LEADER 03097oam 2200673I 450 001 9910779281703321 005 20230802005135.0 010 $a1-136-71008-6 010 $a1-280-67644-2 010 $a9786613653376 010 $a1-136-71009-4 010 $a0-203-81485-1 024 7 $a10.4324/9780203814857 035 $a(CKB)2550000000101771 035 $a(EBL)958293 035 $a(OCoLC)798532174 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000678750 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11457544 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000678750 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10728676 035 $a(PQKB)11743847 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC958293 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL958293 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10563608 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL365337 035 $a(OCoLC)810082538 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000101771 100 $a20180706e20121980 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe politics of the school curriculum /$fDenis Lawton 210 1$aAbingdon, Oxon ;$aNew York :$cRoutledge,$d2012. 215 $a1 online resource (169 p.) 225 1 $aRoutledge library editions: education ;$v22 300 $aOriginally published: London : Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1980. 311 $a1-138-00843-5 311 $a0-415-66991-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aTHE POLITICS OF THE SCHOOL CURRICULUM; Copyright; The Politics of the school curriculum; Original Copyright; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1The meaning of politics; Chapter 2Teachers and the control of the curriculum; Chapter 3The growing power of the mandarins and the secret service; Chapter 4The Assessment of Performance Unit; Chapter 5The Schools Council; Chapter 6The control of the examination system; Chapter 7The politics of curriculum evaluation; Chapter 8'The end of the secret garden?'; Notes; Bibliography; Index 330 $aIf the curriculum can be defined as a 'selection from the culture of society', the central question then becomes 'who selects'. This volume answers this question, reviewing various aspects of the curriculum and its planning. For many years the control of the curriculum was uncontroversial. In the 1970s this situation changed: teachers were increasingly criticised for having too much power; the Department of Education was suspected of wanting more control and local education authorities felt they should be more involved in curriculum planning. In reviewing some of the reasons for these confl 410 0$aRoutledge education books. 606 $aEducation and state$zGreat Britain 606 $aEducation$xCurricula$zGreat Britain 615 0$aEducation and state 615 0$aEducation$xCurricula 676 $a375.0010941 676 $a375.00941 676 $a375/.00941 700 $aLawton$b Denis.$048512 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910779281703321 996 $aThe politics of the school curriculum$93802066 997 $aUNINA