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Parveva, Teodora; De Coster, Isabelle; Noorani, Sogol – Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency, European Commission, 2009
This study produced by the Eurydice network gives a detailed picture of the context and organisation of national tests in 30 European countries and the use made of test results in informing education policy and practice and in guiding the school career of pupils. It presents the diverse choices made by European countries regarding the objectives,…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, National Competency Tests, Testing, Students
Gearon, Liam, Ed. – Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2009
What is the role of Citizenship? How can it be taught effectively? The fully updated second edition of "Learning to Teach Citizenship in the Secondary School" is an essential text for students training to teach Citizenship as a first or second subject, as well as experienced teachers who have opted to take responsibility for this vital…
Descriptors: Outdoor Education, Citizenship Education, Religious Education, National Curriculum
White, John – 1991
This book examines the question of ideal educational aims in a democratic society. Using the 1988 National Curriculum mandated for English and Welsh schools as a concrete point of departure, the book calls attention to: the high degree of specificity of the large list of objectives and attainment targets; the massive structure built for the…
Descriptors: Altruism, British National Curriculum, Democracy, Educational Objectives
Green, Ken – Paul Chapman Publishing, 2008
This easy-to-use introduction explores all of the contemporary issues and enduring themes in physical education, focusing on the United Kingdom but incorporating a global dimension. The wide range of topics covered include: (1) the requirements of National Curriculum Physical Education; (2) the current "state" of physical education; (3)…
Descriptors: National Curriculum, Physical Education, Ethnicity, Social Class
Carter, David S. G., Ed.; O'Neill, Marnie H., Ed. – 1995
This book focuses on educational change processes in the context of larger scale educational reform. The first of 2 volumes, the book contains 11 chapters that examine the historical, social, and economic forces at work in the formulation and implementation of educational policy. The chapters present different cross-cultural experiences of…
Descriptors: British National Curriculum, Decentralization, Educational Change, Educational History
Riley, Jeni, Ed. – SAGE Publications (CA), 2007
This second edition of "Learning in the Early Years 3-7" has been written to help early years practitioners understand and implement the U.K.'s new curriculum guidance document "The Foundation Stage". The author explains how to meet the requirements of the new Foundation Stage document and how these relate to the U.K.'s…
Descriptors: National Curriculum, Models, Mathematics Education, Literacy
Potter, John – 2002
Citizenship education is now part of the United Kingdom's National Curriculum, and teachers across the country are working to make it a daily reality in schools. The purpose of this book is to show how education for active citizenship gives schools greater prominence as centers of social and civic renewal. Part 1 explores what citizenship…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Civics, Current Events, Elementary Secondary Education
Borg, Carmel; Mayo, Peter – Paradigm Publishers, 2006
Exploring how global changes affect education today, in the classroom and in local, national, and international contexts, this book explores the future of education's capacity for effectiveness in multicultural and multilingual contexts. The chapters deal with lifelong learning (a critique), immigration, anti-racist education, parental involvement…
Descriptors: Global Approach, Educational Trends, Futures (of Society), Cultural Pluralism
O'Hear, Philip, Ed.; White, John, Ed. – 1993
In this collection, educators from the United Kingdom debate the history, purposes, achievements, and future direction of the National Curriculum. Differing points of view about the value of the National Curriculum are expressed. More than half of the essays focus on specific aspects of the curriculum. The selections are: (1) "What Place for…
Descriptors: British National Curriculum, Curriculum Development, Educational Assessment, Educational Policy
Hammond, Andrew – Paul Chapman Publishing, 2006
This is an activity-based teacher's guide to fostering positive group interaction through imagined experience and discussion at Key Stages 2 and 3. In a series of interactive workshops, each one providing a context, a scenario and a list of characters; pupils are invited to engage in discussion, debate and negotiation to solve problems and meet…
Descriptors: Teaching Guides, Group Dynamics, Empathy, Citizenship Education
Martin, Tony; Leather, Bob – 1994
Exploring the responses of a variety of readers from three-year-old Dominic sharing a picture book with his father to adults reading a poem by Ted Hughes, this book examines the ways in which various readers respond to different texts. The aim of the book is to develop an awareness of the issues involved in readers' responses for primary teachers.…
Descriptors: Advertising, British National Curriculum, Elementary Education, English Literature
Harris, Mary – 1997
Common Threads was the name of an exhibition that drew together a number of views on mathematics and displayed them operating in the activity deemed most devoid of them. It demonstrated and challenged both gender stereotypes with its evidence that needlework is full of mathematics. This book tries to place Common Threads and its influence within…
Descriptors: Educational History, Elementary Secondary Education, Ethnicity, Females
Turner, John D., Ed. – 1996
This book discusses the controversy over the extent to which a nation's government has the right to determine the nature of the educational system, and the limits on that right. In Great Britain, the government has established a series of Education Acts and a National Curriculum. The concepts of accountability and cost effectiveness are commonly…
Descriptors: Accountability, British National Curriculum, Centralization, Elementary Secondary Education
Sawyer, Ann Elisabeth – 1995
The rapid introduction of Britain's National Curriculum for Mathematics and its effects upon classroom practice is the main thrust of this book. Chapter titles are: (1) "National Curriculum Implications for Teaching and Learning Mathematics"; (2) "Starting Points for Using and Applying Mathematics: Maths Trails"; (3)…
Descriptors: British National Curriculum, Calculators, Case Studies, Computers
DeCoker, Gary, Ed. – 2002
This book is a collection of works that explore the implications of a national U.S. curriculum through the study of Japanese education. It consists of 10 chapters: (1) "The Development of the Course of Study and the Structure of Educational Reform in Japan" (Hiroshi Azuma); (2) "Setting National Standards: Educational Reform, Social…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Government School Relationship