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Record Nr.

UNINA9910462322903321

Autore

Wyse Dominic <1964->

Titolo

Creating the Curriculum [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hoboken, : Taylor and Francis, 2012

ISBN

1-283-58523-5

9786613897688

0-203-11591-0

1-136-29687-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (169 p.)

Collana

Understanding Primary Education Series

Altri autori (Persone)

BaumfieldVivienne

EganDavid

HaywardLouise

HulmeMoira

MenterIan

GallagherCarmel

LeitchRuth

LivingstonKay

LingardBob

Disciplina

375.001

375/.001

Soggetti

Curriculum planning -- Great Britain

Curriculum planning

Education, Elementary -- Curricula -- Great Britain

Education, Elementary -- Curricula

Curriculum planning - Curricula - Great Britain

Education, Elementary - Great Britain

Education

Social Sciences

Theory & Practice of Education

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.



Nota di contenuto

Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Series editor's introduction; Acknowledgements; 1 Reshaping the message systems of schooling in the UK: a critical reflection; 2 The history of primary education and the curriculum; 3 Aims and objectives; 4 Pedagogy; 5 Has anyone really learned anything? Assessment in the primary school; 6 Curriculum construction; 7 Languages and literacy; 8 Critical analysis of Personal and Social Education in UK primary curricula; 9 Creativity; 10 Curriculum for the future; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Is there an 'ideal' primary school curriculum?Who should decide what the curriculum is?Should teachers have autonomy over how they teach?The curriculum is the heart of what teachers teach and learners learn: effective teaching is only possible with an effective curriculum. Yet in spite of its importance, there has been a crisis in curriculum that has been caused in large part by governments assuming direct control over the curriculum, assessment, and increasingly, pedagogy. Creating the Curriculum tackles this thorny issue head on, challeng