by Yiu Chun LO 羅耀珍,Shirley S. Y. Yeung 楊思賢,John T. S. Lam 林德成,Anthony W. L. Leung 梁偉倫 Pdf

Curriculum Change and Innovation is an introductory textbook on Hong Kong’s school curriculum. Written in an approachable style using illustrative case studies, the textbook provides an introduction to the basic concepts and theories of "curriculum" as a field of study. It also discusses how sociopolitical and economic changes as well as technology advancements help transform teachers' roles and reshape curriculum policies. The chapters cover a wide range of topics, including curriculum design, planning, implementation and evaluation. These discussions are included to help readers critically reflect on their roles as change agents in curriculum development. Shirley S. Y. Yeung is an assistant professor in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction at the Hong Kong Institute of Education. John T. S. Lam is an assistant professor in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction at the Hong Kong Institute of Education. Anthony W. L. Leung is an assistant professor in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction at the Hong Kong Institute of Education. Yiu Chun Lo is an associate professor of the Department of Curriculum and Instruction at the Hong Kong Institute of Education.

Author : William A Reid,Decker F. Walker
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2012-05-16
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781136709173

Get Book

Case Studies in Curriculum Change by William A Reid,Decker F. Walker Pdf

One of the educationist’s major concerns today is to find effective ways of translating new goals for the curriculum into classroom practices. American and British contributions analyse curriculum change as it actually occurs, with people, institutions and constraints of time and money acknowledged and accepted as a necessary and rightful part of the whole process. Detailed accounts are given of curriculum change in a wide variety of settings: American and English school systems, a college of education, an art curriculum project, Scottish classrooms. Analytic perspectives are employed that help to clarify the underlying forces at work. The contributors probe the adequacy of current theorizing about curriculum development, and suggest new ways of thinking about the problems involved in bringing about change.

Author : Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 98 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 1965
Category : Curriculum change
ISBN : UOM:39015031838793

Get Book

Strategy for Curriculum Change by Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development Pdf

Author : Bob Adamson,Tammy Kwan,Ka-ki Chan
Publisher : Hong Kong University Press
Page : 333 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2000-11-01
Category : Education
ISBN : 9789622095229

Get Book

Changing the Curriculum by Bob Adamson,Tammy Kwan,Ka-ki Chan Pdf

The Target Oriented Curriculum (TOC) is arguably the most comprehensive, fundamental and controversial attempt to promote systemic curriculum reform in Hong Kong. It aimed at a radical change in the nature of knowledge, pedagogy and assessment in schools. After an initial phase of confusion and criticism, this ambitious reform was revamped and vigorously promoted, but within a few years, it totally lost momentum as other educational issues attracted the attention of policy-makers. This book traces the career of TOC and studies the impact of the reform on the education system, subjects, schools and teachers. Drawing on a four-year multi-level research project, the chapters provide a deep understanding of the complex nature of educational reform and how a new curriculum is interpreted, developed and implemented. Besides providing a fascinating portrayal of the experiences of the TOC reform, this book offers lessons for future curriculum change in Hong Kong and elsewhere. 'This', writes Ivor Goodson in the Foreword, 'is curriculum research at its best.'

Author : M. D. Shipman,D. Bolam,D. R. Jenkins
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2018-10-03
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780429844409

Get Book

Inside a Curriculum Project by M. D. Shipman,D. Bolam,D. R. Jenkins Pdf

Originally published in 1974. This book presents research into the planning and implementation of the Keele Integrated Studies Project. From 1969 to 1972 the work of the project team was investigated through observation, questionnaire and interview to obtain a picture of the way decisions about curriculum innovation are made and of how these decisions are executed in schools. The book is mainly the outsider's view, but the Project Director and the Assistant Director have contributed chapters and comments by members of the project team are also included. Three aspects of the curriculum project are covered: the interaction between project team, trial schools, university, local authority and Schools Council; the relations within the project team, within the trial schools, and between the curriculum innovators and the classroom teachers; and the impact of the project after the finish of the trial in the schools. The final chapters include conclusions on the process of curriculum change and on the education system in which it occurs. The problems of reconciling the different perspectives and interests of all the parties involved are examined in detail, showing that negotiation, adaptation and compromise are at the heart of curriculum change.

Author : National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Commission on Life Sciences,Committee on High-School Biology Education
Publisher : National Academies
Page : 361 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 1989-02-01
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780309040280

Get Book

High-School Biology Today and Tomorrow by National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Commission on Life Sciences,Committee on High-School Biology Education Pdf

Biology is where many of science's most exciting and relevant advances are taking place. Yet, many students leave school without having learned basic biology principles, and few are excited enough to continue in the sciences. Why is biology education failing? How can reform be accomplished? This book presents information and expert views from curriculum developers, teachers, and others, offering suggestions about major issues in biology education: what should we teach in biology and how should it be taught? How can we measure results? How should teachers be educated and certified? What obstacles are blocking reform?

