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Bratland, Erik; El Ghami, Mohamed – Curriculum Journal, 2023
The recent Norwegian curriculum reform for schools, called "The subject renewal", is part of an international trend regarding knowledge-based curricula. The Norwegian curriculum, which places decisive emphasis on subjects and subject concepts, aims to bring in-depth learning and knowledge back to schools. This paper is based on Rata's…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Objectives, Social Studies, Educational Change
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Skourdoumbis, Andrew – Curriculum Journal, 2015
Recently, curriculum developments in Australia have seen the incorporation of functionalist "general capabilities" as essential markers of schooling, meaning that any pedagogical expression of classroom-based practice, including subsequent instruction, should entail the identification and development of operational general capabilities.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Curriculum Development, Educational Policy, National Curriculum
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Hollins, Martin; Reiss, Michael J. – Curriculum Journal, 2016
The last two decades have seen unprecedented interest in science curricula, with many governments seeing improvements in the performance of their school students in science as key to future economic prosperity. We present the results of an analysis of the curriculum documents for primary and secondary science in Australia (New South Wales and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Science Curriculum, National Curriculum, Comparative Education
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Millar, Robin – Curriculum Journal, 2011
This article considers the extent to which the English National Curriculum for science has influenced practice and learning outcomes, and briefly reviews the mechanisms through which this influence is exerted. It identifies and discusses three central issues for the review that is now in progress: the structure of the science curriculum; the…
Descriptors: Evidence, National Curriculum, Curriculum Development, Scientific Literacy
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Thorburn, Malcolm; Allison, Peter – Curriculum Journal, 2010
New devolutionary powers for education have been enthusiastically seized on by politicians and policy-makers alike to promote a more integrated and holistic form of education in Scotland. This period of curriculum renewal offers the prospect of increased levels of outdoor education; however, to date there is a lack of a clearly agreed rationale…
Descriptors: Outdoor Education, Foreign Countries, Curriculum Development, Learning Experience
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Tan, Charlene – Curriculum Journal, 2006
The importance of thinking skills in Singapore was seen in the launch of the "Thinking Schools, Learning Nation" (TSLN) vision in 1997. This vision aims to develop creative thinking skills, a lifelong passion for learning and nationalistic commitment in the young. In elucidating the concept of "thinking schools" the former…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Thinking Skills, Inquiry, Creative Thinking