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Westbury, Ian – Journal of Curriculum Studies, 2016
Previous papers in this issue of "JCS" have presented case studies of the state-based curriculum commissions that developed the "Illinois Learning Standards" of 1997 and Norway's "Laereplanverket 1997" ("L97") (1997). The studies were developed using as a framework a body of German research that sees…
Descriptors: Case Studies, State Curriculum Guides, Reflection, National Curriculum
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Sivesind, Kirsten; Westbury, Ian – Journal of Curriculum Studies, 2016
This case study of the development of the Norwegian compulsory school curriculum of 1997, "Laereplanverket 1997," parallels a study of the development of the "Illinois Learning Standards" of 1997. The pair of case studies is designed to explore the administration of state-based curriculum-making and, in particular, the use in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Case Studies, National Curriculum, Curriculum Development
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Westbury, Ian – Journal of Curriculum Studies, 2016
This case study of the development of the "Illinois Learning Standards" of 1997 parallels a study of the development of the Norwegian compulsory school curriculum of 1997, "Laereplanverket 1997." The pair of case studies is designed to explore the administration of state-based curriculum-making and, in particular, the use of…
Descriptors: State Curriculum Guides, State Standards, Educational Policy, Educational Practices
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Westbury, Ian; Aspfors, Jessica; Fries, Anna-Verena; Hansén, Sven-Erik; Ohlhaver, Frank; Rosenmund, Moritz; Sivesind, Kirsten – Journal of Curriculum Studies, 2016
This paper introduces the questions and approaches of a five-nation cross-cultural study of state-based curriculum-making discussed in this issue of "JCS." The paper reviews the two decade-long interest of many nations in state-based curriculum-making and presents a framework for thinking about state-based curriculum-making as a tool of…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Curriculum Design, Educational Change, Cross Cultural Studies