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Slow Cultural Approach vs. Radical Materialistic Change: Making the School Curriculum Responsive to Globalisation in Small Island Countries.
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Boufoy-Bastick, Beatrice – 2002
School curricula reflect the sociocultural values held by society. As such, curricula may adopt: (1) a philosophically humanistic, individual-sensitive orientation, or (2) an economically-driven, social development orientation. This first orientation supports self-realization and prioritizes a broad-based and multidisciplinary school curriculum.…
Descriptors: Developing Nations, Economic Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries