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Marsh, Gwyneth; Boulter, Carol – Primary Science Review, 1998
Explains the work of a primary-research group focusing on the practical aspects of the use of scale in science. Reports on three studies that look at the impact of the representation of scale in different areas related to the Standard Assessment Tasks (SAT). (DDR)
Descriptors: British National Curriculum, Concept Formation, Elementary Education, Foreign Countries
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Hope, Sylvia; Cumming, Jenny – Primary Science Review, 1998
Focuses on the use of a science-based topic with children ages six and seven to explore ideas for developing children's use of descriptive language. Employs talk partners and circle time as strategies for developing language. (DDR)
Descriptors: British National Curriculum, Concept Formation, Foreign Countries, Hands on Science
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Sizmur, Steve – British Educational Research Journal, 1997
Examines the appropriateness of a cut-off score derived from the Angoff procedure for a reading test in the United Kingdom. Shows that the recommended cut-off score is too low. Suggests ways that standard setting might draw on a range of information to produce appropriate and rationally defensible cut-off scores. (DSK)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, British National Curriculum, Educational Testing, Elementary Secondary Education
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Pace, Syd – Teaching Mathematics and Its Applications, 1997
Presents a methodology of mathematical and technological principles as integrated components of the Design and Technology syllabus of the National Curriculum in the United Kingdom. The methodology is based on the syllabus area of product analysis and employs a structured problem-solving approach. (ASK)
Descriptors: British National Curriculum, Educational Technology, Elementary School Mathematics, Elementary Secondary Education
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Chang, Bok-Myung – Journal of Pan-Pacific Association of Applied Linguistics, 1999
Analyzes the seventh draft of Korea's national curriculum, compares it to the sixth curriculum, and makes suggestions regarding syllabus design that focus on limitations of the sixth and a multisyllabus model. (Author/VWL)
Descriptors: Communicative Competence (Languages), Comparative Analysis, Course Descriptions, Foreign Countries
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Feasey, Rosemary; Siraj-Blatchford, John – Education in Science, 1999
Describes the Key Skills, which will be established across the revised National Curriculum being introduced by the British government in September 2000. Discusses ways in which the Key Skills--communication, information and communication technology, application of number, problem solving, working with others, and improving own learning and…
Descriptors: British National Curriculum, Communication Skills, Communications, Core Curriculum
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Parry, Geraint – Paedagogica Historica, 1998
Focuses on Thomas Hobbes, an English political philosopher who argued that the solution to civil disorders lay in a sovereign authority backed with force. Argues that education should be seen at the center of Hobbes's project of rescuing society from the disorders threatening civilization throughout 17th-century Europe. (CMK)
Descriptors: Educational Attitudes, Educational Philosophy, Educational Practices, Foreign Countries
Bush, Tony; Coleman, Marianne; Xiaohong, Si – Compare, 1998
Explores how secondary schools in China are managed using the results from case studies at three schools in the Shaanxi province while simultaneously comparing the findings to schools in Britain. Addresses the structure of the schools, the principal's role, the school's decision-making, and management techniques for the curriculum, finance, and…
Descriptors: Admission (School), Career Development, Case Studies, Decision Making
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Whitson, Alex – Childhood Education, 1998
Asserts that the country's current education system, comprised of local school boards, is fragmented and unfair. Proposes a national education congress to provide direction, promote a more unified effort, and ensure that the education system is responding to the best interests and needs of the American people. (EV)
Descriptors: Boards of Education, Change Strategies, Educational Change, Educational Equity (Finance)
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Coles, Mike – International Journal of Science Education, 1998
Presents evidence that a limited range of scientific ideas are seen as essential by employers and tutors in higher education. Discusses the implications of noting employment and higher education needs for secondary science education. (DDR)
Descriptors: British National Curriculum, Cognitive Processes, Concept Formation, Curriculum Development
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Williamson, John; Hardman, Frank – Educational Studies, 1997
Explores the implications of requirements in England's National Curriculum for English to develop students' ability to write standard English. Examines the use of nonstandard dialect grammar in students' writing. Finds that similar dialectical constructs are used in four regions and that they are used more frequently in speech than in writing.…
Descriptors: British National Curriculum, Dialect Studies, Dialects, Elementary Secondary Education
Phillips, Robert; Goalen, Paul; McCully, Alan; Wood, Sydney – Compare, 1999
Offers a comparative analysis of the development of the history curricula within England, Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland, exploring the relationship between history teaching and national identity. Suggests that these histories share commonalities while exhibiting differences. Considers implications for future perceptions of the British…
Descriptors: British National Curriculum, Comparative Analysis, Comparative Education, Educational Change
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Lawton, Denis – Journal of Curriculum and Supervision, 1996
The story of England's 1988 Education Reform Act is a sad account of a government's efforts to introduce educational innovations based on a political agenda. The result was teacher demoralization and at least 500 million pounds wasted on the national curriculum and its assessment. ERA's real aim was to encourage parental choice and open up…
Descriptors: British National Curriculum, Educational Change, Educational History, Elementary Secondary Education
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Chang, Bok-Myung – Journal of Pan-Pacific Association of Applied Linguistics, 2000
Analyzes four language activities from Korean English textbooks to ascertain how much they conform to the reform principles and the main purpose of the Korean 6th curriculum of English, which is to cultivate communicative competence of Korean students. (Author/VWL)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Communicative Competence (Languages), Educational Change, English (Second Language)
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Mason, Rachel; Nakase, Norihisa; Naoe, Toshio – Comparative Education, 2000
Compares provision for and the practice of craft education in England (and Wales) and Japan. Focuses on craft within the national curriculum subject of art at the lower secondary level, and on art teachers' perceptions of its educational value and the factors impacting delivery of craft education. (Contains 34 references.) (Author/SV)
Descriptors: Aesthetic Education, Art Education, Art Teachers, Comparative Education
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