Name: Curriculum in Context By Robert E Moon
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Curriculum in Context by Robert E Moon

This textbook provides an introduction to the historical, political, social and cultural influences that contribute to curriculum assessment and development. It examines a range of national developments which include policy level debates as well as comparative reviews of curriculum and assessment aims and values.

The majority of the chapters in the book are drawn from contemporary writing.

Curriculum in Context is a Course Reader for The Open University course E836 Learning Curriculum and Assessment.

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`A wealth of material for educators in schools, universities and other educational settings. They will also be a substantial resource for students undertaking higher degree studies in education.... Sure to make a significant contribution to policy development, educational practice and school reform in future' - Teacher Development

Perspectives on the Context of Curriculum - Bob Moon and Patricia Murphy PART ONE: HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES Constructing the Concept of Curriculum on the Wisconsin Frontier - Herbert M Kliebard How School Restructuring Sustained a Pedagogical Revolution Movers and Shakers - Tony Taylor High Politics and the Origins of the English National Curriculum Technical Education and State Formation in Nineteenth-Century England and France - Andy Green Assessment and the Emergence of Modern Society - Patricia Broadfoot PART TWO: CULTURAL PERSPECTIVES Values and Aims in Curriculum and Assessment Frameworks - Joanna Le M[ac]etais A 16-Nation Review 'Quality' in Early Childhood Programmes - Martin Woodhead A Contextually Appropriate Approach Valid Knowledge and the Problem of Practical Arts Curricula - Theodore Lewis Culture, Mind, and Education - Jerome Bruner PART THREE: CHANGE PERSPECTIVES Vision and Constraint in Curriculum Change - Ken Harley and Volker Wedekind A Case Study of South African Secondary School Principals Recent Curriculum Change in Post-Pinochet Chile - Ruth Aedo-Richmond and Mark Richmond Curriculum Development and New Information Technology - Robert McCormick Race, Culture, and Curriculum Development in the USA - Crain Soudien A Study of the Process of Introducing a Multicultural Dimension into the Curriculum Principles for Reflecting on the Curriculum in France - Pierre Bourdieu Getting to Scale with Good Educational Practice - Richard F Elmore

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GOR001702742

ISBN 13

9781853964237

ISBN 10

1853964239

Title

Curriculum in Context by Robert E Moon

Author

Robert E Moon

Series

Learning, Curriculum and Assessment Series

Condition

Used - Very Good

Binding type

Paperback

Publisher

SAGE Publications Ltd

Year published

19990108

Number of pages

288

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Curriculum in Context Robert E Moon

Curriculum in Context by Robert E Moon

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