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Creating the Curriculum
Dominic Wyse
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Description for Creating the Curriculum
Paperback. Series: Understanding Primary Education Series. Num Pages: 168 pages, 3 black & white tables, 3 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: JNKC; JNLA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 246 x 173 x 9. Weight in Grams: 318.
Is there an `ideal' primary school curriculum? Who should decide what the curriculum is? Should teachers have autonomy over how they teach? The curriculum is the heart of what teachers teach and learners learn: effective teaching is only possible with an effective curriculum. Yet in spite of its importance, there has been a crisis in curriculum that has been caused in large part by governments assuming direct control over the curriculum, assessment, and increasingly, pedagogy. ... Read more
Is there an `ideal' primary school curriculum? Who should decide what the curriculum is? Should teachers have autonomy over how they teach? The curriculum is the heart of what teachers teach and learners learn: effective teaching is only possible with an effective curriculum. Yet in spite of its importance, there has been a crisis in curriculum that has been caused in large part by governments assuming direct control over the curriculum, assessment, and increasingly, pedagogy. ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
168
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Series
Understanding Primary Education Series
Condition
New
Weight
314g
Number of Pages
156
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780415687706
SKU
V9780415687706
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Ref
99-1
About Dominic Wyse
Dominic Wyse is Professor of Early Childhood and Primary Education at the Institute of Education, University of London, UK. Vivienne Marie Baumfield is Professor of Pedagogy at the School of Education, University of Glasgow, UK. David Egan is Emeritus Professor and Director at the Centre for Applied Education Research, Cardiff ... Read more
Reviews for Creating the Curriculum
Creating the Curriculum is a stimulating, informed, provocative, well-referenced and accessible collection of writing. The focus of the book is a consideration of curriculum construction and the impact of the primary school curriculum on teaching and learning in the four countries of the UK. Central to the success of this book, however, is that, in addition to providing a careful ... Read more