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Curriculum on the European Policy Agenda: Global Transitions and Learning Outcomes from Transnational and National Points of View
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Sivesind, Kirsten; Wahlström, Ninni – European Educational Research Journal, 2016
This special issue examines curricula and their histories as they have evolved throughout the 21st century as part of transnational and national education policies. With a specific focus on the policy transitions that are taking place in Europe, the articles demonstrate how curriculum making processes move in different directions, following their…
Descriptors: Outcomes of Education, Curriculum Development, Foreign Countries, Educational Change
State-Based Curriculum Work and Curriculum-Making: Norway's "Laereplanverket 1997"
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Sivesind, Kirsten; Westbury, Ian – Journal of Curriculum Studies, 2016
This case study of the development of the Norwegian compulsory school curriculum of 1997, "Laereplanverket 1997," parallels a study of the development of the "Illinois Learning Standards" of 1997. The pair of case studies is designed to explore the administration of state-based curriculum-making and, in particular, the use in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Case Studies, National Curriculum, Curriculum Development
Mixed Images and Merging Semantics in European Curricula
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Sivesind, Kirsten – Journal of Curriculum Studies, 2013
Due to European agreements and policy expectations, national authorities are revising their formal curricula in line with an evidence-oriented policy. The article explores how new trends in formulating curricula can be regarded as an outcome of experts' semantics and impact on education policy. The article reanalyses documentation from a project,…
Descriptors: Semantics, Foreign Countries, Educational Policy, Educational Change