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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
Transnational Policy Transfer over Three Curriculum Reforms in Finland: The Constructions of Conditional and Purposive Programs (1994-2016)
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Sivesind, Kirsten; Afsar, Azita; Bachmann, Kari E. – European Educational Research Journal, 2016
This article examines how three national curricula for basic education in Finland reflect transnational policy perspectives from 1994 to the present. By developing a conceptual apparatus for curriculum analysis, we examine how national curricula in Finland can be interpreted as modifications of transnational policy transfers shaped by…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Policy, National Curriculum, Curriculum Research
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
Organizing Curriculum Change: An Introduction
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Westbury, Ian; Aspfors, Jessica; Fries, Anna-Verena; Hansén, Sven-Erik; Ohlhaver, Frank; Rosenmund, Moritz; Sivesind, Kirsten – Journal of Curriculum Studies, 2016
This paper introduces the questions and approaches of a five-nation cross-cultural study of state-based curriculum-making discussed in this issue of "JCS." The paper reviews the two decade-long interest of many nations in state-based curriculum-making and presents a framework for thinking about state-based curriculum-making as a tool of…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Curriculum Design, Educational Change, Cross Cultural Studies
State-Based Curriculum-Making, Part I
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Sivesind, Kirsten; Westbury, Ian – Journal of Curriculum Studies, 2016
This paper frames the problem underlying the cross-cultural Organizing Curriculum Change (OCC) study of state-based curriculum-making. The paper discusses the increased use by states over the past two decades of the century-old instrument of the state-based curriculum and the tool of the curriculum commission. The paper contrasts the slender…
Descriptors: Cross Cultural Studies, Curriculum Design, Curriculum Development, Educational Change
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