Some might fear that the local flavours of education will evaporate when encountering the hegemony of global, cognitive standards of the knowledge economy. This paper, however, shows that the evolution of curriculum can emerge in surprising directions, creating hybrid forms of education. We will investigate forms of meaning that emerge in…

Previous work has not yet comparatively studied which forms of peace education (PE) have been adopted in national laws. Through content analysis of policy documents, we seek to find out why the Colombian Congress established PE as mandatory content across all educational levels in 2014 in a postwar phase, while the German Standing Conference of…

Historical representations of the National Society for the Study of Education's Committee on Curriculum-Making typically recount that the purpose of the committee was to assemble representatives from competing curriculum camps to achieve consensus on curriculum principles, depict the committee's work as important, cast doubt on the consensus the…

The purpose of this review was to organize the results of studies conducted during the last 18 years into a body of knowledge concerning the link between physical education (PE) and academic achievement (AA). Such knowledge may help in clarifying the role of PE in the schools, whose main focus is on improving the AA of the children. The term PE is…

Although post-structuralists within curriculum studies have examined many contexts of curriculum theory, they have been silent on disability. This silence is worthy of study, especially because of the growing significance of disability studies in the humanities and the social sciences. I question post-structuralist arguments in curriculum theory…

Assumptions underlying certain aspects of discovery-inquiry learning are examined. Inductive and hypothetico-deductive reasoning, principles which are now more or less taken for granted, will not always proceed smoothly. There do exist some identifiable human tendencies which can lead to bias in perception and interpretation of data. (AM)

Reviews literature syllabuses recommended by eight examining boards in England for in-depth study by high school students. Findings indicated that syllabuses are conservative in nature, do not include much modern literature, and generally include fiction which either portrays women as unimportant or does not portray women at all. (DB)

Focuses on the relationship of social change to educational innovation and reviews selected studies from the beginning, middle, and end of the 1960s to determine perspectives which have been brought to bear on educational innovation. (Author/DB)

Maintains that at the basis of any philosophical discussion of the curriculum is the question whether there is any overriding objective toward which schooling should strive. Identifies various qualities which can be inculcated in students to increase wisdom and to contribute to human development. (DB)

Examines educational history to discover the process by which curriculum became a universal idea and how the concept of the classroom was invented. Argues that universal ideas and inventions such as the classroom result in the creation of dominant institutional categories that exert a powerful influence over what can or cannot be done by…

Examines the scope and methodologies of future curriculum research in Great Britain. One topic that should be studied is the need for schools to plan their curricula as a whole, not as a collection of separate subjects. (AM)

Reviews arguments often advanced in favor of practitioner-done research (often called action research), identifies basic objectives of action research by teachers, and calls for a rethinking of the relationship of teachers to research and curriculum development. (Author/DB)

Investigates the extent to which Australian teachers participate in curriculum decision making. Evidence is presented from the Curriculum Action Project (CAP) initiated in 1976. Topics discussed include purposes of CAP, methodology, data analysis, and findings. Conclusions are that curriculum development is becoming less centralized but that it is…

Discusses changes in educational research methods over recent decades. Explores changing views of teaching and learning and what the changes mean for assessment and the content and delivery of the curriculum. Concludes that, to be effective, educational research must be relevant to education and perceived as such by educators. (SG)

Examines the impact at the primary level of efforts to introduce a national curriculum in Great Britain. Contends that the biggest obstacle is confusion about the definition and implementation of an integrated curriculum approach. Warns that effective cross-curricular programs already in operation may be replaced with highly differentiated and…