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Record Nr.

UNINA9910450363203321

Autore

Coulby David

Titolo

Beyond the national curriculum : curricular centralism and cultural diversity in Europe and the USA / / David Coulby

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Falmer Press, , 2000

ISBN

0-203-13219-X

1-135-70002-8

1-280-33577-7

0-203-16974-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (145 p.)

Collana

Master classes in education series

Disciplina

375/.00094

Soggetti

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

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Contents; Series Editors' Preface; Acknowledgements; Introductory Remarks; Introduction: Transitions in Europe and the Central Role of Knowledge; The State Control of Knowledge; Cultural Diversity and State Knowledge; The Creation and Re-Creation of Tradition in Schools and Universities; The Knowledge Economy; Modernist Knowledge and Prejudice: Special Educational Needs; Knowledge and Warfare; State Knowledge and Identity; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

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