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Author Ross, Alistair, 1946-

Title Curriculum : construction and critique / Alistair Ross
Published London : Falmer Press, 2000

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 MELB  375.0010941 Ros/Cca  AVAILABLE
Description xiii, 187 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Series Master classes in education series
Master classes in education series.
Contents 1. Curriculum Gardening -- 2. What is the Curriculum? -- 3. Conflict in the Curriculum: Growth and Diversity, 1860-1976 -- 4. Turmoil in the Curriculum: 1976-1986 -- 5. The Imposed Curriculum: 1986-1998 -- 6. Curriculum and Reproduction -- 7. Content-driven Curricula -- 8. Objectives-driven Curricula -- 9. Process-driven Curricula -- 10. Forging the Curriculum: Nationalism, Identity and the English Curriculum
Summary "There have always been disagreements about the purposes of education and these profoundly affect the way in which the curriculum is constructed. This book examines the interplay between three major curriculum traditions - the academic, the utilitarian and the progressive - and how the English curriculum thus came to be formed."--BOOK JACKET
Analysis Education Curricula Social aspects Great Britain
Curriculum planning Social aspects Great Britain
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Education -- Curricula -- Social aspects -- Great Britain.
Curriculum planning -- Social aspects -- Great Britain.
LC no. 99036823
ISBN 0750707976 cased
075070621X paperback