Politics of Curriculum Change

The agencies for Curriculum development take different forms in different countries, but the underlying issues are remarkably similar across the globe. It is the basic framework common to all planned curriculum change which The Politics of Curriculum Change (originally published in 1978) is concerned to bring into sharper focus.

List of contents

1. The curriculum and its development 2. A European perspective 3. Patterns of control 4. Agents of change 5. Subject-based development 6. System-based development 7. Fragmentation and integration 8. Responsiveness to change 9. Evaluating curriculum innovation 10. The politics of acceptability 11. The dynamics of the public curriculum

About the author

Tony Becher was a key figure in British higher education research.
Stuart Maclure was a journalist who began his career with The Times and later became a reporter on the TES. He wrote and edited several books, some during the 1980s strikes that affected Murdoch-owned newspapers. He is the author of Educational Documents: England and Wales, 1816-1963.

Summary

The agencies for Curriculum development take different forms in different countries, but the underlying issues are remarkably similar across the globe. It is the basic framework common to all planned curriculum change which The Politics of Curriculum Change (originally published in 1978) is concerned to bring into sharper focus.

Product details

• Authors: Tony Becher, Tony Maclure Becher, Becher Tony, Stuart Maclure, Maclure Stuart
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.09.2024
• EAN: 9781032846316
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3284631-6
• No. of pages: 190
• Series: Routledge Revivals
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > General, dictionaries; EDUCATION / General, EDUCATION / Educational Policy & Reform / General, EDUCATION / Curricula, EDUCATION / Comparative, teacher training, Philosophy & theory of education, Educational strategies & policy, Philosophy and theory of education, Teaching of a specific subject, Educational strategies and policy