Author : Julie Stern,Krista Ferraro,Kayla Duncan,Trevor Aleo
Publisher : Corwin Press
Page : 333 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2021-03-30
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781071835876

Get Book

Learning That Transfers by Julie Stern,Krista Ferraro,Kayla Duncan,Trevor Aleo Pdf

"It is a pleasure to have a full length treatise on this most important topic, and may this focus on transfer become much more debated, taught, and valued in our schools." - John Hattie Teach students to use their learning to unlock new situations. How do you prepare your students for a future that you can’t see? And how do you do it without exhausting yourself? Teachers need a framework that allows them to keep pace with our rapidly changing world without having to overhaul everything they do. Learning That Transfers empowers teachers and curriculum designers alike to harness the critical concepts of traditional disciplines while building students’ capacity to navigate, interpret, and transfer their learning to solve novel and complex modern problems. Using a backwards design approach, this hands-on guide walks teachers step-by-step through the process of identifying curricular goals, establishing assessment targets, and planning curriculum and instruction that facilitates the transfer of learning to new and challenging situations. Key features include Thinking prompts to spur reflection and inform curricular planning and design. Next-day strategies that offer tips for practical, immediate action in the classroom. Design steps that outline critical moments in creating curriculum for learning that transfers. Links to case studies, discipline-specific examples, and podcast interviews with educators. A companion website that hosts templates, planning guides, and flexible options for adapting current curriculum documents. Using a framework that combines standards and the best available research on how we learn, design curriculum and instruction that prepares your students to meet the challenges of an uncertain future, while addressing the unique needs of your school community.

Author : Martin Wedell,Laura Grassick
Publisher : Springer
Page : 279 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2017-11-10
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781137543097

Get Book

International Perspectives on Teachers Living with Curriculum Change by Martin Wedell,Laura Grassick Pdf

“This book gives a voice to English language teachers faced with the challenges posed by English language curriculum change. As a core component of national state system curricula in virtually every country in the world, there has nevertheless been little research exploring how the millions of English teachers worldwide navigate the challenges posed by such curriculum changes. This volume includes eleven stories from teachers based across every continent, providing a global glimpse of how national English curriculum change projects have been experienced by classroom teachers who are commonly (if erroneously) viewed as mostly responsible for its implementation success or failure. The final chapter synthesises these experiences and suggests wider implications for the development of curriculum change planning processes, and how they might better support teachers’ attempts to achieve curriculum goals. Edited and authored by leading experts in the field, this ground-breaking collection will be of interest to students and scholars of English language teaching, teacher education, curriculum change and education policy.”

Author : Jonathan D. Jansen,Pam Christie
Publisher : Juta and Company Ltd
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Education
ISBN : 0702150630

Get Book

Changing Curriculum by Jonathan D. Jansen,Pam Christie Pdf

The introduction of Outcomes-based Education (OBE) is the most controversial reform in the history of South African education. This volume is a critical analysis of OBE, its potential to succeed and its inherent implications for the education system.

Author : Geva M Blenkin,Gwyn Edwards,A V Kelly
Publisher : SAGE Publications Limited
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 1992-04-28
Category : Education
ISBN : 185396154X

Get Book

Change and the Curriculum by Geva M Blenkin,Gwyn Edwards,A V Kelly Pdf

Through the work of the Schools Council and other national agencies, the difficulties of achieving effective curriculum change through centralized initiatives and directives have been well documented. At the same time the importance of teacher involvement in such activities, and the advantages of curriculum development over revolutionary innovation, have become plain. This knowledge and the understandings it has generated are important today, when unusually sweeping changes are being brought about in the school curriculum. The authors of this book draw together these ideas to assist people promoting curriculum changes, as well as those on the receiving end of such projects.

Author : Sylvester Chen,Michael Kompf
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 155 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2012-12-24
Category : Education
ISBN : 9789462090101

Get Book

Chinese Scholars on Western Ideas about Thinking, Leadership, Reform and Development in Education by Sylvester Chen,Michael Kompf Pdf

This collection of papers by a group of Chinese educational administrators came about through a graduate study program that facilitated comparisons of educational practices from other cultures against the backdrop of globalization. Collaborative international programs allow contrast and comparisons of practices, policies and educational principles but are not without barriers faced by candidates which can include but are not limited to culture shock and communication and language adjustments. Comparisons of international educational institutions are telling when examined through transfer credit policies, degree recognition, institutional accreditation and the value of academic credits in a globalized educational marketplace. China and Chinese educators recognize that movement and take it most seriously as demonstrated by the group of educational ambassadors who have contributed a variety of perspectives and interests to this volume. They are a new wave of thinkers whose studies embrace their native culture and open minds to alternative ways of understanding and acting on rapidly changing educational circumstances for learners, teachers and administrators.