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Change and the Curriculum

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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.
For many years A.V. Kelly was Dean of Education and Professor of Curriculum Studies at Goldsmiths College, University of London. He is now retired but continues to work in Education.
PART ONE: THE CONCEPT OF CHANGE Response to the Notion of Change Technological Change and Social Change Education and Change Concepts of Curriculum Summary and Conclusions PART TWO: EDUCATIONAL CHANGE: A THEORETICAL OVERVIEW Curriculum Change The Background Early Theories of Curriculum Change Recent and Emergent Theoretical Perspectives Summary and Conclusions PART THREE: NATIONAL AGENCIES AND CURRICULUM CHANGE Agencies for Supporting Curriculum Change and Development The Impact of Agencies for Assessment and Monitoring Agencies for Policy Implementation and Control Summary and Conclusions PART FOUR: SCHOOL-CENTRED INNOVATION School-Centred Innovation The Origins School-Based Curriculum Development Action Research School Self-Evaluation and School-Based Review Summary and Conclusions PART FIVE: CURRICULUM CHANGE AND EDUCATIONAL DISCOURSE Rhetoric The Legitimation of Discourse Summary and Conclusions
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