The Role of Ignorance in the Shaping of an English Curriculum: An Example from the History of English in NSW.

Nay-Brock, Paul K.

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Publication Date: 1984

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The Role of Ignorance in the Shaping of an English Curriculum: An Example from the History of English in NSW.

Nay-Brock, Paul K.

English in Australia, n67 p18-25 Mar 1984

Relates how the twin pressures of ignorance and prejudice acted as a serious stimulus to the replacement of the 1944 syllabus of the New South Wales curriculum with that of 1953. (HOD)

Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Educational Assessment, Educational History, English Curriculum, Foreign Countries, Influences, Secondary Education, Test Results

Publication Type: Opinion Papers; Information Analyses; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Australia

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