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Direct linkNick Hillman; Mark Brooks – Higher Education Policy Institute, 2025
The problem of educational achievement by boys and young men is a long-standing and big one that has been largely ignored by policymakers. This new HEPI report considers the consequences for individuals and society and proposes: (1) adopting a 'boy positive' environment in schools; (2) expanding proven grassroots initiatives that help boys; (3)…
Descriptors: Males, Underachievement, Access to Education, Higher Education
Priestley, Mark; Humes, Walter – Oxford Review of Education, 2010
Scotland's new "Curriculum for Excellence" (CfE) has been widely acknowledged as the most significant educational development in a generation, with the potential to transform learning and teaching in Scottish schools. In common with recent developments elsewhere, CfE seeks to re-engage teachers with processes of curriculum development,…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Curriculum Research, Foreign Countries, Educational Improvement
Download full textMcLachlan, J. E.; Wood, V. – 1991
Three undergraduate degrees (in Accounting, Business Studies and Commerce), developed at different times by different departments at Napier Polytechnic in Scotland, introduced a common first year curriculum in 1987-88. For some time the Polytechnic had recognized the need to increase flexibility between courses and to provide students with the…
Descriptors: Business Education, College Freshmen, Core Curriculum, Curriculum Design
Peer reviewedHanlon, Maura – Scottish Educational Review, 1993
Reviews the role of expressive arts in the Scottish curriculum from 1950 to the present, including changes in definitions of expressive arts (currently art and design, drama, music, and physical education); time allocated to them; teacher preparation; and the role of the specialist teacher. Discusses implications for the expressive arts in the new…
Descriptors: Art Education, Curriculum Evaluation, Dramatics, Educational History
Robinson, T. K.; And Others – 1980
This document, prepared for the Scottish Council for Educational Technology and the Scottish Film Council, sets forth basic principles on which discussions of the future of media education in Scotland might be based. The nature and scope of media education are reviewed, and media education is portrayed as a means of helping children and adults to…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Communications, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Evaluation
Peer reviewedGamoran, Adam – Sociology of Education, 1996
Investigates the relationship between educational attainment and curriculum reform in Scotland's secondary schools. In the mid-1980s Scotland attempted to reduce social and educational stratification by simultaneously changing their curriculum and opening it to all students. Details the changes and presents statistical information showing the…
Descriptors: Curriculum Design, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Evaluation, Educational Attainment
