Provides an essay review of the 1986 Holmes Group report entitled TOMORROW'S TEACHERS. Focuses on the theoretical, structural, political, and practical limits of reform. (JDH)

An overview of the value, history, work, and possible future of the Schools Council and its effect on promoting decentralization and professionalism in English education. (VW)

The concept of a curriculum task, defined as a task having goals, procedures for achieving goals, external resources (e.g., instructional materials), and internal resources (student's prior learning), leads to questions that can guide curriculum inquiry. For example, what are we doing to help students use their resources in accomplishing tasks?…

The criterion for determining whether a matter is controversial is that contrary views may be held without those views being contrary to reason. Suggests that education which ignores controversial issues is seriously inadequate and that to teach a subject in a way that makes no reference to its controversial parts is to misrepresent it. (Author/KC)

Although systemic reform seems to be a broadly accepted framework for educational change, concrete reform projects still face the uncertainty of how to meet the necessary requirements. This paper considers the case of a curriculum reform process in primary mathematics education that has a focus on the involvement and influence of parents. The data…

Although post-structuralists within curriculum studies have examined many contexts of curriculum theory, they have been silent on disability. This silence is worthy of study, especially because of the growing significance of disability studies in the humanities and the social sciences. I question post-structuralist arguments in curriculum theory…

This paper examines the question of whether there are useful general thinking skills. It offers a working definition of "thinking skill" and identifies ways in which this concept has been over-applied. Thinking skills, used across domains, are not inevitably weak as a result of the generality-power tradeoff. Admitting that thinking skills require…

This paper examines the fundamental yet largely neglected distinction between school subjects and academic disciplines in the discourse on teachers' specialized subject-matter knowledge. It analyses and critiques the curricular positions embedded in that discourse in the light of five possible relationships between school subjects and academic…

This study argues for the need to collect data on the interaction of imaginative processes and moral and ethical qualities of narrative. It locates the curricular context of experiential narratives and provides a narrative illustration of key terms from a moral theory. It reports on research in which experiential narratives were told to grades…

This study describes an approach to learning and teaching that is structured as a project-based context-driven inquiry. The approach is positioned at the interface between knowledge-generation and use, and grounded in a generic notion of responsibility for the future of bodily life. The intention is to move the debate beyond the exhausted language…

The difficulties encountered in developing an innovative teacher education program, emphasizing educational equity, are analyzed. Fluctuating membership in the program development group and an overly open decision-making process led to conflict over who would make decisions and what problems would be addressed. (IS)

Those in the field of curriculum have failed to conduct the empirical research needed to clarify the nature of the phenomena and problems which are addressed. (Author)

This paper has been extracted from a follow-through study of thirty-eight secondary schools involved in the trial of a Schools Council (England) curriculum projects.

Examines the recommendations of the Task Group on Assessment and Testing (TGAT) report, particularly emphasizing the sections on teacher assessment. Reflects upon the actual recommendations contained in the report. Finds the report not to be as progressive as was previously thought. (KO)

Proposes that although society is in the "Information Age," humans still must work interdependently with their natural resources. Addresses three question concerning the use of computers and how they relate to society's ecological awareness. (GG)