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Comparison of the Core Primary Curriculum in England to Those of Other High Performing Countries. Research Report DCSF-RW048
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Ruddock, Graham; Sainsbury, Marian – National Foundation for Educational Research, 2008
This study looks at the curricula for mathematics, science and literacy, comparing England's curricula with those of other countries based on performance in international comparative surveys. The main objective was to answer the question: How does the content of the Primary Curriculum in England at Key stage 2 compare in literacy, math and science…
Descriptors: Mathematics Curriculum, Foreign Countries, Literacy, Science Curriculum
"The Value is Enormous--It's Priceless I Think!": New Zealand Preschool Teachers' Understandings of the Early Childhood Curriculum in New Zealand--A Comparative Perspective
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Alvestad, Marit; Duncan, Judith – International Journal of Early Childhood, 2006
This article examines a group of New Zealand preschool teachers' perspectives on their early childhood curriculum--"Te Whariki: He Whariki Maatauranga mo ngaa Mokopuna o Aotearoa" (Ministry of Education, 1996). In this discussion we focus on the teachers' understandings of the meaning, value and focus of this curriculum document. This is…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preschool Teachers, Early Childhood Education, Curriculum Evaluation
Programme Development. Paper Presentations: Session F.
2000
This document contains 35 papers from the program development section of an international conference on vocational education and training (VET) for lifelong learning in the information era. The following are among the papers included: "Using Quality Indicators to Create World-Class Curricula: From Concept to Application" (Curtis Finch,…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Adult Learning, Bachelors Degrees, Benchmarking