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Yarnit, Martin – Educational Management and Administration, 1994
In Sheffield, England, a budget crisis and the growing demands of the National Curriculum sparked a campaign for improved contact ratios and class sizes. The local education authority established an independent inquiry to determine existing resourcing patterns and create the framework for a new curriculum-led funding rationale. This paper…
Descriptors: British National Curriculum, Class Size, Educational Finance, Elementary Secondary Education
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Francis, Gill – Language Awareness, 1994
Discusses the advantages of the use of large natural language corpora in promoting grammatical awareness among language teachers and students, focusing on word classes and prescriptive approaches to language as they relate to Britain's National Curriculum at the elementary level. (13 references) (MDM)
Descriptors: British National Curriculum, Diagnostic Teaching, Elementary Education, English
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Carter, David G. – International Journal of Educational Reform, 1993
The Australian government's reform policy treats education as a mechanism for economic development. To achieve national goals, the government is stressing skills education, private-sector involvement in skills education, increased participation in education, increased school retention rates, improvement in overall education quality, and…
Descriptors: Accountability, Curriculum Development, Economic Change, Educational Change
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Gleeson, Denis; McLean, Monica – Journal of Education Policy, 1994
Analyzes some policy-practice lessons learned from Britain's Technical and Vocational Education Initiative as its influence diminishes. Considers how TVEI affected the culture of teaching, learning, and curriculum in unintentional ways. Although TVEI's social effects have been limited, the program's legacy is evident; education policy that fails…
Descriptors: British National Curriculum, Centralization, Curriculum Development, Educational Policy
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Black, Paul J. – Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 1994
The background of practice and ideology that led to the national curriculum and national assessment in England and Wales is traced, along with the development of national assessment policy. The breakdown, which has resulted in teachers who refuse to conduct the prescribed testing, is described. (SLD)
Descriptors: Accountability, Educational Assessment, Educational Practices, Elementary Secondary Education
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Kirst, Michael W. – American Journal of Education, 1994
Stresses key areas of political conflict in the certification of a national curricular content and explores trade-offs a national-standards approval group must make. The article analyzes left-wing support for explicit opportunity-to-learn standards and right-wing objections to educational outcomes and focuses on initial approval stages, not…
Descriptors: Conflict, Conservatism, Cooperation, Curriculum Development
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Ager, Richard – Technology Teacher, 1992
Design and Technology activities, a required part of the British National Curriculum, are assessed by the students themselves with a framework of eight statements of attainment. The activities cover a range of skills, techniques, and processes involved in creating artifacts, systems, and environments. (SK)
Descriptors: British National Curriculum, Design, Elementary Education, Evaluation Methods
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Akpe, C. S. – Journal of Education for Teaching, 1991
Study investigated factors influencing students' choice of teaching subjects during Nigerian preservice primary teacher education, noting an imbalance favoring liberal arts. Final year students wrote biodatas about their choices. Choices in year three were influenced by level of performance during the first two years, employment opportunities, and…
Descriptors: Courses, Developing Nations, Elementary Education, Foreign Countries
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Jarman, Christopher – British Journal of Special Education, 1990
Great Britain's National Curriculum places insufficient emphasis on handwriting instruction, and its suggestion to begin joined-up writing in Level 3 is inappropriate. A historical perspective on variations in handwriting style leads to a recommendation for a simple joined style, which would be based on the skeletal italic and taught by example.…
Descriptors: British National Curriculum, Course Content, Cursive Writing, Educational History
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Osborne, Jonathan – School Science Review, 1991
Provided is a perspective on the teaching of a unit on the Earth in space. The themes to be found within the unit, approaches and resources that can be used for teaching and learning the subject, and some of the typical ideas that children hold about astronomical subjects are provided. (KR)
Descriptors: Astronomy, British National Curriculum, Elementary Education, Elementary School Science
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Kruger, C.; And Others – Science Education, 1992
Survey results contrast teachers' (n=159) knowledge and understanding with the understanding levels expected by England's science National Curriculum. Teacher's understanding with respect to the concepts of force, energy, and changes in materials are discussed. (Contains 29 references.) (MDH)
Descriptors: British National Curriculum, Elementary Education, Elementary School Teachers, Energy
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Bottery, Mike – Westminster Studies in Education, 1992
Argues that one of the most valuable contributions that an internationally oriented education system can provide is to inhibit the development of an overly conformist attitude. Contends that the ability to dissent is essential for healthy personal and societal functioning. Recommends that education about dissent should be made compulsory. (CFR)
Descriptors: British National Curriculum, Conformity, Curriculum Development, Dissent
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Knight, Peter; Huggins, Mike – Educational Studies, 1997
Reports results of a study of curriculum continuity across the primary/secondary divide in one subject, history, in light of the British National Curriculum's supposed resolution of the problem. Includes findings indicating that teachers continue to define the divide as a problem, and that there are instructional inconsistencies across and within…
Descriptors: British National Curriculum, Curriculum Evaluation, Curriculum Problems, Curriculum Research
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Stables, Andrew; Wikeley, Felicity – Educational Studies, 1997
Repeats a mid-1980s project as part of the Economic and Social Research Council project, "Pupil's Approaches to Subject Option Choices," allowing comparison of approaches before and after the National Curriculum implementation. Shows across-time and between-school differences in subject preference, but little instability in perceptions…
Descriptors: British National Curriculum, Course Selection (Students), Educational Change, Educational Trends
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Watkins, Megan – Language and Education, 1999
Reports on a study of the implementation of a structuralist approach to teaching text in elementary school classrooms in Australia. Examines the pedagogic practice of one teacher, highlighting the impact of a restrictive and reductive approach to text on her teaching methodology. (Author/VWL)
Descriptors: Course Descriptions, Curriculum Design, Elementary Education, English
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