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Author Coulby, David

Title Beyond the national curriculum : curricular centralism and cultural diversity in Europe and the USA / David Coulby
Published New York : Falmer Press, 2000

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 132 pages)
Series Master classes in education series
Master classes in education series.
Contents Chapter Introductory Remarks -- chapter 1 Introduction: Transitions in Europe and the Central Role of Knowledge -- chapter 2 The State Control of Knowledge -- chapter 3 Cultural Diversity and State Knowledge A Distinction: National Diversity and -- chapter 4 The Creation and Re-Creation of Tradition in Schools and Universities -- chapter 5 The Knowledge Economy -- chapter 6 Modernist Knowledge and Prejudice: Special Educational Needs -- chapter 7 Knowledge and Warfare -- chapter 8 State Knowledge and Identity Marxism, Postmodernism and Educational Policy
Summary Annotation The National Curriculum is due for review. This is a central area of educational debate in England and Wales. Increasingly politicians and their entourages are looking for quick fixes from abroad to solve what they see to be problems in the educational system of the UK. Drawing on insights from other European curricular systems, this provocative book will contribute, in a timely way, to the debate on reformations of the National Curriculum. The style is concise, with points for discussion and lists of further reading. debate in England and Wales. Increasingly politicians are looking for quick fixes from abroad to solve what they see to be problems in the educational system. Drawing on insights from other European curricular systems, this volume will contribute, in a timely way, to the debate on the reformations of the National Curriculum. The style is short and concise, with points for discussion and lists of further reading. _
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
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Subject Education -- Curricula -- Social aspects -- Europe
Education -- Curricula -- Social aspects -- United States
Education and state -- Europe
Education and state -- United States
Multicultural education -- Europe
Multicultural education -- United States
Education and state
Education -- Curricula -- Social aspects
Multicultural education
Europe
United States
Form Electronic book
LC no. 00020577
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