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Scanlon, Dylan; MacPhail, Ann; Calderón, Antonio – Curriculum Journal, 2023
The aim of this paper is to explore and provide an alternative theoretical viewpoint, informed by empirical studies, of the curriculum policy enactment process which spans across different curriculum policy spaces by drawing on figurational sociology. This paper constructs this alternative figurational viewpoint of the policy enactment process by…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Educational Policy, Policy Formation, Stakeholders
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Luimes, Maike – European Educational Research Journal, 2023
This article investigates policymaking for Norwegian lower secondary education, with a focus on policy problems and solutions emphasising pre-vocational education. The data consist of official policy documents such as Green and White Papers, hearings, propositions to the parliament, protocols of parliamentary debates and votes in the parliament.…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Policy Formation, Prevocational Education, Educational Change
Region 11 Comprehensive Center, 2024
Six years ago, the Oceti Sakowin Essential Understandings and Standards (OSEUS) were approved by the State Board of Education Standards based on legislation passed in 2007. Despite implementation efforts such as the WoLakota Project that have helped individual teachers, many others needed additional support to figure out how to incorporate these…
Descriptors: Indigenous Populations, State Standards, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Implementation
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Kennedy, Kerry J.; Robinson, David – Journal of Curriculum Studies, 2023
Curriculum reform was high on the agenda of South Africa's post-apartheid governments. Yet as time passed, the initial reforms were seen as increasingly problematic, especially when pedagogical realities met policy priorities. There was reluctance on the part of policymakers to give up what was seen as the democratic imperative behind the reforms.…
Descriptors: National Curriculum, Curriculum Implementation, Curriculum Development, Educational Change
Marie Battiste; James Sa'ke'j Youngblood Henderson – University of British Columbia Press, 2024
In 2007, the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples became law, extending inherent human rights for the first time to the approximately half a billion Indigenous people around the planet. The declaration sets standards for respecting Indigenous knowledge systems and heritage rights, preserving identity and languages, and…
Descriptors: Indigenous Knowledge, Cultural Maintenance, Indigenous Populations, Canada Natives
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Scanlon, Dylan; MacPhail, Ann; Calderón, Antonio – European Physical Education Review, 2023
Examinable physical education (i.e. physical education as a certificate subject in a high-stakes environment) has distinctive forms of practical and theoretical knowledge, and the concept of 'integration' has been identified as a means to bridge such forms of knowledge. This paper explores how teachers interpret, translate, and enact curriculum…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Physical Education Teachers, Educational Policy, Policy Formation
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Divya Samuga_Gyaanam+Bheda – Assessment Update, 2024
Scholars have advocated for student voice and participation across curriculum design, assessment planning, and policymaking in higher education to advance and achieve equity (Montenegro and Jankowski 2020; Jankowski and Bheda 2022; Damiano 2018). However, the reality seems far different from the intention or aspiration, primarily because explicit…
Descriptors: Student Participation, Curriculum Design, Educational Assessment, Educational Planning
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Nordin, Andreas; Sundberg, Daniel – Comparative Education, 2021
Competence-based approaches (CBAs) in education have become an internationally important educational policy concept in recent decades. However, a substantial body of research has suggested that in order to understand and explain the evolution of CBAs, there is a need to analyse curriculum-making as a complex and multi-layered practice. To…
Descriptors: Competency Based Education, National Curriculum, Curriculum Development, Foreign Countries
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Ksenia Filatov – History of Education Review, 2024
Purpose: In January 2021, the state government of NSW, Australia, announced that all year 9 and 10 elective courses developed by schools will be phased out. This paper offers a brief historical account of school-developed board-endorsed courses (SDBECs) in NSW and a close analysis of the policy to phase them out. Design/methodology/approach: I…
Descriptors: Educational History, Elective Courses, Educational Policy, Policy Analysis
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Lambert, Karen; Penney, Dawn – Research Papers in Education, 2023
Politics and pragmatics are central and inseparable features of curriculum reform. In a federated system like Australia, many individuals and organisations are invested in reform at the national and jurisdictional level. This paper focuses on the policy work and roles of key actors positioned at the interface of national and state-based curriculum…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Curriculum Development, Politics of Education, Foreign Countries
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Ayeshah Ahmed Alazmi – International Journal of Educational Management, 2024
Purpose: Globalization, and more specifically international organizations, has had a major effect upon national education systems worldwide. Understandably, the academic literature covering this phenomenon has expanded at a prolific rate. This study contributes to this body of knowledge by examining how the international organizations affect…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, International Organizations, Influences, Global Approach
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Kebede Kassa Tsegaye – International Journal of Educational Administration and Policy Studies, 2024
The paper highlights the process of development, validation, and adoption of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) Regional Qualifications Framework (GADQF). Using descriptive, textual, and contextual methods derived from participant observation, the paper provides an insider view of the policy-making and regional…
Descriptors: International Organizations, Power Structure, Educational Policy, Policy Formation
Global Partnership for Education, 2024
Transforming education systems to be fit for the 21st century is the common thread for creating inclusive and equitable societies resilient to conflict, climate change and economic crises. Now is the time for increased investment in African education systems. This paper describes: (1) the state of Africa's educational landscape; (2) innovative…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, 21st Century Skills, Inclusion, Equal Education
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Puad, Lalu Mohmmad Abid Zainul; Ashton, Karen – Curriculum Journal, 2023
This paper critically examines Indonesia's 2013 national curriculum, implemented in 2019. The most significant change is the mandated use of formative assessment, which we argue is an example of policy borrowing, a trend also seen in many other countries globally. We argue that this policy has been adopted due to global and regional pressure on…
Descriptors: National Curriculum, Formative Evaluation, Cultural Context, Foreign Countries
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Hof, Barbara; Bürgi, Regula – Globalisation, Societies and Education, 2021
Computer education was an integral part of curriculum development and a priority of the OECD's policy agenda at the turn of the 1970s. Based on an analysis of archival documents, programme overviews and publications, this article describes how the introduction of computers in the classroom was advocated by the OECD and, more specifically, how this…
Descriptors: Computer Science Education, Curriculum Development, International Organizations, Educational History
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