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OECD Publishing, 2021
Students in Scotland (United Kingdom) engage in learning through Curriculum for Excellence (CfE), which aims to provide them with a holistic, coherent, and future-oriented approach to learning between the ages of 3 and 18. CfE offers an inspiring and widely supported philosophy of education. Schools design their own curriculum based on a common…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Practices, Curriculum Design, Curriculum Implementation
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Koopman, Oscar; Koopman, Karen J. – Palgrave Macmillan, 2023
This book offers an important contribution to the field of curriculum studies and higher education by examining the impacts of colonialism and neoliberalism in the South African education system and addressing ways to decolonise curriculum and teaching. Drawing on Pinar's work in curricular theory, the authors call for integrating self-reflective…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Decolonization, Colonialism, Neoliberalism
Urban, Kamila, Ed. – Peter Lang Publishing Group, 2023
The curricular reform of 2016 presented us with a unique opportunity to compare children who had followed the previous early childhood curriculum in Slovakia with children who attended preschool after the successful implementation of the new preschool curriculum. Our book is based on the findings of research carried out in the ecologically valid…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preschool Education, Preschool Curriculum, National Curriculum
Ed. Yi-Fang Lee; Ed. Lung-Sheng Lee – Online Submission, 2023
With the rise of digital technologies, digital learning (DL) has created new opportunities and challenges for traditional education. This book aims to: (1) strengthen the mutual understanding and connection between Taiwan and other countries with high digital competitiveness in promoting DL in primary and secondary schools, so as to facilitate the…
Descriptors: Educational Trends, Electronic Learning, Competition, Comparative Education
Campbell, Coral, Ed.; Jobling, Wendy, Ed.; Howitt, Christine, Ed. – Cambridge University Press, 2021
It is widely recognised that science explorations is vital in children's lives as they make sense of the world. Now in its fourth edition, Science in Early Childhood provides a comprehensive and engaging introduction to science in the early years. Each chapter has been updated to include current research and to address changing priorities in early…
Descriptors: Science Education, Early Childhood Education, Indigenous Knowledge, Inquiry
Jenkins, Edgar – UCL IOE Press, 2019
The secure position science now occupies in most school curricula has been achieved only after widespread individual, institutional and political debate. In Science for All, Edgar Jenkins offers a thoroughly researched account of the long battle to establish school science in England, from its introduction to the classroom in the mid-nineteenth…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Science Education, Educational History, National Curriculum
Woolley, Mary – Routledge Research in Education Policy and Politics, 2019
This book explores changing practice in history classrooms from the autonomy of the 1980s through the introduction of GCSEs and the National Curriculum to the prescription of the National Strategies and the pervasive influence of league tables in the first decade of the twenty-first century. It uses individual narratives from history teachers to…
Descriptors: History Instruction, Neoliberalism, Educational Change, Barriers
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Westwood, Peter Stuart – SpringerBriefs in Education, 2021
This book provides an introduction to what it means to be numerate, and how numeracy can best be developed and nurtured in children and in adults. It also presents a cohesive coverage of numeracy development from early childhood to adulthood. This book draws on international research and practice to provide a comprehensive overview on the topic.…
Descriptors: Numeracy, Mathematics Instruction, National Curriculum, Common Core State Standards
Miller, Judith; Wilson-Gahan, Susan; Garrett, Robyne – Cambridge University Press, 2018
Now in its third edition, Health and Physical Education: Preparing Educators for the Future continues to provide a comprehensive overview of the theoretical underpinnings, knowledge, understanding and skills required to successfully teach health and physical education in Australia. Emphasising the importance of the development of movement…
Descriptors: Health Education, Physical Education, Foreign Countries, Early Childhood Education
Hoadley, Ursula – Routledge Research in Education Policy and Politics, 2020
As South Africa transitioned from apartheid to democracy, changes in the political landscape, as well as educational agendas and discourse on both a national and international level, shaped successive waves of curriculum reform over a relatively short period of time. Using South Africa as a germane example of how curriculum and pedagogy can…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Educational Change, Curriculum Development, Poverty
Rodwell, Grant – Routledge Research in Education Policy and Politics, 2018
"Risk Society and School Educational Policy" explores the impact of risk society on policy in the US, UK and Australia through both practical and theoretical perspectives. The book develops an in-depth understanding of risk society itself, and guides the reader in applying this knowledge to the problem of how this impacts policy and…
Descriptors: Risk, Educational Policy, Educational Practices, Neoliberalism
Björklund, Siv, Ed.; Björklund, Mikaela, Ed. – Multilingual Matters, 2023
Exploring multilingualism as a complex, context-related, societal and individual phenomenon, this book centres around perspectives on how multiple languages are made (in)visible within educational settings in the Global North. The authors of each chapter compare and contrast findings across geographical contexts with the goal of understanding the…
Descriptors: Multilingualism, Educational Policy, Educational Practices, Interdisciplinary Approach
Wyse, Dominic – Trentham Books, 2014
Creativity is regarded by many as a vital aspect of the human world, and creative endeavours are seen as a central element of society. Hence student creativity is regarded as a desirable outcome of education. This inaugural professorial lecture examines the place of creativity in education and in national curricula. Beginning with examples of…
Descriptors: Creativity, Music Education, Foreign Countries, National Curriculum
Hyde, Mervyn; Carpenter, Lorelei; Dole, Shelley – Oxford University Press, 2018
"Diversity, Inclusion and Engagement" presents a clear, socially oriented approach to understanding and developing inclusion in education. It focuses on encouraging preservice teachers to develop strategies to engage students of all backgrounds, needs and abilities in a diverse classroom. It conveys positive dimensions to promoting the…
Descriptors: Inclusion, Educational Policy, National Curriculum, Curriculum Implementation
Reimers, Fernando M., Ed.; Chung, Connie K., Ed. – Harvard Education Press, 2016
This book describes how different nations have defined the core competencies and skills that young people will need in order to thrive in the twenty-first-century, and how those nations have fashioned educational policies and curricula meant to promote those skills. The book examines six countries--Chile, China, India, Mexico, Singapore, and the…
Descriptors: Minimum Competencies, Educational Policy, Curriculum Development, Educational Objectives
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